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Undergraduate 1
10/02/2015

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Augustus of Prima Porta

Roman Art

                            Portrait in 5th Century Greek Style 

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Ara Pacis

Concept dedicated to the concept of peace 

illusionism (graded or varied relief)

Classical Greek

 

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Pantheon, Rome

Brick Faced Concreat 

Domed Structure 

Cirrcular Plan 

Roman 

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Tetrarchy

St Marks's Basilica Italy

All look the same, lots of lines, concept of unity 

Late Antique 

Squat proportions

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Triumphal Arch of COnstanine 

Vicoty over Maxentius 

Late Antique to tell a stoy of victory 

Letting everyone know who the single ruler is

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Herculaneum, Italy

choreographic set painting

multiple vanishing points

Late Antique

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Late Antique 

The fish and loaves fresco, Catacombs of San Callisto

Fish means jeasus and last supper

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Late Antique 

Noah & Ark

Means old testament and salvation 

power of god

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Sarcophagus Carving

Classical style  (on left)

 

Adelphia at Dura (on right)

Late Antique 

 

 

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The floor plan of Hegia Sopheia 

Byzantine

Pendentive, Domes, & Semi Domes

12 Point (4 Piers and 8 Butresses) 

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Hagia Sophia

Constaninople (istanbul turky)

 

Nave archade (1st Floor)

Ambeletory (2nd floor)

Clasteory (3rd floor)

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Theotoks

 

Invers perspective 

Byzantine

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A simple cross: example of iconoclast art in the Hagia Irene Church in Istanbul.
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San Vitale In Ravenna Italy

Double Shelled octagon

 

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Justanian 

The church, Emperor, And Military

Byzentine 

Symoblism 

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Book of Durrow

Trumpit pattern 

Hiberno Saxon

Carpet Page

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Author Page 

Book Of Durrow

Hiberno Saxon

Animal Interlace 

Portabibal Art

Cloisonne pattern

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Lindesfarne Carpet Page

Trumpit Pattern

Animal Interlace

cloisonne pattern(and soward on right)

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Initial Page Book of Kells

 

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Plan of Palatine Chapel (and Aachen Cathedral)

Double Shell Plan

 

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Palatine Chapel

Interior of doubble shelled

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Author page (Saint Matthew), Coronation Gospels

Carolingian Art

Byzantine Classicism 

Roman outdoor author page

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Saint Matthew, Ebbo Gospels

Emotionalism 

liniear 

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Bronze doors, St. Michael's

Expulsion of atom and eve

Migratory inspired 

ottonian

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St. Sernin (inside)

France

Modular Units 

barrel vault

doubbled isles 

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St. Sernin (floor Plan)

Radiating chapples 

doubbe isels to circulate people

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St. Etienne

Romanesque 

France

Pointed Arches

Tripartite

Alternating Support system

 

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Portal, Durham Cathedral

Jambs-Lateral supports

Trumeau- Center posts

Lintel-Horizional beam 

Tympanum- semicircular lunette

Archivolts- 

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Trumeau carving, Moissac

vita contemplativa

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Open floor plan and it is the first of it’s kind. Used colums to take away walls and use ribs to reduce supports to let more light lin. Light slender column supports

 

Called “Chevet” gothic version of pilgrimage

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Notre dame in paris

Support is concentrated in corners used flying buttresses that supports 2 level  


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Located in Sharates (dedicated to virgin mary) Two towers were build at different times The portals are romanesque style
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(left) Late romesc portals on western side of Sharates, Are natural full bodied sculptures and turned on axis. Vita Activa, proportions are natural, light and shadow define the sculpture and onset of gothic.  Start of Humanism

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Amiens, 10,000 sculptures, deep portal, pointed arch


Amins, quadripartite, no sculptures, modular unit, responses that support the transverse arch 2nd story: blind treform, more windows(double the windows)

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Amins, quadripartite, no sculptures, modular unit, responses that support the transverse arch 2nd story: blind treform, more windows(double the windows)
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Portal sculptures

The Elibeth, an exaggerated contrapposto a feature of gothic art,  

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The biggest of gothic (the tallest) Bovay Catherial in the town named Bovay


(Bovay) clearstory 6 windows, they divided into two

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Rance France later Gothic with lots of glass and very open space, can look through the towers.


 

Remes cathedrial, the coronation where the kings and queens got crowned and is the building of france.

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Duke Da Berry, good example of circulation of religion Atmospheric perspective starting to appear. Illusionistic techniques.  depth because figures get smaller, diagonales that weaves you on diagonals through the painting.  

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The artist is trying to work with shade, scale is a bit off.

Tilted perspective

Hunte

15 Century

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 Jan Van Eyck, Ghent Altarpiece, Anunciation, St. Johns, and patrons

Done in colaboration with his brother Herbert Van Eyck

Great use of shadow

Oil on wood

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Lots of detail and and use of light.

 

Candle snuffed out/ new testemate on the right   Old on the left

Very good use in light and shadow and use of light is all coming from a single point.

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 Van Eyck, Ghent altarpiece, Adoration of the Lamb

 

He represents christ as a high god not a judge, use of Sfumato: technique used to make atmospheric perspective. By muting colors in the distance. Tilted perspective and very realistic proportions.  

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Van Eyck the masterpiece renaissance portrait mastery of oil painting Chirscuro: the modeling of a forum through contrast and shadow

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atom and eve barely fitting and uses realism, just been expelled from the garden of eve. Use of Grisaille in the top right corners.

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Van Eyck, Marriage of Giovanni Arnolfini & his bride Giovanna Cenami


24 symbol in this painting, sandals are removed: reference to moses, fruit: procreation, carving of a saint: childbirth, Dog: fidelity, mirror reflection has van ike in it, tilted perspective

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Robert Campin (Master of Flemalle)

 

Realism 

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A lot of symbolism
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Classical Style
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Imitation of nature

Natural porportions

Naturally Depected Poses, Use of contrapposto

Modeling of drapery with light ans shadow

Naturally deplicted drapery

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Byzantine Icons
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Gold Background

Inverse Perspective

Shallow Space

Dematerialization of form

pattern

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Linear Defination of form

Surface Pattern

Aligned heads

Squat Perspective

Conceptual rather than natural

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Romanesque
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Vita contemplativa

monastic way of life

spiritual

Expressed sclupture with line

 

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