ARHI 2300 1st Edition Lecture 21Outline of Last Lecture I. Saint Sernin, Romanesque, ca. 1070 – 1120Outline of Current Lecture I. Notre Dame de Chartres or Chartres Cathedral II. The Royal Portal, from Notre Dame de ChartresCurrent LectureI. Notre Dame de Chartres, or Chartres Cathedral, Gothic, begun 1145 – rebuilt after 1194 CEa. Know exterior (west façade), interior, plan, Royal Portal (west portal) b. It is a Bishop’s church (why it is called a cathedral) and a pilgrimage churchi. Notre Dame of Chartres, or “Our Lady of Chartres” ii. Associated with the Virgin Maryc. Before Christianity, there was a shrine here to a virgin motherd. It acquired an important relic… the robe of the Virgin Maryi. The robe survived when the church burnt down, and the church was rebuiltii. Everyone in the community pitched in in some way to help rebuild the churchiii. It is a monument to community spirite. If you buy enough indulgences, it was supposed to help you get into heaven afteryou dieThese notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a substitute.i. The sale of indulgences was one of the primary reasons for the ProtestantRevolutionii. Not everyone took part in this, and sometimes it occurred for practical reasons (raise money to build church) II. Royal Portal, Notre Dome de Chartres, High Gothic, 1145, rebuilt 1194 CE a. Three portal show ascension, Last Judgment, and the Virgin Mary i. Stories from Old Testament and the New Testamentii. shows kings and queens (why it was called the royal portal) b. Three doors correspond with the Arch of Constantine (scholars believe this was done purposefully) i. Royal Portal has pointed archesc. Tympanum- central area in the archesd. Archivolts- frame the tympanum e. Tells the story of Mary in the early life of Jesus i. Scene with angel appearing, scene with Elizabeth, nativity sceneii. In nativity scene, Mary is not holding Jesus (establish divinity?)iii. Jesus in on a pedestal (sacrificial alter) f. Continuous narrative- a person appears more than one in the same sceneg. Archivolts: 7 liberal arts and ancient philosophersi. 7 liberal arts: grammar, rhetoric, dialectic, geometry, arithmetic, music, astronomyh. Last Judgment: shows human law and divine lawi. Two portals, ascension and Virgin Mary, are set in human timej. The Last Judgment is set out of time (at the end of human time) i. He is surrounded by tetramorphsii. 24 elders underneath him (figures from Old Testament/New Testament) iii. Try to give a sense of heavenly
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