Arch of Constantine

Rome

Early 4th Century

Catacomb of Sts. Peter and Marcellinus

Rome

Early 4th Century

Colossal Head of Constantine

Basilica Nova, Rome

Early 4th Century

Synagogue at Dura Europos

Syria

Mid 3rd Century

Grafito, "Alexamenos worships his god"

Rome

Early 3rd Century

Grafito "Alexamenos worships his god"

Rome

Early 3rd Century

Calf-Bearer, marble sculpture

Acropolis, Athens

Mid 6th Century

Mausoleum of Santa Costanza

Rome

Mid 4th Century

Mausoleum of Galla Placidia

Ravenna

Early 5th Century

Old St Peter's Basilica

Rome

Early 4th Century

Santa Maria Maggiore, parting of Abraham and Lot

Rome

Mid 5th Century

Sarcophagus of Junius Bassus

Rome

Mid 4th Century

Statuette of Seated Christ

Civita Latina

Mid 4th Century

Suicide of Judas and Crucifixion

Early 5th Century

[first depiction of crucifixion]

Church of San Vital

Ravenna

Mid 6th Century

Church of San Vitale

Ravenna

Mid 6th Century

Church of San Vitale

Ravenna

Mid 6th Century

Justinian, Bishop Maximianus

Church of San Vitale

Ravenna

Mid 6th Century

Theodora and attendants

Church of San Vitale

Ravenna

Mid 6th Century

Justinian as World Conquerer

Constantinople

Mid 6th Century

Church of Hagia Sophia

Constantinople

Mid 6th Century

Apse Mosaic, Saint Apollinaris amid sheep

Classe, Ravenna, Italy

Mid 6th Century

Apse Mosaic, Church of the Virgin, Monastery of St. Catherine

Mt. Sinai

Mid 6th Century

Icon of Christ Pantocrator

Monastery of St. Catherine

Mt. Sinai

5th Century

Mummy Portrait of Priest of Serapis

Hawara, Egypt

Mid 2nd Century

Icon of Theotokos with Sts. Theodore and George

Monastery of St. Catherine

Mt. Sinai

6th or 7th Century

Virgin Theotokos enthroned

Hagia Sophia

Constantinople

Mid 9th Century

Icon of Virgin and Child ("Vladimir Virgin")

Late 11th to Early 12th Century

Interior of the Katholikon of Hosios Loukas

Greece

Early 11th Century

Dome of the Rock

Jerusalem

Late 7th Century

Interior of Dome of the Rock

Jerusalem

Late 7th Century

Mosaic in Courtyard of Great Mosque

Damascus, Syria

Early 8th Century

Page from Koran

9th Century

Great Mosque Prayer Hall

Cordoba, Spain

8th - 10th Centuries

Great Mosque - Maqsura

Cordoba, Spain

Mid 10th Century

Great Mosque - Dome in front of the mihrab

Cordoba, Spain

Mid 10th Century

Page from Commentary on the Apocalypse by Beatus

Tabara, Spain

Late 10th Century

Fresco of the Lamentation

Arena Chapel (aka Scrovegni Chapel), Padua, Italy

Giotto di Bondone, ca. 1305

Merovingian Looped Fibulae

Jouy-le-Comte, France

Mid 6th Century

Fresco of the Lamentation

St. Panteleimon Chapel

Nerezei, Macedonia, 1164

Röttgen Pietà

(Polychromed wooden sculpture of Mary with the dead Christ)

Rhineland, Germany

early 14th century

Purse cover from Sutton Hoo ship burial

Suffolk, England

Early 7th Century

Relief of Annunciation and Nativity

Pulpit in Pisa Baptistery

Nicola Pisano, mid-13th century

Belt Buckle with chip-carved interlace design

Sutton Hoo, Suffolk England

Early 7th Century

Animal-head post, from Viking ship burial

Oseberg, Norway

Early 9th Century

Reliefs of Crucifixion; Annunciation and Nativity; Massacre of the Innocents

Pulpit in Sant'Andrea, Pistoia

Giovanni Pisano

Late-13th/early-14th century

Wooden portal of stave church

Urnes, Norway

Mid 11th Century

Crucifixus dolorosus ("suffering crucifix")

Church of Santa Maria im Kapitol

Cologne, Germany

early-14th century

Page from the Book of Durrow

Iona, Scotland

Late 7th Century

Page from Lindisfarne Gospels

Northumbria, England

Early 8th Century

"Gero Crucifix"

(polychromed wooden crucifix)

Cologne Cathedral, Germany

late-10th century

Chi-Rho page from The Book of Kells

Iona, Scotland

Late 8th to Early 9th Century

Curcifixion mosaic

Church of the Dormition

Daphni, Greece

late-11th century

Choir screen with Passion reliefs and sculpted Crucifixion group (west choir)

Naumburg Cathedral, Germany

mid-13th century

St Matthew, Page from the Coronation Gospels

Aachen, Germany

Early 9th Century

Equestrian statue (not "portrait"), aka Bamberg Rider (interior crossing pier)

Bamberg Cathedral, Germany

mid-13th century

Statues of donor figures (Ekkehard and Uta)

Interior west choir of Naumberg Cathedral, Germany

mid-13th century

Evangelist page from the Ebbo Gospels

Hautvillers, France

Early 9th Century

Bronze Statuette of Charlemagne

Metz, France

Early 9th Century

Bronze Statue of Marcus Aurelius

Rome

Late 2nd Century

Statues of donor figures (Hermann and Reglindis)

interior west choir, Naumberg Cathedral, Germany

mid-13th century

Virgin of Paris (Virgin and Child)

Notre-Dame, Paris

early-14th century

Palace Chapel of Charlemagne

Aachen, Germany

Late 8th to Early 9th

Annunciation Group (west façade, center portal)

Reims Cathedral, France

mid-13th century

-focus on pair of figures on left-

Page from Gospel Book of Otto III

Reichenau, Germany

Late 10th Century

Vocab word: Muldenfaltenstil

Term used to describe a convention of drapery representation in the figurative arts in north-western Europe between c. 1180 and c. 1240. It was typical of metalwork, sculpture and painting executed in the region between the River Meuse and the Ile-de-France and is one of the most distinctive features of art of the so-called Transitional period between Romanesque and Gothic (see TRANSITIONAL STYLE). In this style cloth hangs around figures in deep looped troughs, clinging to limbs but also partially concealing them. The emergence of the style coincided with a renewed interest in antique forms, displacing the more abstract linear conventions of the Byzantine 'dampfold' styles of the mid-12th century (see ROMANESQUE)

Bronze Column of Bishop Bernward

St. Michael's, Hildesheim

Early 11th Century

Visitation Group

west façade, center portal Reims Cathedral, France

mid-13th century

-focus on pair of figures on right-

Dormition (Death) of the Virgin

Strasbourg Cathedral (now France, then Germany)

south transept portal tympanum

mid-13th century

Annunciation to the Shepherds, from the Lectionary of Henry II

Reichenau, Germany

Early 11th Century

Klosterneuberg Altar, Sacrifice of Isaac

panel from multipaneled altarpiece

Nicholas of Verdun

late-12th century

Bronze Doors of Bishop Bernward, in St. Michael's

Hildesheim, Germany

Early 11th Century

Klosterneuberg Altar, King Solomon and Queen of Sheba

panel from multipaneled altarpiece, Austria

Nicholas of Verdun

late-12th century

Shrine of the Three Kings

Cologne Cathedral, Germany

Nicholas of Verdun

late-12th century

The Bayeux Tapestry

Bayeux, France

Late 11th Century

Saint-Sernin (aerial view)

Toulouse, France

Late 11th to Early 12th Century

Saint-Sernin (plan)

Toulouse, France

Late 11th to Early 12th Century

Saint-Sernin (interior)

Toulouse, France

Late 11th to Early 12th Century

Silver and enamelled head reliquary of St. Alexander

Stavelot Abbey, Belgium

Mid 12th Century

West façade, Reims Cathedral

France

mid- to late-13th century

west façade, Amiens Cathedral

France

mid-13th century

Wood Sculpture of Madonna and Child enthroned

Auvergne, France

Late 12th Century

Last Judgment tympanum

center portal, Amiens Cathedral

France

mid-13th century

Gold-covered Madonna and Child

Essen, Germany

Late 10th Century

Speyer Cathedral (interior)

Germany

11th Century

Quatrefoils with Virtues and Vices (Faith)

Amiens Cathedral, France

mid-13th century

For a full list of virtues and vices: http://www.medievalart.org.uk/Amiens/West_Facade/VirtuesAndVices/AmiensWest_Quatrefoil_VirtuesVices_Key.htm

Sant' Ambrogio (interior)

Milan, Italy

Late 11th - Early 12th Century

Trumeau with blessing Christ

central portal, Amiens Cathedral

France

mid-13th century

Apostles in jambs

Amiens Cathedral, France

mid-13th century

St-Savin-sur-Gartempe (nave)

France

Early 12th Century

Sainte-Chappelle Cathedral (interior)

Paris, France

mid-13th century

St-Savin-sur-Gartempe (nave)

France

Early 12th Century

Façade of Sainte-Chappelle Cathedral

Paris, France

mid-13th century

Windows of nort transept, Chartres Cathedral

France

(windows sponsored by Blanche de Castile)

early-13th century

Santa Maria de Mur (painted apse)

Lerida, Spain

Mid 12th Century

St-Pierre (south portal tympanum)

Moissac, France

Early 12th Century

Manuscript painting of God as architect of world (from Moralized Bible)

Paris, France

early-13th century

Radiating chapels of Abbey Church of Saint-Denis

France

mid-12th century

St-Pierre (left wall of portal)

Moissac, France

Early 12th Century

[images of Dives (rich man) and Lazarus, and demon with Luxuria (personification of lust)]

Views of chapels and nave, Abbey Church of St-Denis, France

mid-12th century

for more views: http://www.learn.columbia.edu/mgf/churches.html

Exterior views with flying buttresses of Chartres Cathedral

France, late-12th to early-13th century

Church (tympanum)

Beaulieu-sur-Dordogne, France

Early 12th Century

Views of chapel and nave, Chartres Cathedral

France, mid- to late-13th century

Plan, Chartres Cathedral

France

late-12th, early-13th century

Church of La Madeleine (tympanum)

Vezelay, France

Early 12th Century

Plan of Saint-Sernin Cathedral

Toulouse, France

Late-11th to early-12 century

Church of St-Lazare (west tympanum)

Autun, France

Early 12th Century

Relief with Nativity scene from now-destroyed choir screen

Chartres Cathedral, France

early-13th century

Chartres Cathedral (west facade)

Chartres, France

Mid 12th Century

Chartres Cathedral (west facade - royal portal)

Chartres, France

Mid 12th Century

[L to R: Christ's Ascension, the Second Coming, Jesus in the lap of Virgin Mary]

Manuscript painting of Blanche de Castile, Louis IX, Cleric, and Scribe (last two are not monks)

dedication page of a Moralized Bible

Paris, France

early-13th century

Chartres Cathedral (royal portal, central doorway)

Chartres, France

Mid 12th Century

[old testament kings and queen, jamb statues]

Old testament prophet, trumeau of south portal of St-Pierre

Moissac, France

Early 12th Century

South transept, left portal of Chartres Cathedral: jamb statues of cleric saints

France

early-13th century

(sample image - not many great images online. Consult G13-17 and G13-18 for more detail)

Chartres Cathedral

Virgin and Child and Angels

Chartres, France

Late 12th Century