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Good Shepherd
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Date:425 Background: Shepherd isnt originally a christian symbol... changed staff to cross... jesus in nice landscape... robe of purple and gold- Byzantine ideal of majesty... 45 years of official christianity... mozaic was best way to honor... turned a secular inmage into a christian image... italy |
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Old St. Peters
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Artist: constentine
Date: 4th century (300's) Background: marked the grave of apostle peter... covered with dead believers... more than 1000 year it was most imp. pilgramige site in europe... built then originally planned... greek... michealangelo... vatican city, italy |
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Abbey Church of St. Riquier
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Artist: Riquier
Date: 625 Background: basilican plan... destroyed by vikings repeatedly... 2 chapels... enclosed garden... France... tall cross and tower- feature... 3 stories... 2 different style...wood... if burned- will fall |
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Matthew the Evangelist, Ebbo Gospels
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Artist:
Date: 820 Background: matthew in photo... vibrates with intensity... spiritual excitment... he probably pooped after this... or had really bad diarea |
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Abbey Church of St. Denis
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Artist: me... Abbot Suger
Date: Dec. 23, 1990... 1130 Background: might be 1st gothic structure in europe... houses many french kings... ooooooo... emphysis open flowing space... full of light... Suger found light and openness as a means eluminating the soul and uniting it with God... started a competition for the tallest ben ballard fo-hawk =church |
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Notre Dame at Chartres
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Date: Background: huge windows on upper walls... worshipers gaze is drawn upward.... famous for stain glass...france... 1200.. |
