The following summarizes what a student should have learned from reading each chapter of A History of Western Art.

It is assumed that students can identify all works by title, artist (if known), culture (or nationality) and time period, medium, and style. It is also assumed that students will look up and be able to define the bolded glossary terms. In addition, further examples of what a student should be familiar with are listed below.

After reading chapter 13, you should be able to:

1. describe the origins of the Gothic style in France and the role of Suger.
2. draw and label the plan of Chartres.
3. describe the elements of Gothic architecture.
4. discuss the social, economic, and religious role of the Gothic cathedrals.
5. identify the parts of the cathedral in a section diagram, a perspective diagram, and a cross-section.
6. describe the Romanesque precursors of Gothic.
7. describe the sculptural program on the central portal of Chartres' west façade.
8. describe the development of Gothic style by going around the cathedral at Chartres.
9. compare the interior of Chartres with the interior of Sainte-Foy.
10. compare the façade, door jamb sculptures, and interior of Chartres with those of Reims.
11. draw and label the plan of Salisbury Cathedral.
12. describe the reliquary chapel of Sainte-Chapelle.
13. discuss the role of the guilds in the Middle Ages.
14. trace the development of vaulting from the barrel vaults of Romanesque to the fan vaults of King's College, Cambridge.