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Name: Christ and Disciples on the Road to Emmaus (16-1)
Date: 1100 Location: Cloister of the Abbey of Santo Domingo, Silos, Castile, Spain Civilization: Romanesque Style: Pier Relief Significance: Depicts the resurrected Christ and two of his disciples on the road from Jerusalem to Emmaus. Christ has features of a medieval pilgrim- hat, satchel, the shell on the satchel was important to pilgrims traveling to the shrine of St. James at Santiago Compostela About life size |
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Name: Cathedral of St. James in Santiago de Compostela (16-4)
Date: 1078-1122 Location: Galicia, Spain Civilization: Romanesque Significance: Held the body of St. James the apostle to the Iberian peninsula Designed in a "pilgrimage plan" so that worshippers and pilgrims could circulate freely along the perimeter of the cathedral without disturbing services. |
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Cathedral of St. James at Santiago de Compostela
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Transept Interior Cathedral of St. James at Santiago de Compostela
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Name: Reliquary Statue of Sainte Foy (St. Faith)
(16-7) Date: Late: 9th or 10th Century Location: Abbey Church, Conques, France Civilization: Romanesque Material: Silver gilt over a wood core with gems and cameos added at various times Significance: The monks at Conques stole the relic of St. Foy the child martyr, "holy robbery, from her shrine at Agen/ they encased their new relic, the skull of St. Foy in this statue/ the head was reused from a late Roman work/ 33 inches tall |
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Name: Cathedral Complex, Pisa (16-10)
Date: Cathedral-1063/baptistery 1153/ campanile (free standing bell tower) 1173/ Campo Santo 13th century Location: Tuscany, Italy Civilization: Tuscan Romanesque Designer: Busketos Purpose: Built to be dedicated to the Virgin Mary after the maritime power, Pisa, had a victory over the Muslims The cathedral was designed as a cruciform basilica / The exteriors of Tuscan churches were decorated with marble |
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Name: Christ in Majesty (16-13)
Date:1123 Location: Apse of Church of San Climent, Taull, Catalunya, Spain Civilization: Romanesque Style: Fresco- combined Byzantine style with their own Mozarabic style Christ is holding an open book that says " Ego sum luz mundi" " I am the light of the world" |
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Name: Durham Cathedral- nave (16-18)
Date: 1087-1133 Location: Nothern England, Durham/ an English military outpost Civilization: Norman Romanesque Original East end replaced by a Gothic choir/ about 73 feet tall/ |
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Durham Cathedral Plan
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Elements of Architecture- Romanesque Church Portal (pg. 478)
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Name: The Last Judgement Tympanum at Autun (pg. 483)
Date: 1130-1145 Location: West portal, Cathedral of Saint-Lazare, Autun, Burgundy, France Artist: Gislebertus? Civilization: Romanesque Significance: Displays Christ at the end of time judging the people/ The damned are underneath Christ's feat |
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Name: Virgin and Child (16-26)
Date: Late 12th Century Location: Auvergne Region, France Material: Oak with polychromy Civilization: Romanesque Style: Any image like this with Mary seated on a throne holding Christ is known as "The Throne of Wisdom" Purpose: Served as a cult object on the altar/ They also sometimes took part in liturgical dramas such as one at the feast of Epiphany that celebrated the arrival of the Magi It is 31 inches tall |
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Name: The Bayeux Embroidery- Messengers Signal the Appearance of Halley's Comet (pg. 488)
Date: 1066-1082 Location: Norman-Anglo-Saxon, perhaps from Canterbury, Kent, England Material: Linen with wool embroidery Purpose: Recounts the history of the Norman Conquest of England with William the Conqueror Info: This particular scene displays people seeing Halley's comet which is an Anglo-Saxon sign of potent disaster |
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Name: The Bayeux Embroidery- Bishop Odo Blessing the Feast (pg. 488)
Date: 1066-1082 Location: Norman-Anglo-Saxon, perhaps from Canterbury, Kent, England Material: Linen with wool embroidery Purpose: Recounts the history of the Norman Conquest of England with William the Conqueror Info: This scene depicts Odo and William feasting before battle/ Bishop Odo is blessing the feast |
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Name: View of Ambulatory and Apse Chapels- The Abbey Church of Saint-Denis (17-2)
Date: 1140-1144 Location: Just north of Paris, France Constructor: Abbot Suger supervised the construction Civilization: French Style: Gothic Purpose: Had french royal significance, housed the tombs of the kings of France, the regalia of the French crown, and the relics of St. Denis whose grave the church is built over Importance: Many consider this the first gothic building/ emphasis on light and the divinity of luminosity which was derived erroneously from writings of Dionysus |
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Abbey Church of St. Denis
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Name: Chartres Cathedral ( Cathedral of Notre-Dame at Chartres)- West Facade (17-4)
Date: West faced begun 1134/ cathedral rebuilt after a fire in 1194 and continued till 1260/ north spire 1507-1513 Location: Chartres, France Civilization: French Style: Gothic Significance: Chartres was the site of the relic of a piece of Mary's clothing/ thought to have healing powers so it was a popular pilgrimage destination/ Cathedral was associated with important market fairs especially cloth markets |
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Name: Royal Portal at west Facade of Chartres Cathedral (17-5)
Date: 1145-1155 Location: Chartres Cathedral, France Center Tympanum: Christ enthroned in his majesty returning at the end of time. Right Tympanum: dedicated to the incarnation (God's first earthly appearance) Left Tympanum: Christ's Assension Significance: Flanking all three openings on the jambs are carvings of kings, queens, and prophets in the lineage of Christ hence the name Royal Portal |
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Elements of Arhcitecture the Gothic Church page 503
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Name: Rose Window and Lancets, North Transept, Chartres Cathedral (17-11)
Date: 1230-1235 Location: Chartres Cathedral (Cathedral of Notre Dame at Chartres) Material: Stained and painted glass Significance: Proclaims the priestly heritage of Mary and Jesus Who gave it: It was a gift from King Louis IX and probably arranged by his mother Queen Blanche of Castile. The french royal emblem, fleur-de-lis appears on the window in the graudated lancets and in a series of quatrefoils A Castilean device of golden castles is present a reference to Louis's mother |
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Name: West Facade, Cathedral of Notre-Dame Reims (17-13)
Date: finished in 1286, rebuilding begun 1211, facade 1225 Location: Reims, Region of Champagne, Northeast of Paris, France Civilization: France Style: Gothic Purpose: Used for coronation ceremonies of French kings, finished for the coronation of Philip the Fair 5 master masons: Jean d'Orbais, Jean le Coup, Haucher de Reims, Bernard de Soissons, and Robert de Coucy directed the construction over the course of it being built |
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Name: Interior Looking West, Reims Cathedral (17-15)
Date: 1220 Bar tracery was a technique that placed stone mullions into expansive gaps in walls where stain glass was to be placed. |
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Name: Self-Portrait Kneeling Before the Virgin and Child (17-23)
Date: 1250-1259 Location: St. Albans, England Artist: Matthew Paris Material: Ink and color on parchment Civilization: English Period: Gothic Significance: Comes from the book Historia Anglorum Matthew painted himself looking towards words that offer a commentary on the painting above. |
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Name: Salisbury Cathedral (17-24)
Date: 1220-1258 / West facade finished 1265/ spire 1320-1330/ cloister and chapter house 1263-1284 Location: Salisbury, England Civilization: England Style: Gothic Significance: Bishop Richard Poore petitioned the pope to relocate the church off the hilltop it originally was/ when relocated the the bishop established a new town, Salisbury |
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Name: Church of St. Elizabeth of Hungary (17-28)
Date: 1235-1283 Location: Marburg, Germany Civilization: Germany/ Holy Roman Empire Period: Gothic Form: Hall Church Builders: Built by the knights of the Teutonic Order Significance: Hungarian Princess Elizabeth took care of the poor after the ruler she was to marry died. |
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Name: Old-New Synagogue (Altneuschul) (17-30)
Date: Late 13th Century Location: Prague, Bohemia (Czech Republic) Civilization: Holy Roman Empire Style: Gothic Hall Church Two focal points the shrine for the Torah scrolls (aron) and a raised platform for reading them (bimah) Men studied and worshiped in the main space women had to stay in the annexes on the north and west sides |
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Name: Frescos of the Sala Dei Nove (18-1 and pgs. 547-548)
Date:1338-1339 Location: Palazzo Publico, Siena, Italy Artist: Ambrogio Lorenzetti Style: Fresco Period: 14th Century Europe Significance: A fresco painting that is an allegorical representation of good and bad government. The Nine- a council that ruled Siena as an oligarchy commissioned Lorenzetti to paint these frescos for the council room known as the Sala Dei Nove (Chamber of the Nine) |
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Name: Visualizing Good Government/ Frescoes of the Sala Dei Nove
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Name: Visualizing Good Government/ Frescos of the Sala Dei Nove
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Name: The Campo and Plazzo Publico (18-14)
Date: 1297-1340 Location: Siena Italy Period: 13th Century Europe Purpose: The town hall Significance: Frescos painted by Lorenzetti are here in the Sala dei Nove |
