Medieval France. An Encyclopedia

GODEFROI DE BOUILLON (ca. 1061–1100). Duke of Lower Lorraine, leader of the First Crusade, and first Latin ruler of Jerusalem, G ...

[See also: ENAMELING; JEWELRY AND METALWORKING] Collon-Gevaert, Suzanne. Histoire des arts du métal en Belgique. Brussels: Palai ...

——. The Fountain of Philosophy: A Translation of the Twelfth-Century Fons philosophiae of Godfrey of Saint Victor, trans. Edward ...

GOLDEN FLEECE . The most successful lay order of knighthood founded in France and the principal model for all later orders of it ...

GOLDEN LEGEND . See LEGENDA AUREA GOLEIN, JEAN (ca. 1320–1403). Charles V’s most prolific translator, the Carmelite Jean Golein ...

have originated in the 11th century, possibly even immediately after Louis III’s victory over the Vikings at Saucourt-en-Vimeu ( ...

GOTHIC ARCHITECTURE . The term “Gothic,” first derisively applied by Italian Renaissance writers, is still the accepted designat ...

The other important achievement of this period is the cathedral of Sens, the first large- scale Gothic space. Detailed analysis ...

superposed passages and arcade screens, as in the transept arms of Noyon, the transept chapels at Laon, and the interior of the ...

Gothic” canon. If we recognize, however, that both designs exhibit significant shifts in interest from those of Chartres, Soisso ...

In addition to the extraordinary facility of design found in the Rayonnant, other factors must be considered. The development of ...

Elevation and nave section of Saint- Denis. After Dehio. Elevation and nave section of Laon cathedral. After Dehio. the traditio ...

A similar interest in older structural systems updated and sheathed in complex tracery patterns characterizes the regional style ...

dramatically and seeming wildly to sprout vault ribs, as in the ambulatory of Saint- Séverin in Paris. This extraordinary visual ...

Branner, Robert, ed. Gothic Architecture. New York: Braziller, 1961. Focillon, Henri. The Art of the West, ed. Jean Bony, 2 vols ...

and not confined within its frame, as was the practice in Romanesque sculpture. Above the portals are three stained-glass window ...

Adam, sculpture from interior of transept of the cathedral of Notre Dame, Paris. 14th century. Photograph courtesy of Rebecca A. ...

The first half of the 13th century was a creative period in French Gothic art. It was the time when the great French cathedrals— ...

depicting emotional interaction among figures; and depiction of a more concrete spatial setting for scenes. In sculpture, the mo ...

Annunciation, book of hours (Normandy?), 1230s. M92, fol. 1v. Courtesy of the Pierpont Morgan Library, New York. Medieval france ...