Assumption of Saint Mary Magdalene, central sculpture of the Berki Altarpiece (northern Hungary, today Rokycany, Slovakia), 1480-1490, painted and gilded wood, 161 x 121 cm, Hungarian National Gallery, Budapest
Posting it again, knowing that this time it will get to MUCH more people than on 04 Oct 2010…
14th century (1338) Bohemia
St George’s Legend - detail of wall paintings at Jindřichův hradec
middle 15th century (1450)
Saint Ursula with eleven of her handmaidens by a Rhenish Master
Strasbourg, Musée de l’Oeuvre Notre-Dame
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sainte_Ursule_et_ses_compagnes_dans_une_nef.jpg
Frankish abbot-statesmen and historian Abbot Suger, friend and confidante of French Kings Louis VI and Louis VII, dedicated the rebuild Abbey of Saint Denis.
This building is often cited by historians as the first major structure of which a substantial part was designed and built in the Gothic style. Both stylistically and structurally it heralded the change from Romanesque architecture to Gothic architecture. Before the term “Gothic” came into common use, it was known as the “French Style” (Opus Francigenum).
The Weighing of Souls, Last Judgment Portal, Notre-Dame, Paris, ca 1230
Central portal of the west front, depicting the Last Judgment (c.1230). In the middle of the tympanum, St. Michael the Archangel weighs souls while a furry Devil and helpers attempt to skew the results in their favor. On the left are the saved and on the right are the damned.
