GOTHIC LATE MEDIAEVAL IN ITALY

True or False: Italian Gothic is a hybrid.

• True

• False

It is the oldest example of Cistercian Romanesque Gothic.

• SAN FRANCESCO MONASTERY

• FOSSANOVA ABBEY

It is the first Italian Gothic example of French origin

• BASILICA OF ST. FRANCIS

• S. MARIA NOVELLA

It is the 2nd largest Gothic cathedral in the world, next to Cathedral of Seville, Spain. It was finished with Candoglia marble (pink with green layers). The cathedral is the largest medieval cathedral in Italy & can accommodate 40,00 people. More than 50 architects took part in the construction of the church in a span of 5 centuries.

• MILAN CATHEDRAL

• S. GIOVANNI e PAOLO

It was designed perhaps by Filippo Calendario in Islamic and Gothic mix. The whole scheme of columned and pointed arches with a combination of carved capitals and long horizontal line of open tracery is a unique design of Venetian Gothic.

• S. ANDREA, VERCELLI

• DOGE’S PALACE

Which one is NOT from Central Italy?

• SIENA CATHEDRAL

• PALERMO CATHEDRAL

A Gothic version of a basilican church by Arnolfo di Cambio. It is the largest Franciscan church in the world. Its most notable features are its 16 chapels decorated with frescoes. It contains monuments of celebrated Italians. Inside are Michelangelo’s and Galileo’s tombs.

• S. CROCE

• BASILICA DE SAN ANTONIO PADUA

The open timber ceiling is a beautiful romanesque/basilica type design with colorful Arab motifs.

• PALERMO CATHEDRAL

• MESSINA CATHEDRAL

It was turned into a mosque by the Saracens after their conquest of the city in the 9th cent. It is characterized by the presence of different styles, due to a long history of additions, alterations, and restorations, the last of which occurred in the 18th cent.

• PALERMO CATHEDRAL

• CASAMARI ABBEY