Modulo 4 - Romanesque, Gothic, & Islamic Art

Emperor Constantin

legalized Christianity; Christian art became imperial art

The Byzantine

mosaic artists had little interest in naturalism. Their intention was to create a symbolic mystical art, something for which the mosaic medium was perfectly suited.

Mosaics

 small pieces of stone, glass, or tile arranged in a pattern or image

tesserae

small pieces of stone of a mosaic

Hagia Sophia

Church of Holy Wisdom; went under multiple changes

Iconoclasts

 Image breakers (destroyers of religious art)

Mosque at Cordoba, Spain

 decorated with repeated patterns and designs

Romanesque

in the Roman manner

Romanesque (Architectural) Qualities

Round arch, Barrel (tunnel) vault, Think walls for structural support, Small windows (limited light)

sculpture

what began to reemerage in the Romanesque period?

Tympanum

the semicircular arch above the lintel on the main door

The Last Judgmet

 is the most awe-inspiring scene in Christian Art

Gothic (Architectural) Qualities

Pointed arches, Ribbed-cross vault, Flying buttress, Stained-glass windows

Abbot Suger

was responsible for the rebuilding of the choir of the abbey Basilica of St. Denis; it was the light that proclaimed the new Gothic style.

Cathedral of Notre Dame; Chartres, France

Mixture of Late Romanesque/Early Gothic; different towers; contains its original stained glass windows

natural

Gothic sculpture is more ____ than Romanesque sculpture

stained glass windows

One major feature that separates Romanesque architecture from Gothic architect is the ____________ that were extensively used during the Gothic period and not the Romanesque period.

educate

Stained glass was used to not only illuminate the space with holy light but was used to ______ the illiterate

The Florence Cathedral

 is a gothic cathedral without matching towers