Early Europe and Colonial Americas

title, date + era/culture, location, medium (+artist)!

Catacomb of Priscilla

• 300 CE

• Rome, Italy

• tufa and fresco

Orant Fresco

• 300 CE

• Catacomb of Priscilla, Rome, Italy

• fresco 

Good Shepherd Fresco

• 300 CE

• Catacomb of Priscilla, Rome, Italy

• fresco 

Santa Sabina

• 430 CE

• Rome, Italy

• brick, stone, gypsum (windows)

basilica

• government buildings in ancient rome

• rectangular floorplan

• supporting side columns

• seen in: Santa Sabina, Hagia Sophia, Saint Foy, Notre Dame de Chartres

floor plan?

Santa Sabina

spolia

• the re-use and repurposing of an older building

• seen in: Santa Sabina, Dome of the Rock

San Vitale

• 547 CE, Byzantine

• Ravenna, Italy

• brick, marble, stone veneer, mosaic (tesserae)

centralized plan

• entrance into building immediately leads to main center room

• highlights central dome

• seen in: San Vitale, Hagia Sophia

San Vitale

• known for octogonal shape!

buttress

• support arms on exterior of building for weight

• seen in: san vitale

Justinian and Theodora Mosaic Panels

• 547 CE, Byzantine

• San Vitale, Ravenna, Italy

• mosaic (tesserae)

Hagia Sophia Mosaics

• 11th century CE, Byzantine

• Hagia Sophia, Istanbul, Turkey

• mosaic (tesserae)

Hagia Sophia

• 535 CE, Byzantine

• Constantinople/Istanbul, Turkey

• brick, stonemasonry, marble

floor plan?

Hagia Sophia

pendentives

architectural component that allows for a dome over a square space

seen in: Hagia Sophia

Dome of the Rock

• 691 CE, Islamic (Byzantine inspirations)

• Jerusalem, Israel

• gold, mosaics, marble

floor plan?

Dome of the Rock

Great Mosque-Cathedral of Cordoba

• 785 CE, Islamic

• Cordoba, Spain

• marble

Hypostyle Prayer Hall of Great Mosque-Cathedral of Cordoba

• 785 CE, Islamic

• Great Mosque-Cathedral of Cordoba, Cordoba, Spain

• marble

Mihrab of Great Mosque-Cathedral of Cordoba

• 785 CE, Islamic

• Great Mosque-Cathedral of Cordoba, Cordoba, Spain

• gold, tesserae

floor plan?

Great Mosque-Cathedral of Cordoba

Sainte Foy

• 1130 CE, Romanesque

• Conques, France

• limestone, gold, silver

floor plan?

Sainte Foy

tympanum

(Tympanum of Sainte Foy)

• the semicircular area enclosed by arches and a pediment

• usually decorated with sculpture (bas relief) during Romanesque and Gothic eras

Reliquary of Sainte Foy

• 9th century, Romanesque

• Sainte Foy, Conques, France

• gold, gems, wood

Notre Dame de Chartres

• 1220 CE, Gothic

• Chartres, France

• limestone, stained glass (windows)

floor plan?

Notre Dame de Chartres

The Alhambra

• 1300 CE, Islamic

• Grenada, Spain

• redstone, marble, limestone, mosaic

floor plan?

The Alhambra

Merovingian Looped Fibulae

• 6th century CE, Byzantine/Roman

• France, Europe

• gold, gemstone

Virgin Theotokos and Child between Saints Theodore and George

• 6th/early 7th century, Byzantine

• St. Catherine’s Monastery, Mt. Sinae, Egypt

• encaustic (type of paint, pigment mixed w hot wax)

Pyxis of Al-Mugira

• 968 CE, Islamic

• Cordoba, Spain

• carved ivory

Bayeux Tapestry

• 1070 CE, Romanesque

• Canterbury, England

• wool thread on linen cloth (embroidery)

Lindisfarne Gospels

• 700 CE, Insular

• Northumbria, England

• parchment (calf or sheep skin)

Book of Kells

• 800 CE, Insular

• Iona, Ireland

• illuminated manuscript, gold leaf, parchment

Dedication Page w Blanche of Castille and King Louis IX (ninth)

• 1230 CE, Gothic

• Paris, France

• illuminated manuscript, gold leaf, parchment

roundel

• illustrate each paragraph of a scripture

• seen in: Dedication Page w Blanche of Castille and King Louis IX

The Golden Haggadah

• 1320 CE, Gothic/Jewish

• Catalonia, Spain

• illuminated manuscript, gold leaf, parchment

Rottgen Pieta

• 1325 CE, Gothic

• Germany

• wood, paint

Arena Chapel

• 1303 CE, Gothic

• Padua, Italy

• fresco

artist?

Arena Chapel Frescos

• 1305 CE, Gothic/Proto-Renaissance

• Arena Chapel, Padua, Italy

• fresco

• painter: Giotto

artist?

The Lamentation

• 1305 CE, Gothic/Proto-Renaissance

• Arena Chapel, Padua, Italy

• fresco

• painter: Giotto

artists? 

Competition Panels, Sacrificce of Isaac

• 1402 CE, Renaissance 

• Florence, Italy

• bronze, gold

• Filippo Brunelleschi (left), Lorenzo Ghiberti (right)

“Gates of Paradise”/San Giovanni Baptistry Doors

• 1450 CE

• San Giovanni Baptistry, Florence, Italy

• bronze

artist?

The Holy Trinity

• 1424 CE, Renaissance

• Santa Novella, France

• fresco (wet plaster w/ paint)

• artist: Masaccio

artist?

St. George and St. Mark

• St George: 1416 CE (left), Renaissance

• St Mark: 1411 CE (right), Renaissance

• Florence, Italy

• marble

• artist: Donatello

artists?

Statues of David

• Donatello: 1460 CE (left), Renaissance

• Verrocchio: 1470 CE (right), Renaissance

• Florence, Italy

• bronze

• artists: Donatello (left) and Verrocchio (right)

artist?

Fra Filippo Lippi, Madonna and Child with Angels

• 1460 CE, Renaissance

• Florence, Italy

• tempra on wood

• artist: Filippo Lippi

artist?

Primavera

• 1482 CE, Renaissance

• Florence, Italy

• tempra on wood

• artist: Sandro Botticelli

artist?

Birth of Venus

• 1484 CE, Renaissance

• Florence, Italy

• tempra on canvas

• artist: Sandro Botticelli

artist?

Brunelleschi’s Duomo

• 1420 CE, Renaissance

• Florence, Italy

• brick and masonry

• artist: Brunelleschi

artist?

Pazzi Chapel

• 1460 CE, Renaissance

• Florence, Italy

• sandstone and plaster

• artist: Brunelleschi