Medieval art - Test 3

Giorgio Vasari

Coined the term “gothic”

• Lives of the most excellent painters, sculptors, and architects

• Propagandist for the Medici family

• Himself an artist: designed the first art gallery

Pioneers of art history

• Johann Joachim Winckelmann

• Franz Kugler

Where does it come from?

• Continuity and evolution of classical forms

• Survival of Christian art, death of classical Graeco-Roman art

• Use of new forms taken from other cultures

• Death of Roman “high art”

• Part of general decline of Roman aristocratic art

Carolingian style…

Carolingian style 800-900c.

• Ebo Gospels - France, 830’s

• Lindau Gospel cover - Switzerland, 880

• Lorsch Gospels cover - Germany 778-830

Ottonian style…

Germany & N. Italy, c.900-1050

• Gero crucifix, Germany c. 975-1000

• Gospel Page, Germany c. 950

Romanesque style…

c. 1050-1200

• Christ in Majesty, France c.1056

• The mission of the apostles, France c. 1120-1132

• The last judgement, France c. 1130-35

Between Romanesque and Gothic …

Borne Gospel cover

Gothic style…

1150-1450: France

1200-1400: Italy

1250-1600: England

1250-1500: Germany