ARHI 3000 Study Guide - Final Guide: Doryphoros, Piero Della Francesca, Très Riches Heures Du Duc De Berry
24 Aug 2016
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She added that we don"t need to classify the periods, that only northern renaissance is okay. Gothic: in the manner of the goths who were seen as barbarians by the renaissance people. Not in the manner of the greco-roman style (perfect style for humanists) Gothic" was used as a derogatory word by giorgio vasari in 1550. Term of ridicule to describe the late medieval art and architecture. Attributed to the goths and considered it monstrous and barbaric . According to him, the goths were responsible for the fall of roman art and the end of the classical style. For contemporaries (13-14th century people), gothic style was innovative and modern. Gothic cathedrals: tall and light" structures pointed arch rib vault flying buttress stained- glass. Abbey church of st. denis early gothic period- st. denis,france (birth place of gothic architecture) Abbot suger (1081-1151)- abbot and active patron of art. Became abbot in 1122 and conducted project to enlarge st. denis. ,adding:
