romanesque gothic art ap art history

hammerbean

a type of roof in english gothic architecture, in which timber braces curve out from walls and meet high over the middle of the floor

lancet

a tall narrow window with a pointed arch usually filled with stained glass

flying buttress

a stone arch and its pier that support a roof from a pillar outside the building. they stabilize the building

haggadah

literally “narration”; specifically a book containing the jewish sotry of passover and the ritual of the seder

jamb

An upright post forming the side of an opening, such as a door frame or window frame

rose window

a circular window, filled with stain glass, placed at the end of a transept or on the facade of a church

pieta

a painting or sculpture of a crucified christ lying on the lap of a grieving mary

trumeau

a vertical post or pillar that divides a large doorway into two parts

Moralized bible

a bible in which the old and new testament stories are palleled with one another in illustrations, text and commentary

rib vault

a vult in which diagonal arches from riblike patterns; these arches partially support a roof, in some cases forming a weblike design

Church of Saint Foy

stone, conques, france

a church built along the piilgrimage road to santiago de compostela

church build to handle the large number of pilgrims; wide transepts; large ambulator with radiating chapels

massive heavy interior walls, unadorned

no clestory, light provide dby windows over the side aisles and galleries

barrel vaults in nave, reinforced by transverse arches

cross-like ground plan

Reliquary of Saint Foy

gold, silver, gemstones, and enamel over wood, sainte-foy conques

reliquary of a young girl martyred in the early fourth century;she refused to sacrifice to the roman gods in a pagan ritual

relics of her body stolen from a nearby town and enthroned in conques in 866

one of the earliest large scale sculptures in he middle ages

jewels, gems, and crown added over the years by the faithful

childs skull is housed in the rathe rmannish looking enlarged head

Bayeux Tapestry

embrioidery on linen, bayeux france

tapestry a misnomer; actually an embriodiery

comissioned by bishop odo, half brother of william the conqueror

tells the sotry (in latin) of williams conquest of england at the battle of hastings in 1066

probably desinged by a man; executed by women

franciul beasts in upper and lower registers

broders sometimes comment on main scences, or show scenes of every day life

colors used in a non-natural manner; different parts of a horse are colored variously

neutral background

flatness of figures; no shadows

75 scenes

230 feet long; continues narrative tradition of medical art

uncertainty over rhow this work was supposed to be displayed

Chartres Cathedral

Royal Portal

Röttgen Pieta

Westminster Hall (video)

Dedication Page & Scenes from the Apocalypse

Golden Haggadah