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Art History Pre 1400s (Europe)
Early Christian-Gothic
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Term

Good Shepherd mosaic 

(Early Christian)

Definition

Mausoleum of Galla Placidia, 425ce

 

Naturalism, Perspective, earliest depiction of JC, baised on roman features (syncretism)

 

Term

Saint Peters

(Early Christian)

 

Definition

Rome, Italy, 319 bce

 

Site of St. Peter's grave, Reliquary, Paid by Constantine

Term
Saint Peter's Architecture
Definition

Nave

Aisles

Apse

Transept

Narthex

Atrium

Term

Christ as Pantokrator

(Byzantine)

Definition

church of Dormition, Daphni, Greece, 1090-1100

 

New testament depiction of Christ, Judgmental, during The Great Schism, after the Iconoclasm (image break)

Term

Justinian Mosaic 

byzantine

 

Definition

san vitale, Ravenna, Italy, 547ce

Emperor power relations, state and clergy depiction, propaganda 

Term

Islamic Mirab

byzantine 

 

Definition

Iran, 1354

place of prayer, figural representation, nitche facing Mecca, title work and geometry

Term

Equestrian Portrait Charlemagne

Early Medieval 

 

Definition

Metz, France 9th century Medieval 

Roman connection, marcus Aurelius, propaganda, orb of universal power

Term

Chi Rho Iota 

Early Medieval 

 

Definition

Late 9th Century, Book of Kells, Ireland, Four gospels of the new testament 

Manuscript Illumination, XPI greek monogram for Christ, meditation

Term

Virgin and Child

Romanesque 

Definition

2nd half of 12th century

Reliquary, pilgrimage, mary queen of heaven, intermediary, 'man-baby' wisdom, stylization

Term

Saint Sernin

Romanesque 

(architecture) 

Definition

Toulouse, France 1070-1120 

Crossing

Radiating chapels

ambluatory 

peers

archivolts

tympanum

trumeau 

 

Term

Pentecost Portal 

Romanesque

 

Definition

Madeleine,Vzelay, 1120-1132

Crusades, winning back jerusalem, sending out apostles to convert non-christians (barbarians) heirarchy, main entry door (outside), pilgrimage, exterior religious deocration (portals)

Term

Annunciation and Visitation

Gothic

Definition

Riems Cathedral, Riems France, 1230ce

Multiple artists, two styles, controposto, moved from a different location in the cathedral

 

Term

Pieta

Gothic

Definition

Rhineland, Germany, 1300-1325ce

Emotional pity, human emotion, gore

 

Term

Stupa 

India 

 

Definition

Sanchi, India, 3rd century bce, 1st century ce 

Buddhist monument in SE and S asia, clockwise, solid, relix of the Buddha

Term

Gothic Architecture

 

Definition

Pointed arches 

Flying Buttress 

Ribbed Groin vaults

stained glass

pinnacle

triforium

tracery

 

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