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Title: Gummersmark Brooch What: large silver-gilt pin Made of: silver gilt Date: 6th century Who made it: The Norse Significance: human, animal and geometric forms |
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Title: Matthew Writing his Gospel, Lindisfarne Gospel Book
What: one of most extraordinary manuscripts Made of: ink and tempera on vellum Who made it: Lindisfarne and Ethelwald Significance: admired for its beauty |
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Title: Gripping Beasts
What:Detail of Oseberg Ship Made of: Wood Who made it: vikings Significance: viking contribution to world architecture |
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Title: Palace Chapel of Charlemagne
What: chapel in palace of charlemagne Made of: wood framework, multi-colored stone Who made it: Carolingian Where: Germany Significance: Charlemagne's private place of worship, church of his imperial court, place for precious relics, imperial mausoleum |
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Title: Gero Crucifix
What: life size figure of christ Made of: painted and gilded wood Date: about 970 Who made it: Ottonian Significance: tortured martyr (Jesus Christ) human suffering; inspire pity and awe |
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Title: Doors of Bishop Bernward
What: doors made for abbey church of st. michael Made of: bronze Date: 1015 Who made it: Ottonian Where: Hildisheim, Germany Significance: portray events from Hebrew bible (left) and New Testament (right) |
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illumination |
A painting on paper or parchment used as an illustration and/or decoration in a manuscript or album. Usually richly colored, often supplemented by gold and other precious materials. The artists are referred to as illuminators. Also: the technique of decorating manuscripts with such paintings.
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cloister |
An enclosed space, open to the sky, especially within a monastery, surrounded by an arcaded walkway, often having a fountain and garden. Since the most important monastic buildings (e.g., dormitory, refectory, church) open off the cloister, it represents the center of the monastic world.
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colophon |
'The data placed at the end of a book listing the book''s author, publisher, illuminator, and other information related to its production. In East Asian handscrolls, the inscriptions which follow the painting are also called colophons.'column |
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westwork |
The monumental, west-facing entrance section of a Carolingian, Ottonian, or Romanesque church. The exterior consists of multiple stories between two towers; the interior includes an entrance vestibule, a chapel, and a series of galleries overlooking the nave.
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Title: Saint Gall Plan What: drawing used as an example to follow in designing a monastic community Date: about 817 Significance: model of ideal plan which can be modified for exact needs of the monastery |
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Title: Utrecht Psalter What: Its illustrations are a spectacular example of the Carolingian revival of Roman artistic practices Who made it: Carolingian Made of: pen drawings in brown and red ink |
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Title: Reconstruction Drawing of the Abbey of Cluny What: Benedictine monastery dedicated to saint peter built in Romanesque style Where: Burgundy, France |
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Title: Reconstruction Drawing, third abbey church at Cluny What: Third reconstruction of abbey church at Cluny Made by: Hugh de Semur Significance: home for relics of St. Peter and St. Paul; headquarters for monastic order Date: 1130 |
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Title: Cathedral Complex, Pisa What: cathedral dedicated to virgin Mary made of: decorated with marble date: begun 1063 who made it: Pisans; French Where: Tuscany, Italy |
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Title: Speyer Cathedral What: imperial cathedral; masonry vault made of: alternating heavy and light elements who made it: Conrad 2nd Where: Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany Significance: dedicated to Saint Mary, patron saint of Speyer |
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Title: Durham Cathedral What: Norman Romanesque style building Made of: stone vaulting Date: Begun 1087 Who made it: Norman architects where: Northern England |
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Title: South Portal, Tympanum Showing Christ in Majesty, Priory Church of Saint-Pierre, Moissac What: flattened figure of christ Where: Tarn-et-Garronne, France Made by: French Date: 1115 |
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Title: Trumeau, Priory Church of Saint-Pierre, Moissac What: prophet(usually Jeremiah), and two criss-crossing lions Where:Tarn-et-Garrone Made by: French Date: 1115 |
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Title: Bishop Odo blessing the feast What: Bayeux Embroidery Made of: linens with wool embroidery Made by: norman anglo-saxons significance: feast before battle |
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Title: Messengers signal the appearance of Halley's comet What: Bayeux embroidery Made of: linens with embroidered wool Made by: norman anglo-saxons significance: story of Halley's comet and Harold;man is overcome by his lust for power, betrays his lord |
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Title: Detail of Bishop Odo Blessing the Feast What: Bayeux Embroidery Made of: linens embroidered with wool Made by: Norman Anglo-Saxon Significance: Bishop Odo blesses the feast; tightly twisted wool dyed in eight colors |
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archivolt |
A band of molding framing an arch, or a series of stone blocks that form an arch resting directly on flanking columns or piers.
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hieratic |
Highly stylized, severe, and detached, often in relation to a strict religious tradition.
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jamb |
In architecture, the vertical element found on both sides of an opening in a wall, and supporting an arch or lintel.
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mandorla |
Light encircling, or emanating from, the entire figure of a sacred person.
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transverse arch |
An arch that connects the wall piers on both sides of an interior space, up and over a stone vault.
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trumeau |
A column, pier, or post found at the center of a large portal or doorway, supporting the lintel.
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tympanum |
In medieval and later architecture, the area over a door enclosed by an archand a lintel, often decorated with sculpture or mosaic.
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flying buttress |
A projecting support built against an external wall, usually to counteract the lateral thrust of a vault or arch within. In Gothic church architecture, a flying buttress is an arched bridge above the aisle roof that extends from the upper nave wall, where the lateral thrust of the main vault is greatest, down to a solid pier.
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pinnacle |
In Gothic architecture, a steep pyramid decorating the top of another element such as a buttress. Also: the highest point.
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polychromy |
Multicolored decoration applied to any part of a building, sculpture, or piece of furniture. This can be accomplished with paint or by the use of multicolored materials.
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rose window |
A round window, often filled with stained glass set into tracery patterns in the form of wheel spokes, found in the façades of the naves and transepts of large Gothic churches.
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rib vault |
An arched masonry structure that spans an interior space. Barrel or tunnel vault: an elongated or continuous semicircular vault, shaped like a halfcylinder. Corbeled vault: a vault made by projecting courses of stone; see also under corbel. Groin or cross vault: a vault created by the intersection of two barrel vaults of equal size which creates four side compartments of identical size and shape. Quadrant vault: a half-barrel vault. Rib vault: a groin vault with ribs (extra masonry) demarcating the junctions. Ribs may function to reinforce the groins or may be purely decorative.
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Romanesque Church Portal -Know structure |
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Title: Salisbury Cathedral What: English Gothic Cathedral; church building Date: began in 1220 Who made it: English Gothic Where: England |
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Title: Plan of Salisbury Cathedral What: drawing of plans Date: 1220 who made it: english gothic |
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Title: Ekkehard and Uta What: sculpture of couple Ekkehard and Uta Made of: polychromy Made by: Dietrich 2nd Date:1245 |
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Title: Abbey Church of Saint Denis What: monastery Date:1130's Made by: Suger |
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Rib Vaulting -know structure |
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17-4 West Façade, Chartres Cathedral (Cathedral of Notre-Dame)France. West façade begun c. 1134; cathedral rebuilt after a fire in 1194; building continued to 1260; north spire 1507–1513.
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17-13 West Façade, Cathedral of Notre-Dame, ReimsRebuilding begun 1211; façade begun c. 1225; to the height of rose window by 1260; finished for the coronation of Philip the Fair in 1286; towers left unfinished 1311; additional work 1406–1428.
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17-18 Schematic Drawing of the Sainte-ChapelleParis. 1239–1248.
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