Analyzing The  Arts

Gothic Architecture

            Notre Dame Cathedral--Paris
                1163-1250, Exterior view from the southeast.

            Laon Cathedral
                1160-1205, West front, central portal.

            Abbey Church of St. Denis
                1140-1281, Interor, nave facing towards the apse.
 


 

Italian Renaissance--"The Madonna Enthroned"

            Giotto di Bondone
                Ognissanti Madonna:  1310, tempera on wood.

            Fra Angelico
                Madonna and Child with Angels:  1435-36, tempera on wood.

           Giovanni Bellini
                Madonna and Child Enthroned:  1488, oil on panel.

            Raphael
                Sistine Madonna:  1513-1514, oil on canvas.
 
 


 

Northern Renaissance--Van Eyck's Symbolism

        The Arnolfini Marriage
                1434, oil on wood.