Gothic Art
Title: Gothic Art
Category: /Arts & Humanities
Details: Words: 395 | Pages: 1 (approximately 235 words/page)
Gothic Art
Category: /Arts & Humanities
Details: Words: 395 | Pages: 1 (approximately 235 words/page)
Gothic Sculpture
In the Gothic period, remarkable sculpture was produced in France, Germany, and Italy. As in Romanesque times, much of it was made in conjunction with church architecture, although sculptured figures are also found on tombs, pulpits, and other church furnishings.
France
The great cathedral at Chartres exemplifies the stylistic evolution of the Gothic, which can be traced in viewing its portals. Its west entrance, the earliest, built in the mid-12th century, displays
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Judas. Medieval passion plays were a source of inspiration to many of the Gothic sculptors of northern Europe.
Italy
Not surprisingly, classical tendencies are found in the Gothic in Italy, where artists were acquainted with ancient Roman works, such as sarcophagi. Nicola Pisano (c. 1220-84?), for example, created a marble pulpit-with a strong classical flavor in its architectural elements and sculptured panels-for the baptistery of Pisa Cathedral in the mid-13th century.
Bibliography
Encarta Encylopedia 1996,