Chapter Summary

After reading Chapter 11, you should be able to:

• Describe the origins of the Gothic style in France and the role played by Abbot Suger.

• Identify the works and define the terms in the chapter.

• Describe the basic elements of Gothic architecture.

• Describe the technique of making stained glass windows.

• Explain the economic advantages to a town of cathedral-building.

• Discuss Augustine's metaphor of the Church as Jerusalem on earth.

• Describe the interior and exterior architecture of Chartres.

• Draw and label the plan of Chartres.

• Describe the iconography of the royal portals at Chartres.

• Describe the evolution of architectural and sculptural style in the Gothic period.

• Compare Gothic and Romanesque sculpture.

• Describe what is meant by Scholasticism and its relationship to pictures and architecture.

• Compare and contrast English Gothic with French Gothic.

• Describe the spread of Gothic in Europe and America.

• Identify the works and define the terms in the Window.

• Discuss Buddhist Paradise Sects.

• Describe the structure and meaning of the pagoda.

• Describe the Horyu-ji monastery complex at Nara.

• Explain the basic tenets of Hinduism.

• Describe the Hindu temple, how it was built, and the division of labor.

• Explain the ritual performed by the priest in the garbha griha.

• Describe Vishnu's role in the creation of the universe.

• Write an essay on the synthesis of Buddhism and Hinduism at Angkor.