ABSTRACT
The Rayonnant Gothic art of the middle years of the thirteenth century is even referred to as the Court Style. The new Rayonnant Style soon spread from the Ile-de-France through Europe. As an architectural style, the Rayonnant period has two phases: the first, associated with the Parisian court of St. Louis, and the second, exemplified by the Church of St. Urbain at Troyes in eastern France. The architect, Jean Langlois, inaugurated a new phase of the Rayonnant Style characterized by a fanciful use of Gothic architectural forms produced by crisp precise stone cutting that gives an almost metallic effect. Inspired by Italy, Pucelle increased the depth of modeling in his painting, although he still retained the linear surface patterns characteristic of Gothic art. The flowering of English Gothic painting and embroidery coincided with the Decorated Style in architecture, and the supreme skill of English artists shines in the Windmill Psalter, the Queen Mary Psalter, and the Chichester-Constable Chasuble.
