medieval art history 21 midterm

The Good Shepherd, Orants, and the Story of Jonah
Painted ceiling of the Catacomb of 
SS. Peter and Marcellinus, Rome. 
Early Christian
Fourth and Fifth Century (c. 300-400 CE)

The Good Shepherd, Orants, and the Story of Jonah
Painted ceiling of the Catacomb of SS. Peter and Marcellinus, Rome. 
Early Christian
Fourth and Fifth Century (c. 300-400 CE)

Colossus of Constantine, 
Rome (312-315 CE) Early Christian
Fourth and Fifth Century

(c. 300-400 CE)

Arch of Constantine, Rome (312-315 CE)

Early Christian
Fourth and Fifth Century (c. 300-400 CE)

Constantine’s Distribution of Largesse

Arch of Constantine, (c. 315)

Early Christian
Fourth and Fifth Century (c. 300-400 CE)

Old Saint-Peter’s Basilica, Rome

Plan and Reconstruction

with isometric view

Early Christian
Fourth and Fifth Century

(c. 300-400 CE)

Old Saint Peters, Rome

transverse section

Early Christian
Fourth and Fifth Century

(c. 300-400 CE)

Santa Maria Maggiore, Rome,

Old Testament mosaics

(c. 422-432)

Early Christian
Fourth and Fifth Century

(c. 300-400 CE)

Santa Maria Maggiore, Rome,

Triumphal Arch:

Nativity and Infancy of Christ

(c. 422-432)

Early Christian
Fourth and Fifth Century

(c. 300-400 CE)

Santa Maria Maggiore, Rome,

Triumphal Arch: Nativity and Infancy of Christ

(c. 422-432).

Early Christian
Fourth and Fifth Century

(c. 300-400 CE)

Santa Maria Maggiore, Rome,

Patrons of Rome, Four Beasts/Evangelists* and Etimasia: Throne for the Second Coming of Christ

Early Christian
Fourth and Fifth Century

(c. 300-400 CE)

Santa Maria Maggiore, Rome (c. 422-432)

Early Christian
Fourth and Fifth Century

(c. 300-400 CE)

Apse Conch of Santa Costanza, Rome, Traditio Legis,

Early Christian
Fourth and Fifth Century

(c. 300-400 CE)

Hagia Sophia, Constantinople. (532-7)
Byzantine
Sixth to Mid–Seventh Century (500-650 CE) / Patron: Justinian

Architects: Anthemius of Tralles and Isidore of Miletus

Architects: Anthemius of Tralles and Isidore of Miletus
PLAN OF THE CHURCH OF HAGIA SOPHIA
Byzantine
Sixth to Mid–Seventh Century (500-650 CE) 
Constantinople/Istanbul

Architects: Anthemius of Tralles and Isidore of Miletus

HAGIA SOPHIA, Constantinople/Istanbul

Byzantine
Sixth to Mid–Seventh Century (500-650 CE)

Icon of

Christ Pantocrator

Monastery of St. Catherine, Mount Sinai

Byzantine
Sixth to Mid–Seventh Century (500-650 CE)

CHRIST ENTHRONED, FLANKED BY ANGELS, ST. VITALIS, AND BISHOP ECCLESIUS
Church of San Vitale, Ravenna. c. 547. Mosaic. 
 Byzantine
Sixth to Mid–Seventh Century (500-650 CE) 


Justinian and his Retinue

Church of San Vitale, Ravenna. c. 547. Mosaic.

Byzantine
Sixth to Mid–Seventh Century (500-650 CE)

 EMPRESS THEODORA AND HER ATTENDANTS
Church of San Vitale, Ravenna. Consecrated 547.
 Byzantine
Sixth to Mid–Seventh Century (500-650 CE)

Sant’ Apollinare Nuovo, Ravenna, founded 505

Theoderic

Ostrogothic

Sixth to Mid–Seventh Century (500-650 CE)

Miracle of the Loaves and Fishes and the Betrayal of Christ

Sant’ Apollinare Nuovo, Ravenna, founded 505

Ostrogoth ic

Sixth to Mid–Seventh Century (500-650 CE)

upper level

Procession of the Martyrs and Palace of Theoderic / Sant’ Apollinare Nuovo, Ravenna, founded 505, Theoderic the Ostrogoth

Sixth to Mid–Seventh Century (500-650 CE).

Saint-Denis, Paris

Merovingian necropolis,

Dagobert’s church

Merovingian

Sixth to Mid–Seventh Century (500-650 CE)

Tomb of Queen Arnegonde, Saint-Denis, Paris

Merovingian.

Sixth to Mid–Seventh Century (500-650 CE)

Fibula of Rosmeer,

Sixth to Mid–Seventh Century (500-650 CE)

Merovingian

6.4 cm

San Pedro de la Nave, Zamora, Spain

Visigothic

Sixth to Mid–Seventh Century (500-650 CE)

San Pedro de la Nave, Zamora, Spain

Visigothic

Sixth to Mid–Seventh Century (500-650 CE)

Abraham’s Sacrifice of Isaac, San Pedro de la Nave, Zamora, Spain

Visigothic

Sixth to Mid–Seventh Century (500-650 CE)

Crown of Recceswinth

Visigothic

Treasure of Guarrazar

Sixth to Mid–Seventh Century (500-650 CE)

“King Recesswinth offered this”

Gold Belt Buckle from Sutton Hoo, England

Insular Art, C. 400-650

Shoulder Clasps from Sutton Hoo, England

Insular Art,

c. 400-650

Clochans of Skellig Michael

Insular , c. 400-650

St. Luke

Gospels of St. Augustine [c. 597]

Made in Italy (now in

Cambridge, Corpus Christi)

c. 400-650

St. Matthew

Book of Durrow, Ireland

Gospel of St. Matthew

Insular Art, c. 450-650

(660-680)

fol. 21v

MATTHEW WRITING HIS GOSPEL

LINDISFARNE GOSPEL BOOK

Lindisfarne. Ireland

Insular A rt, c. 450-650

Fol. 25v

CHI RHO IOTA PAGE

THE BOOK OF KELLS, Ireland

Insular A rt, c. 450-650

fol. 34r.

EXTERIOR VIEW OF THE DOME OF THE ROCK, JERUSALEM. [Begun 691.]

Umayyad , seventh and eighth century

INTERIOR, DOME OF THE ROCK

Jerusalem.

Umayyad , seventh and eighth century

Islamic. Umayyad, seventh-eighth century

Great Mosque of Córdoba, Spain

Founder: Abd al-Rahman I

PRAYER HALL, GREAT MOSQUE, CORDOBA

Spain

Umayyad, Islamic. Seventh-eighth century

Mihrab and Qibla Wall

GREAT MOSQUE, CORDOBA

Spain

Islamic Art: Umayyad, seventh-eighth century

Hagia Sophia, Constantinople.

Byzantine, Eighth and Ninth Century

Coronation Gospels

Beginning of Gospel of John

Carolingian, Eighth and

Ninth Century

Made in Aachen, Germany

Hagia Irene, Church of Holy Peace

Constantinople (Istanbul), Turkey

Byzantine, Eighth and Ninth Century

The church of the Dormition

Nicaea (Iznik, Turkey)

Destroyed 1922

Byzantine, Eighth and Ninth Century

Equestrian Statuette of Charlemagne (?)

Carolingian, Eighth and Ninth Century

Gilt Bronze

24 cm!

Treasury of Cathedral of Metz (France)

Now in Paris, M usée du Louvre

Ebbo Gospels

Saint John

Reims, France

Carolingian

Eighth and Ninth Century

Palatine Chapel, A achen, Germany

West Entrance/westwork

Carolingian Eighth and Ninth Century

Palace Chapel

Aachen, Germany

Interior

Carolingian,

Eighth and Ninth

Century

Bronze Doors

Palace Chapel

A achen, Germany

Interior

Carolingian,

Eighth and Ninth Century

Gospel Book of Otto III

Front cover, with Byzantine ivory

Ottonian Art, c. 900-1000

Lothair Cross

made in Cologne, Germany

Ottonian Art

c. 900-1000

H: 50cm W: 35cm D: 2.3cm

The Emperor Triumphant

(Justinian as Conqueror?)

Leaf of an imperial plaque,

“Barberini Ivory”

~10 x 8.5 inches

Made in Constantinople

Musée du Louvre, Paris