Gothic 2

Title: Virgin with childMedium: silver gilt and enamelSize: 27 1/8 “Date: 1339Source/ Museum: Louvre

Abbey Church of Saint-Dennis Inscription of the base gives date and name

Royal families often purchased luxury figurines and statues for churches

facial expression shows no sign of grief or worry.

linen she is wearing drops folds of drapery that covers her whole body.

The Christ child in her arms also shows no worry in his facial expression.

Some believed the scepter contained hair from Mary herself.

S curve of her body, ideally beautiful mother

Title: Page with Queen Blanche of Castile and Louis IX, Moralized Bible Medium: Ink, tempera, and gold leaf on vellumSize: 15 x 10½" (38 X 26.6 cm)Date: 1226–34Source/ Museum: Paris / The Pierpont Morgan Library, New York. MS. M. 240, f.8

The dedication page of a moralized Bible• Blanche of Castile and her son Louisenthroned beneath triple-lobed arches and miniature cityscapes that are reminiscent of the architectural canopies above the heads of contemporaneous French portal statues.

•Below, a monk dictates a sacred text to a scribe. Such books were produced in the workshops in which worked many specialized artists, scribes, and assistants.

upper register: an enthroned king and queen wear the traditional medieval open crown topped with fleur-de-lys—a stylized iris or lily symbolizing a French monarch’s religious, political, and dynastic right to rule. Queen: blue-eyed queen, left, is veiled in a white widow’s wimple. An ermine-lined blue mantle drapes over her shoulders. Her pink T-shaped tunic spills over a thin blue edge of paint which visually supports these enthroned figures. slender green column divides the queen’s space from that of her son, King Louis IX, to whom she deliberately gestures across the page, raising her left hand in his direction. Her pose and animated facial expression suggest that she is dedicating this manuscript, with its lessons and morals, to the young king.

bottom register depicts a tonsured cleric (churchman with a partly shaved head), left, and an illuminator, right.The cleric wears a sleeveless cloak appropriate for divine services—this is an educated man—and emphasizes his role as a scholar. He tilts his head forward and points his right forefinger at the artist across from him, as though giving instructions. No clues are given as to this cleric’s religious order, as he probably represents the many Parisian theologians responsible for the manuscript’s visual and literary content—all of whom were undoubtedly told to spare no expense.On the right, the artist, donning a blue surcoat and wearing a cap, is seated on cushioned bench. 

 Knife in his left hand and stylus in his right, he looks down at his work: four vertically-stacked circles in a left column, with part of a fifth visible on the right. We know, from the 4887 medallions that precede this illumination, what’s next on this artist’s agenda: he will apply a thin sheet of gold leaf onto the background, and then paint the medallion's biblical and explanatory scenes in brilliant hues of lapis lazuli, green, red, yellow, grey, orange and sepia.

Apocalypse is a vision of the future, delivered by a messenger of God—either an angel or by JesusIt is about God dealing with humansThe message is the end is near…judgment is stern for the sinners and glorious for the faithfulSome religious people think this will be a reality in our lifetime but one never knows, so be prepared by living an exemplary life is the motto if you want to have eternal life in Heaven.

Lodge books were an important tool to a master mason

Used regularly so very few survive

Use of geometric forms to help to copy and enlarge

Variety of Images and lines to help direct readers

First “HOW TO DRAW” book

Artist: Villard de HonnecourtTitle: Sheet of Drawings with Geometric Figures and Ornaments Medium: Ink on vellumSize: 9¼ X 6" (23.5 X 15.2 cm)Date: 1220–35Source/ Museum: From Paris / Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris

Artist: Jean PucelleTitle: Pages with Betrayal and Arrest of Christ and AnnunciationMedium: Ink on vellum Size: 3.5x2.25 “ Date: 1325-28Grisalle- monocramatic painting with faint touches of colors QueenJeane?