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San Vitale, 540-547 CE. Early Byzantine monuments are found in Ravenna, Italy. This was one of them. Insp. by Santa Costanza. Richer in spatial effect. Separated women in the hall. Lot's of light. Narthex is oriented east, so visitors are forced to turn when they enter building. |
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Emperor Justinian and His Attendants. 547 CE. Tall slim small almond eyes. Political/spiritual authority. Justinian brings bread. Shield with Christ's initials on it show his conquest of Constantine that becomes Constantinople. |
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Empress Theodora and Her Attendants. 547 CE. She brings chalice. |
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Hagia Sophia. 532-7 CE. (Church of Holy Wisdom) Justinian's reign in Const. First church was comissioned by Constant. but destroyed. Became a mosque. Longitudinal axis of Christian basilica. Has arcades, arches. Pendentives, transitition from square formed arches to the domes. Graeco Roman Architecture: balance of opposing forces. |
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Justinian as Conqueror. 525-550 CE. Vestige of classism. Diptych. Celebrate's his victories in Italy, N Africa, Asia. |
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Archangel Michael. Early 6th c. CE. Justinian. Descendent of winged victory of Graeco-Roman art. Symbolic relationship to the architecture. Classism. |
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Christ. 6th century. Encaustic. Graeco-Roman portrait similar to that Roman lady painting. DIchotomy. |
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Virgin and Child Enthroned. 6th c CE, Encaustic. From the Monestary of St. Catherine at Mount Sinai. |
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Herbaville Triptych. Late 10th c. CE. Private worship. Deesis. Classic contrapasto poses. |
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Crucifixion. 11th c CE. Church of Dormition. Balance/clarity that's spiritual. Appeals to viewer emotions. Greatest achievement of middle Byzantine art. In response to iconoclast controversy in 8/9th c CE. |
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Annunciation to the Virgin. early 14th c CE. Narrative subjects for icons. Bilateral. |
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Dome of the Rock. 690 CE. Made by christians. Syncretism. Collumns from classical monuments. Script, veggies/floral motifs/ geometric. |
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Great Mosque of Córdoba. 750 CE. Geometric arabesque. It was a place for school, trade, everything. |
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Taj Mahal. 1650 CE. Metaphor for paradise |
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Purse Cover. First half of 7th c CE. Over glorified fanny pouch. Sutton Hoo art which is Germanic and Scandinavian. |
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Symbol of St. Matthew. 680 c CE. Hiberno Saxon art. Irish monastaries were centers for art. Christian/Celtic/Germanic attributes. Each of the four books of the gospel, Mathew, Mark, Luke, John. Recalls ornamental quality of the Sutton Hoo. Decorative motifs into a human. Hands of scribers were preserved as sacred objects. |
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Chi Rho Iota Page. 800 c CE. XPI. From the Book of Kells. "This is how the birth of Christ came about" Symbol of Authority and dominance. Intro to natural world. |
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Burial Ship. 834 c CE. Pleasure craft used for calm waters. Two women were buried in this. Carved reliefs of animals appeared, mythical sea dragons. Germanic, Anglo-Saxon. |
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Equestrian Statue of a Carolingian Ruler. 9th c CE. Carolingan art. Roman equestrian statue of Theodoric. Portable. Lost antique Roman equestrian statue of Theodoric. |
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St. Matthew. 800-810 c CE. The Gospel book of Charlemagne. Tempera on Vellum. Roman tradition of painting. |
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St. Matthew. 816- 835. Gospel book of archbishop ebbo of reims. Hiberno-Saxon words. |
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Lindau Gospels. 870. Reims style. Stones are raised on turrets. So light can come from beneath to reflect. |
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St. Michael’s. 1001-1013. Ottonian age. Monastic church. Modular system. Destroyed in WW2 but restored. Ambulatory. Long hallway |
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Doors of Bishop Bernward. 1015. Made for abbey church of St. Michael's Hildesheim Germany. First monumental sculptures created by the lost-wax method. First christian doors decorated with stories. |
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Gero Crucifix. 970 c CE. Archbishop Gero of Cologne. Large scale Ottonian sculpture. First dead jesus art on the cross. |
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11.1 Sant Vincenç. 1029-1040. Bays, arches of space on front of the chancel. Compound piers. Unity and harmony. |
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Church of Saint-Pierre, Moissac |
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West Portal, Saint-Lazare |
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Saint-Savin-sur-Gartempe |
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The Building of the Tower of Babel |
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st john the evangelist |
St. John the Evangelist |
