Lecture 5: Gothic Art in Germany and Italy
Baptistery, Cathedral, Campanile, and Camposanto, 1053–1272, Pisa, Italy.
Death of the Virgin, c. 1230, tympanum of the south transept door, Strasbourg
Cathedral, Strasbourg, France.
Roettgen Pietà, c. 1300, wood, 34 ½“ H (87.5 cm H), Rheinisches
Landesmuseum, Bonn, Germany.
Roman sarcophagus showing The Legend of Hippolytus, 2nd century A.D.,
Camposanto, Pisa, Italy.
Cimabue:
Madonna Enthroned (of Sta. Trinitá), c. 1280, tempera on panel,
12’ 7” x 7’ 4” (3.9 x 2.2 m), Galleria degli Uf¿ zi, Florence, Italy.
Duccio di Buoninsegna:
Madonna Enthroned, c. 1285, tempera on panel, 14’ 9” x 9’ 6”
(4.5 x 2.9 m), Galleria degli Uf¿ zi, Florence, Italy.
Maestà, 1308–11, tempera and gold leaf on panel, originally about
7’ x 13’ 6”, Museo dell’Opera del Duomo, Metropolitana, Siena, Italy.
Giotto:
Madonna Enthroned (Ognissanti Madonna), c. 1310, tempera on panel,
10’ 8” x 6’ 8” (3.3 x 2 m), Galleria degli Uf¿ zi, Florence, Italy.
Giovanni Pisano:
The Nativity, c. 1302–11, marble, from the Pulpit, Duomo, Pisa, Italy.
Nicola Pisano:
Adoration of the Magi, Fortitude (Allegory of Strength), and The Nativity,
1260, marble, 15’ H (4.6 m H), details from the Pulpit, Baptistery,
Pisa, Italy.Works Discussed