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Gothic Spaces, Gothic Voices. Canterbury Cathedral. Rib Vaults at Canterbury. Bosses. Cantor (p. 171) Cathedrals are “multimedia exhibitions” that were to demonstrate “the incomparable grandeur of church manifestations of Christian faith. Gothic Spaces A. Vertical B. Illumination - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Gothic Spaces, Gothic Voices
Canterbury Cathedral
Rib Vaults at Canterbury
Bosses
Cantor (p. 171)
Cathedrals are “multimedia exhibitions” that were todemonstrate “the incomparable grandeur of church manifestations of Christian faith.
I. Gothic Spaces
A. Vertical
B. Illumination1. Glass, light and color2. Illumination of the word3. Comparable to text illumination
Speyer Cathedral, Germany
Chartres CathedralLate 1100s
Speyer Cathedral, Germany
The Sainte-ChapelleParis, 1242-48
Abbey of St. Denis1144
Notre Dame, Paris (c. 1180-1250)
Windmill Psalter (London 1270) “Beatus Vir”
Lindisfarne GospelsIrish 9th century
II. Gothic Voices
A. Soundscape1. Gregorian Chant
a. Kyrieb. Hildegard’s “Clarissima”
2. Organum of Perotinus
B. Illumination1. Polyphony, harmony and color2. Illumination of the word
Hildegard of Bingen, O Clarissima Mater (c. 1150)
Radient mother of sacred things! you poured salve on the sobbing wounds that Eve sculpted to torment our souls. For your salve is your son and you wrecked death forever, sculpuring life.
Pray for us to you child, Mary, star of the sea . . .
Notre Dame, Paris (c. 1180-1250)