AAH Test #4

Byzantine, Islamic, Romanesque, Gothic, English Gothic, Italian Gothic

Archangel Michael

500 ad

Location: Constantinople

Court of Justinian

Carved out of ivory, from elephant tusk in Africa

carved in greek naturalistic style

holding an orb with a cross on it, common symbol for spiritual authority

Hagia Sophia

Location: Istanbul

532 ad

built as christian church

was largest church into world

converted to mosque, then museum, and back to mosque

designed by 2 mathematicians

huge saucer dome with halo of windows

The Transfiguration of Christ with Saint Apollinaris, Classe

533 ad

painting on dome showing transfiguration of christ

2 jeweled cities repressing Bethlehem and Jerusalem

Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John shown above

Winged ox of Saint Luke,

Rabbula Gospels

Location: Syria

586 ad

Gospels are written on stretched and dried animal skin

size of notebook paper, small

scene is Vision of Ezekiel, old testament prophet

Mary, mother of christ, is wearing a purple robe for royalty

Carpet Page, Lindisfarne Gospels, Insular

721 ad

earliest gospel book in England

illumination, tempera painting

interlaced patterns, popular at the time

Celtic cross, from Ireland

Book on display in British Museum in London

Chi Rho Page, Book of Kells, Insular

800 ad

On display in library in Trinity College in Dublin

Hosios Loukas, Stiris

Location: Greece

1,000 ad

Means Holy Luke

2 buildings

Dome with halo of windows, mosaics, arches on columns

did not put mosaics or frescos on roof, only ceilings, underside of dome

Crucifixion, Daphni

1,100 ad

In church south of Athens

background is gold for heaven

Mary and John the Evangelist are present

blood is fertilizing the plants below

Skull of Adam

Cathedral of San Marco

Location: Venice

1,063 ad

Was originally buried in Egypt, stolen and brought to Venice

stolen bronze horses, stolen from Constantinople during the first crusade

gothic style arches - Ogee style

zodiac signs, mosaics, arches, tiling inside

lots of domes, 2 types alternating - christ rising up or Holy Spirit descending

Page from Koran

Location: Syria

800 ad

On display in metropolitan museum in ny

on a special type of parchment paper/vellum

Kufic script

red dots are pronunciation marks, part of the script

The Prophet Muhammed and His Companions

Location: Istanbul

1,594 ad

Hijra - flight

traveling through desert with camels & companions

mixture of naturalism and

Muhammed in center, can’t be shown communicated with Allah

Dome of the Rock

Location: Jerusalem

690 ad

very first mosque

holiest of all sites of 3 sister religions, christian, jewish, Islam

where Adam was born

Muhammed ascended to heaven

bottom part is plain for material world, upper part is ornate for heaven

Great Mosque at Cordoba

Location: Spain

785 ad

built by first Muslim dynasty

no images, all about geometry

lots of arches - horseshoe and lobed arches

Palace of the Lions, Alhambra

1,380 ad

Lots of gardens

long water channel with fountains

lots of lions everywhere, symbol of fertility

tiny scoops in architecture everywhere - dematerialize it, closer to God

Great Mosque at Isfahan

1,000 ad

Location: Persia

largest mosque in middle east

on a diagonal to axis of city

Sahn - square courtyard

Madrassa - school connected to Sahn

Iwan - giant portal from material world to spiritual world

pointed arch introduced in Islamic architecture - considered to be superior to round arch

Sultan Hasan Complex

Location: Cairo

1,356 ad

roman and renaissance elements

mirap and significant wall**

red white and blue - christian

up above city

Bronze Griffin

Location: Persia

1,000 ad

hybrid feature: head of bird, wings of bird, body of mammal

best known piece of islamic metalworking

sat on top of Pizza Cathedral in northern Italy for a thousand years

Abbey Church of Saint-Foy, Conques

1120 ad

dedicates to st faith

roman architecture

police station, courts, prison all worked out of the church

last judgement

some byzantine and islamic elements

Abbey Church of Notre Dame

1140 ad

Location: Fontenay, France

known for simplicity, heavy masonry walls

spot for monks to exercise

Tympanum, Priory Church of Saint Pierre, Moissac, 1115

Tympanum, Cathedral of Saint Lazare, Autun, Burgundy, 1120

Durham Cathedral, England, 1075

Liber Scivias, Hildegard von Bingen, 1150

Pisa Cathedral Complex, 1063