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N:Great mosque of Damascus
D: c. 700 A: P: OL: Damascus, Syria M: mosque F:mosque C:The Umayyads transferred their capital from Mecca to Damascus in 661 DT: used roman precinct walls as a foundation for construction M: church dedicated to john the baptist P/S: Islamic T: architecture |
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N: Great Mosque of Tunisia
D:836-875 A: P: OL: Kairouan, Tunisia M: stone F:Mosque C: one of the best preserved early mosques DT: sturdy buttresses, two domes, huge court yard M:Mosque P/S: Islamic T:architecture |
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N:Great Mosque of Cordoba
D:8th to 10th centuries A: P: OL: Spain M: stone F:mosque C:Founded the Spanish Umayyads dynasty DT: horse shoe arches, squinches help hold up domes, double tiered arches. wooden roof, light, airy, maqsura, M:mosque P/S: Islamic T:architecture |
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N:Dome of the rock
D:687-692 A: P: OL: Jerusalem M: 1st great Islamic building F:served as a mosque for the Islamic religion C:was important to a total of 3 religions DT: calligraphy on outside, dome on top of a wooden box M:celebrates new religion P/S: Islamic T:architecture |
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N:Alhambra palaces
D:1354-1391 A: P: OL: Granada, Spain M: stone F:palace C:by end of 14th century palace had a pop. of 40,000 DT: abstract exterior pattern,16 windows on top of dome, Arabic calligraphy over stucco walls, courtyard w/ fountain w/ lions M: palace P/S: Islamic T:architecture |
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N:Mosque of Selim II
D:1568-1575 A: Sinan P: OL: Edrine, Turkey M:stone F:mosque C: Ottomans developed an new type of mosque with a dome covered square prayer hall, climax of Ottoman architecture DT: monumental central space with harmonious proportions compare to Sophia Hagia, open and airy center, hospital, school, library M: town center P/S:Islamic T:architecture |
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N: Mosque of Kashan
D:1540 A: P: OL: Ardabil, Iran M: wool and silk F: carpet for funerary mosque of Shaykhsafi al-Din C: turned carpet weaving into a national industry DT: 25 million knots, illusion of a heavenly dome w/ mosque lamps reflected into a pool of water filled with floating lotus blossoms M:carpet for funerary mosque P/S: Islamic T:weaving |
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N: Court of Gayumars, folio 20
D:1525-1535 A:Sultona‐Muhamman P:Shah Tahmasp OL: Tabriz, Iran M: ink, water color, and gold on paper F:illuminated manuscript C: DT: the legend of King Gayumars, off center placement,light airy M:copy of Shahnama P/S: Islamic T:painted |
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N: Autun Cathedral
D:1120-1135 A:Gislebertus P: OL: Autun, France M: stone F: put terror into people so that they would seek redemption for their sins C:religious leaders wanted to scare people into believing in god DT:dead souls wait their fate, Christ is centered with those in heaven the right and those damned to hell on the left M:scare people into religion P/S: Romanesque T:relief on tympanum |
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N: Reliquary statue of Sainte-Foy
D:Late 10th to early 11th century with later additions A: P: OL:Sainte-Foy, Conques M: gold, silver gilt, jewels, and cameos over a wooden core F:held relics C: time of furta-saca- justified holy theft DT: man sitting on a chair, head of an ancient Roman parade helmet M:held the skull of Saint Faith P/S: Romanesque T: Sculpture |
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N: St. Sernin
D:1070-1120 A: P: OL: Toulouse, France M: stone F:church C:built in honor of the city's first bishop, time of pilgrimages DT: radiating chapels, cross plan,double vaulted interior, dark inside with tiny windows M: site on many pilgrimages P/S: Romanesque T:architecture |
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N:St. Pierre
D:1115-1135 A: P: OL: Moissac, France M: marble F:decoration on top of portal C: wanted to scare people into going to church to get their salvation DT: second coming of Christ,judgement day, Christ is centered, people look up at him from bottom, hierarchy of scale? M:Christ is the door to salvation P/S:Romanesque T: Relief on tympanum |
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N:La Madeleine
D:1120-1132 A: P: OL: Vezelay, France M: stone F:decoration on top of portal C: wanted to scare people into going to church to get their salvation DT: light rays emanate from the centered Christ's hands, instills the holy ghost in the apostles M:convert the world's heathens P/S:Romanesque T: relief in tympanum |
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N: Morgan Madonna
D:second half of 12th century A: P: OL: Auvergne, France M: painted wood F: held relics C:throne of wisdom DT: The virgin sits for the thrown with the child Jesus sitting on her lap, heads are too big for body, relics held in back of the head M:to hold relics P/S: Romanesque T: sculpture |
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N: Santa’Ambrogio
D: late 11th to early 12th century A: P: OL: Milan, Italy M: stone F:church C: in honor of Saint Ambrose DT: groin vault nave bay, two aisle bays, uneven tower, transverse arches, windows in octagonal dome M:church P/S:Holy Roman Empire, Romanesque T: architecutre |
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N: Hildegard reveals her visions
D:1050-107 A:Hidegard of Bingen P: OL: Trier or Bengen, Germany M: F: C: Women could and did have power and influence DT:five tongues enter the nuns head as she recives visions M: showed how she came up woth her visions P/S: Holy Roman Empire, Romanesque T:painting? |
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N:Cathedral
D:1063 A: P: OL:Pisa, Italy M: stone F:cathedral C:resembles early christian basilicas DT:seperate bell towers and baptisteries, incrustation- marble patter, bright panels w/ dif colors M:cathedral P/S:Romanesque T:architecture |
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N:Creation and Temptation of Adam and Eve,
D:1110 A: Willigelmo P: OL: Modena Cathedral M: marble F:shows creation of Adam and Eve C:first example of fully developed narrative relief DT: Mendorla, inscription, frieze, shows Adam and eve's temptation separated into 3 scenes M:shows adam and eve's sin P/S:Romanesque T: relief |
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N:St. Etienne
D:1067 A: P: OL: Caen, France M: stone F:church C:The Normans quickly developed a distinctive Romanesque architectural style that became the major source of French Gothic Architecture DT: division of the front facade into three parts, rib vaults M:church P/S: Romanesque T: architecture |
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N:Durham Cathedral
D: 1093 A: P: OL: England M: Stone F:Church C:first example of rib groin vault placed over a 3 story nave DT:rib groin vault placed over a 3 story nave, quadrant archcross plan, long slender proportions, compound piers, transverse arches, seven point groin vaults M:church P/S: Romanesque T:architecture |
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N: Eadwine the Scribe,
D:1160‐1170 A:Eadwine the Scribe, P: OL: Eadwine Psalter M: ink and tempera on vellum F:illuminated manuscript C :rare page where artist is actually seen DT: patterning is firm, drapery falls more softly, still incorporates architecture, looks as if he is squished into a very small room M: psalter P/S:Romanesque T: illuminated manuscript |
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N:Bayeux Tapestry
D:1070‐1080 A: P: OL: France M: wool on linen F: funeral procession C: most famous work of English Romanesqueart DT: embroidery, narrative, story, 200+ feet long M: tells a story P/S:Romanesque T: embroidered fabric |
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Name: St.-Denis
Date:1144 Artist: Patron: Abbot Suger Original Location:Paris, France Meaning:Church Function:Church Context:1st Gothic Church, Burial site for French Royalty Materials: Stone Period/Style: French Early Gothic Technique:Architecture dt: Stained glass windows represent divine light of god, eliminated walls w/ rib vaults resting on pointed arches |
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Name: Chartres Cathedral
Date:1194 Artist: Patron: Original Location:Chartres, France Meaning:church Function:church Context:still being improved upon Materials:stone Period/Style:French Early Gothic Technique:architecture DT: jamb figures, rose windows, stianed glass windows |
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Name: Laon cathedral
Date:1190 Artist: Patron: Original Location: Laon, France Meaning:Church Function:Church Context:Churches began to be more welcoming instead of frightening Materials: stone Period/Style:French Early Gothic Technique:architecture DT: rose window, triforium- band of arcades below clerestory, deep front porches, open structure of towers |
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Name: Notre Dame
Date:1215 Artist: Patron: Original Location:Paris, France Meaning:church Function:church Context:1st cathedral using flying butresses Materials:stone Period/Style:Gothic Technique:architecture DT: rob vaults start at ceiling and go as far down to the capitals of the columns, 5 floors, rose window |
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Name: Amiens Cathedral
Date:1236 Artist: Patron: Original Location : Amiens, France Meaning: church Function:church Context: started to welcome people nto church instead of scaring them into church Materials:stone Period/Style:French High Gothic Technique:architecture DT: 148 ft high vaults, large windows, more extravagant use of sculpture to greet worshipers, flying buttresses |
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Name: Reims Catheral
Date:1260 Artist: Patron: Original Location: Reims, France Meaning: Church Function:Church Context:jamb structure begin to evolve and come off the walls almost entirely Materials:stone Period/Style:French High Gothic Technique:architecture DT:long, narrow, and very high, deep porches, jamb figures come off walls, 3D, roman faces (humanistic), contrapposto |
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Name: Sainte-Chapelle
Date:1250 Artist: Patron: Original Location:Paris, France Meaning:Church Function:Church Context:start of Rayonnant style Materials:stone Period/Style:French High Gothic Technique:Architecture DT: Rayonnant style (radiant), stained glass windows are 3/4's of the walls |
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Name: The Virgin of Paris, Norte-Dame
Date:1300 Artist: Patron: Original Location:Paris, France Meaning:Mary holding baby jesus Function:sculptre Context: Materials:stone Period/Style:French High Gothic Technique:in the round DT: severe s curve in the virgins body, child plays with virgins garments |
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Name: Saint- Maclou
Date:1500-1514 Artist: Patron: Original Location: Rouen, France Meaning:church Function:church Context: arrival of flamboyant style Materials:stone Period/Style: Late Gothic Technique:architecture DT: Flamboyant Style: looks like flames |
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Name: Blanche of Castile
Date:1226-1234 Artist: Patron: Original Location: Meaning:shows the moral message in the bible Function:bible Context:shows moral message Materials:ink, tempera, and gold leaf on vellum Period/Style:Late Gothic Technique:Royal book |
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Name: Salisbury Cathedral
Date:1220-1258 Artist: Patron: Original Location:England Meaning:church Function:church Context: Materials:stone Period/Style:English Gothic Technique:architecture DT: double transept, flying buttresses as decoration, Flat at east end, crossing towers are more important, long and narrow instead of vertical |
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Name: Chapel of Henry VII
Date:1503-1519 Artist: Patron: Original Location:London, England Meaning: church Function:church Context: Materials:stone Period/Style:English Gothic Technique:architecture DT: fan vault, ornamentation |
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Name: Death of the Virgin
Date:1230 Artist: Patron: Original Location: Strasbourg, France Meaning:shows the death of mary Function: tympanum Context: Materials: stone Period/Style:German Gothic Technique: architecture DT: shows movement and human emotion |
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Name: Ekkehard and Uta
Date:1260 Artist: Patron: Original Location: Naumburg, Germany Meaning:royalty Function: Context: beginning to see more human emotion, humanism Materials: stone Period/Style: German Gothic Technique:sculpture DT: Shows more human emotion and human features, can see bodies in the drapery, 3D |
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Name: Rottgen Pieta
Date:1325 Artist: Patron: Original Location:Rhineland, Germany Meaning:Mary holding the distorted body of her son Function: show human emotion Context: start to see more emotion and realism Materials: Period/Style:German Gothic Technique:Sculpture DT: shows the effects of crucifixion, Christs body is distorted, gives humanity to religious figures |
