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A) Cathedral of the Monastery of Virgin, Monreale, Sicily,View of the nave towards the east
B)unknown
C) 1174-83
Basilica style, conch of the apse is filled by an image of Christ with his left hand holding a codex of the gospes and his right hand extends a blessing knows as Pantocrator.
Mosiacis are an example of the later developments in Byzantine art, emphasis on line over volume is accentuated by complex turnings of the drapery.
Very heavy Byzantine influence
Christ fills the conch of the apse
Covered in skin of painting on the walls; no articulation
Inlays of multi-colored marble
Scenes from book of Genesis
Extremely Islamic looking arches |
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A.) Baptism of Christ. Illustration in the Benedictional of Saint Ethelwold
B) unknown
C) 971-84
Anglo-SAxon manuscript,a benedictional for a pope that contained the olemn blessings given during the Mass in preperation for Communion. Broad frames form elaborate trellies over which he leaves of the "Winchester acanthus," s they are called, clamber and intertwine, spiraling out from gian golden bosses that punctuate the corners and center of the borders. Figures overlap and mesh with th elush foliage. Color is laid out in lines not areas. |
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A) Abbey Church of Saint Michael, Hildesheim. Exterior from South.
B) unknown
C) 1010-33 (restored 1958)
built under Bishop Bernward
Northern translation and enhancement of Southern Christian basilica type which evolved from a secular non religious building
** A conversion of taking a pre-existing type
Double transept arms, and trebled in the nave. |
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A) Abbey Church of Saint Michael, Hldesheim, Plan.
B) unknown
C) 1010-33 (restored 1958)
solid black represents solid stone, is not a blue print, double transept, tours with stairs, apses, side isles,
galleries in the arms of the transept called "angelic choirs," 3 square bays make up the nave
alternating support in the nave arcade, 2 cylindrical columns, interspersed with a square or rectangular support called a pier (a desire to provide variety)
“poetry of the wall” |
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A) Scenes from Genesis (L) and the Life of Christ (right). Doors of Bishop Bernward. Bronze @ the Cathedral of Hildesheim (orignally made for the Abbey Church of Saint Michael)
B) unknown
C) 1015
represent the ongoing impact of Rome; a major adaptation of the pagan, cast in 2 solid valves, approx. 16 1/2 feet tall. and each valve is ivided into 8 registers with narratves in each field.
narrative of Adam and Eve, sacrifice of Cane and Able, right hand side from the bottom; annunciation, Jesus is recognized by two people when he is presented in the temple, the arrest, church before Pilot, resurrection, etc.
idea of Old Testament and New testament, in a Christain context, Christ looked at as the second coming of Adam, and Mary seen as the antidote to Eve
God accuses Adam and Eve of eating of the fruit from the tree of knowledge: downward momentum of blame: God to Adam, Adam to Eve, Eve to the devil, sympathetic echo in the trees, figures touching the frame, the power of the negative space
Fig leaves: some believe that the fruit of the tree of knowledge was figs
Bottom of the doors on the right: The Annunciation; the rift between God and man is healed through the words of the angel Gabrielle, “Hail Mary full of grace…” Mary is scared at first and then Gabrielle reassures her, Mary can be seen as a door back into paradise. |
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A) Adam and Eve passing the blame before God. Doors of Bishop Bernward. Bronze
B) unknown
C) 1015
* Bronze relief cast with the lost wax process
God accuses Adam and Eve of eating of the fruit from the tree of knowledge: downward momentum of blame: God to Adam, Adam to Eve, Eve to the devil, sympathetic echo in the trees, figures touching the frame, the power of the negative space
*Empty space emphasises distance between man and the divine and tree seerates the man and the woman
Fig leaves: some believe that the fruit of the tree of knowledge was figs |
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Otto III Enthroned between Church and State. Illustration in the Gospels of Otto III.
B) unknown
C) C. 1000
The Ottonians (Northern Germanic rulers) joined rule and the papal, emperor hold orb marked with the cross the Christian universe, to the figure’s right the priest has his hand on the throne
Otto is emphasized, church figures to the right, soldiers to his left, Church and state united in the awesome Otto. |
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A) Saint Luke. Illustration in the Gospel of Otto III
B) unknown
C) C. 1000
symbol of the winged ox, pistachio green mandorla, surrounded by kigs, prophets of the new testament, Gold leaf background
Luke has been inspired by the prophets, whose heads emerge from the fiery wheels that turn round them. |
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A) The Symbol of Saint Luke. Illustration in the Leon Bible
B) Vimara and Johannes
C) 920
Mozarabic style, Abbot Maurius comissioned the bible for the monastery of San Martin de Albelda, written and illuminated by the monks Vimara and Johanenes, the Cross of Oviedo motif; a sign of reistance to Muslim rule, cannon tables with Evangelist symbols. No attempts at modeling or creating a 3 dimensional image. |
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A) The Four Angels Holding the Four Winds. Illustration in the Morgan Beatus of Liebana. Commentaries on the Apocalypse.
B) Magius
C) 922 or mid-10th century
Mozarabic illustration of the mystical visions of Saint John, |
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A) Saint Martin-du-Canigou, French Pyrenees
B) unknown
C) 1001-26 |
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A) Saint Martin-du-Canigou, French Pyrenees, Nave, upper church
B) unknown
C) 1001-26 |
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A) Saint Genis-des-Fontaines, French Pyrenees, Marble lintel with relief of Maiestas Domini
B) unknown
C) 1020-21 |
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A) Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela. Plan (after Delhio)
B) unknown
C) 1075-1120 |
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A) Saint Sernin, Toulouse, France. Interior
B) unknown
C) 1070, altar consecrated 1096 |
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A) Maiestas Domini, Marble relief in Saint Sernin, Toulouse, France. height 50"
B) unknown
C) C. 1096 |
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A) Reliquary of Saint Foy, Gold and jewles over wood (incorporating ancient Roman helmet and cameos), height 33 1/2"
B) unknown
C) 11-12th century with later additions. |
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A) Saint PIerre, Moissac. SOuth Portal
B) unknown
C) C. 1115-30 |
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A) Maiestas Domini. Tympanum of south portal, Saint Pierre, Moissac
B) unknown
C) 1115-30 |
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A) Prophet and lions. Trumeau of south portal, Saint Pierre, Moissac.
B) unknown
C) C. 1115-30 |
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A) Saint Peter. Jamb relief sculpture on south portal, Saint Pierre,Moissac, France
B) unknown
C) C. 1115-30 |
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A) Scenes of Christ's Infancy. East wall of south portal, Saint Pierre, Moissac, France.
B) unkown
C) C. 1115-30 |
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A) Mission of the Apostles. Apse fresco in the upper chapel of the Priory, Berze-la-Ville.
B) unknown
C) Early 12th century |
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A) Last Judgment. Tympanum and lintel on the west portal, Cathedral Autun, France
B) unknown
C) C. 1120-35 |
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A) Virgin and Chld (The Morgan Madonna) Wood,France, height 31"
B) unknown
C) 12th century |
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A) Abbey Church, Fontenay, France. Interior
B) unknown
C) 1139-47 |
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A) San Clemente, Upper Church, Rome
B) unknown
C) C. 1120-28 |
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A) The Cross as the Tree of Life. Apse mosaic in upper church of San Clemente, Rome
B) unknown
C) Before 1128 |
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A) Scees from Genesis, Frieze from the west facade on Modena Cathedral, Italy, stone, height approximtely 36"
B) Wilgelmo
C) 1106-20 |
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A) Messengers to King Edward and Halley's Comet. Detail from the Bayeux Tapestry, wool embroidery on linen, height 20" (length of entire tapestry 229' 8")
B) unknown
C) C. 1070-80
textile art, referred as a tapestry but is actually a multi-colored wool sewn onto the surface of linen, almost cinematic progression, “they see the star” (Haley’s comet) Medieval sense of portents and signs of God’s intervention, interest in the human realm, repertoire of narrative invigorators, some experts believe this “liveliness” may be associated with an antiquarian interest in Roman sage techniques |
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A) Notre-Dame-La-Grande, Poitiers, West facade.
B) unknown
C) C. 1150-70 |
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