Test 3 Flashcards by Jessie Mires

Name: Constantine Deconstructed

Period: Early Christian

Significance: Constantine’s portraits revive the Augustan image of an eternally youthful ruler. fragment of an enthroned ruler

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Name: The Good Shepard, the story of Joah and orants

Period: Early Christian

Significance: Celiling in a Roman catacomb, similar to the painted caults of Ostian homes, subjects form the Hebrew scriptures and the New Testament

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Name:Battle of Romans and barbarians (Ludovisi Battle Sarcophagus)

Period: Early Christian

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Good Shepherd Sarcophagus,

from the Catacomb of Praetextatus

Period: Early Christian

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Name: Layout of St.Peters

Period: Early Christian

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Name: Interior of Santa Costanza

Period: Early Christian

Significance: Possibly the mausoleum of Constantine’s daughter, central plan, domed interior, inspiration for Byzantine churches

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Name: Masoleum of Galla Placida

Period: Early Christian, Byzantine

Significance:

Outside not fancy, inside has fancy Tessarae Mosaics
Mosaics have Biblical subject matter
Symbolic of Christian Spirit, Outside doesn’t matter but inside does

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Name: Christ as the Good Shepard mosaic at Galla Placidia

Period: Early Christian

Significance: naturalistic classical tradition, informal, three dimensional bulk

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Name: Rebecca & Elietzer at the Wall

Period: - Early Christian, Byzantine

Significance: - Example of Kudex

On Vellum or Parchment
Earliest Painted manuscript
Narrative takes place within art
Illustrations to be read like text

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Name: Woman sacrificing at an altar

Period: Early Christian

Significance: pagan ritual, banned by Theodosius, classical artistic style

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Name: Saint Michael the Archangel

Period: Byzantine

Significance: modeled after a classical winged victory, seems to float in front of the architecture rather than stand on it

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Name: Hagia Sophia

Period: Byzantine

Significance:

Inspired by Pantheon, Dome
Light was seen as mystical and spiritual so they put a lot of windows
Had both Pendentives and Squinch

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Name: San Vitale

Period: Byzantine

Significance:

Outside plain, Inside decorative
Complication of space inside and outside
Pattern oriented stuff

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Name: Justinian and the Attendants

Period: Romanesque

Significance:

Mosaic
Not about visual reality, but the narrative
Gold became symbol for Heaven
Most important figure is placed in middle
Very flat, no attempt at illusionistic art

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Name:Theodora and attendants

Period: Romanesque

Significance: Justinian’s wife, new aesthetic,

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Name: St. Mark’s

Period: Byzantine

Significance:

Same windows as Hagia Sophia
Mystic light to encourage worship, same with Mosaics

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Name:- Apollinaris Amid Sheep

Period: Byzantine

Significance:- Signs of Evangelists represented

Iconographs
Narrative

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Name: Transfiguration of Jesus

Period: Byzantine

Significance: the artist took away traces of landscape for a depthless field of gold, the prophets and disciples cast no shadows even though bathed in divine light

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Name: Hosios Loukas

Period: Byzantine

Significance:

Plain outside
Dome like interior
Stuff inside tells Biblical narratives

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Name: David composing the Psalms

Period: Byzantine

Significance: During the Macedonian Renaissance Byzantine artists revived the classical style, portrayal of David as a Greek hero

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Name: Andrei Rubylev

Period: Byzantine

Significance:

Very flat
Highly Stylized
Mandala’s around head
Icon because of Gold backgrounds

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Name: Dome of the Rock

Period: Islamic Art

Significance: mark the triumph of Islam on a site sacred to Muslims, Christians and Jews, an octogon with a towering dome

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Name: Sinan, Mosque fo Selim II Period: Islamic Art Significance: new type of mosque with a dome covered prayer hall, taller than the hagia sophia, engineering triumph

Name: Interior of Mosque of Selim Period: Islamic Art Significance: fusion of an octogon and a dome covered square wiht four half domes at the corners, The plan features geometric clarity and precise numerical ratios

Name: Malwiya Minaret Period: Islamic Art Significance: unique spiral snail shell, served to announce the presence of Islam in the Tigris Valley

Name: Taj Mahal Period: Significance:

Name: Pair of Merovingian looped fibulae Period: Carolingian Significance: migration period, pin for holding a cloak over shoulders, silver gilt worked in filigree, owned by chieftan

Name: Purse cover from the Sutton Hoo Period: Carolingian Significance: - Zoomorphic - Stylized overlaid designs - Interlacing design almost becomes pattern like

Name: Animal Head Post Period: Medieval, Migration Period Significance: - Lacertine - Wrapping & Weaving of Design

Name: Viking Church Period:Medieval, Migration Period Significance: - Beginning of Gargoyles - Used to defend against enemies - Looks small - Lacertine, Interlaced, Animal quality inside

Name: Cross Inscribed Carpet Page Period: Medieval, Migration Period Significance: - So heavily designed it almost pulsates - Very intense patterning - All books copied by Monks

Name: Chi-rho-iota (XPI) page, Period: Significance:

Name: High Cross of Muiredach Period: Barbarian Significance: going towards Christian subject matter, pilgrims knelt in front of cross, central idea-crucifixion, panels of saints, interlacing designs

Name: St. Matthew Period: Carolingian Significance: - Turn to book form instead of scroll - Byzantine influence

Name: Codex Cover Period: Carolingian Significance: - Put on book, Made of metal - Repousse - Metalwork & Jewels influenced by Barbarian - Filigree - Granulation

Name: Palatine Chapel Period: Carolingian Significance: - Built with Stone - Very solid aesthetic

Name: Saint Michael's Hildesheim Period: Ottonian Significance: - Interested in interior arches - Varied use of thick and thin arches - Logically laid out - Paneled Doors influenced by manuscripts - Looked at 2D for 3D influence b/c it is authority of church

Name: Doors of St. Michaels Period: Ottonian Significance: Benwards doors tell the story of original sin and redemption, relief panels

Name: Annunciation of the Shepards Period: Ottonian Significance: - New style b/c it is following copies by copying - Life takes art of it's own

Name: Otto III Enthroned Period: Ottonian Significance: - Justinian influence - Taken to extreme

Name: St. Sernin Period: Romanesque Significance: - Built in square symetacism - Round arches - Very dark b/c of thick walls - Follows Christian cross plan - Revive Roman building techniques

Name: Interior of Saint Sernin Period: Romanesque Significance: higher the architecture the thicker the walls no windows, no light

Name: St. Etienne Period: Romanesque Significance: towers, pitched roof, round arches on side

Name:Sant’Ambrogio Period: Romanesque Significance:

Name: Baptistery of San Giovanni Period: Romanesque Significance: - Rounded Arches - Small windows

Name: Cathedral Complex Period: Romanesque Significance: - Rounded Arches & Small Windows - Square Symeticism - Polychrome Marble

Name: Bernardus Gelduinus Period: Romanesque Significance: - Has Mandala - Byzantine-esque but more bold

Name: Pentacost and Mission of the Apostles Period: Romanesque Significance: - Christ sending people out on crusades - Christ is now the Judge - Christ in Mandala - Byzantine style, Very simple

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Name: Lions & Old Testament Prophet Period: Romanesque Significance: - Not realistic, Calligraphic - Jeremiah comes from Scripture which is authority - Lion comes from Barbarian influence - Two styles merging

Name: Cloister at St. Pierre Period: Romanesque Significance: historiated capitals , revived tradition of stone carving, area where monks prayed

Name: Christ in Majesty Period: Romanesque Significance: - Mandala - Compartmentalized, very organized - Bolder Colors - Symbols of Evangelists on his side

Name:- Moses Expounding the Law Period: Romanesque Significance: - Design follows function - Meant to communicate message - Bold, Stylized - Design oriented to communicate message

Name: Eadwine the Scribe Period: Romanesque Significance: - Chose to paint self copying manuscripts - New attitude of "I'm the best" - Very organized and thought out design

Name:- Funeral Procession to Westminister Period: Romanesque Significance: - Story transcribed visually - Event is current which is a first

Name: Ambulatory & Radiating Chapels Period: Early Gothic Significance: - Came up with Pointed Arch - Large Windows - Stained glass used to tell Biblical stories - Mary became intercessor

Name: Jamb statues at Chartres Period: Gothic Significance: first sifs of a new naturalism in European sculpture

Name: Laon Cathedral Period: Early Gothic Significance: - Pointed Arches - Large Windows - Level above gallery, Triforum & Chlorestry

Name: Interior of Laon Cathedral Period: Early Gothic Significance: insertion of a triforium breaks up the nave wall producing elevation

Name: Notre Dame Period: Early Gothic Significance: - Mary now featured in center of depictions - Gargoyles appear b/c of Barbarian zoomorphic influence - Great Height, Pointed Arches, Flying Buttresses, and Stained Glass

Name: Chartres Cathedral Period: High Gothic Significance: - Planned flying buttresses from beginning - Rectangular frame rather than square - Wanted you to think of height, connection to God - Had lots of light due to windows - Narrow quality

Name:Rose window at Chartres Cathedral Period: High Gothic Significance: intricate stained glass windows, characteristic of High Gothic

Name: Saint Chapelle Period: High Gothic Significance: - 3/4 of it is windows - Leading idea of Lux Nova - Light thought to help connect to God - Rassonant Style

Name: Christ Period: High Gothic Significance: - Very 3D - Not calligraphic - Reminiscent of Roman - Returning to realism

Name: Reims Cathedral Period: High Gothic Significance: - Very busy & ornate - Fancier and more complicated - Statues 3D and have depth and movement - Statues also interact with each other

Name: Annunciation and Visitation Period: High Gothic Significance: jamb statues at Reims, diverse style, motion

Name:Virgin and Child Period: Late Gothic Significance: - People approached Mary b/c Jesus was now the judge - S curve in the body - Realistic depiction of life

Name: Milan Cathedral Period: Late Gothic Significance: - Tracery, Very Elaborate - Very ornate, everything is organized - Has Quatrefoil

Pendentive

- Transition between the square building and round dome

Squinch

- When you set a dome on top of a square and fill in the corners

Kudex

Scroll cut and put into book form

vellum

- Dried calves skin for writing

Parchement

- Lamb skin for writing

Symbols for John, Matthew, Mark, Luke

Eagle Man Lion Ox

Fibulae

A decorative pin, to fasten a toga up

Lacertine

- Lizard-like - Wrapping and weaving of design

Cloisonne

- Wired outline

Cloyster

Outdoor place where monks prayed

Futile Society

- Own land in exchange for service - Towns between large cities - Monasteries for education

Triforium

Level directly above gallery

Clerestory

- 4th level with windows

5 Things in Every Gothic Cathedral

- Flying Buttress - Pointed Arches - Height - Large Windows - Rose Windows

Rassonant Style

- Radiant - Light fills whole place

Lux Nova

- New light - Helps connect to God - Ex: Stained glass windows

Crenulation

- Up and down aesthetic around walls

Quatrefoil

- Clover like ornament

Fan Vaulting

- Everything comes to a point, then fans out

Test 3 Flashcards

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