Unit 3

Question 1

Christian and Jewish catacomb paintings

Answer 1

loose brush
late 4th century
depict religious anecdotes
drawn in the dark, fixed more on message than visible beauty

Question 2

Constantine (the guy, this is not art. he’s just a guy)

Answer 2

legitimized christianity
divided rome into two capitols
306 CE

Question 3

first temple in jerusalem

Answer 3

holds the ark of the covenant
destroyed by the babylonians, ark stolen 586 bce
rebuilt later when jew’s homeland was returned to them, restored in like 30 bce

Question 4

sarcophagus of junius bassus

Answer 4

two registers, elaborate figural scenes, high relief?? partially roman style still, columns, equestrian figures,
sarcophagus of a roman official who was babtised on his death bed, lived pagan, died christian

Question 5

byzantines (as a people. not art just people)

Answer 5

they are past rome and greece, it’s that middle land. u kno wher it is

Question 6

hagia sophia

Answer 6

in 532 ce, constantinople, both longitudinal and central architecture elements, beautiful inside, plain outside, christian symbolism, lots of lights and windows, bigger dome than pantheon

Question 7

emperor justinian and empress theodora/attendents

Answer 7

san vitale: octagonal, built after a saint, i=unification of church and state, etc

mosaic in san vitale. etherial, they seem to float, cluster of heads, less realism

Question 8

chi-rho-iota page, book of kells

Answer 8

late 8th century, scotland, oxgau ink on vellum, made by monks in their little monk villages that i forget the name of, really ornate and stuff i guess

Question 9

doors in bishop bernward, st michaels hildesheim

Answer 9

huge ass bronze doors in germany, cast all in one piece, impressively, registers depict bible stuff, sixteen feet high, around 1025 ce

Question 10

cathedral complex, pisa

Answer 10

contains leaning tower of pisa. notable example of romanesque churches. domes, barrel vaulting, heavy, dark, oppressive atmosphere, few windows

Question 11

tympanum: the last judgment

Answer 11

at the saint lazare church. grotesque, apocalyptic mood, 1120-30 ce, depicts The Final Judgment of getting into heaven or hell. pretty scary actually

Question 12

bayeux embroidery

Answer 12

200 feet long embroidery, made in 1066-82 and tells the stories of william the conqueror. currently rests in canterbury

Question 13

chartres cathedral

Answer 13

beginning of gothic art, flying buttresses, lots of windows, pointed arches, high tower things, rose windows and stained glass.

Question 14

visitation jamb statues

Answer 14

central portal, right side, west facade. door jamb statues. shows different styles of the different artists who worked on it. much more realistic, beginnings of enlightenment, no longer scary or apocalyptic, it’s nice stuff