unit 10 medieval art

middle ages / medieval

term that renaicance historians applied to the time period before them to describe their ascent

• represents time between fall of the roman empire to the italian renaisannce

time periods era

Early Medieval 500-1000

Romanesque 1000- mid-12th century

Gothic mid12th century to 15th

barbarians

tribe

didnt speak greek or latin

worshipped other gods

Sutton Hoo

south eastern corner coast of england

• site of 17-19 ships that were dragged from the sea to be used as burials

Cloisonne / Cloisons

metal working technique

french: “barrier” or fence

mosaic and stained class

starts with gold strips arranged in patterns, the spaces created gets filled with powdered glass so when heated, it melts

Heralry / heraldic imagery

really common in medieval period

• man-human in battle

• big animal - small animal battle

Viking

Norway

norse men = people from the north

people of the Viks - the geological features on the coast of norway - inlets

Oseberg ship

super preserved ships

not war ships - fancy pleasure boats

Carolingian

culture

see themselves as the inheritors of the latin wetern tradition

the continuation of imperial rule

leader: Charlemagne

St Patrick

gets super religious bcs he was captured

• converts people

• through the construction of monestaries

Monestary

aid for people

supposed to be without riches

centers of learning

Illuminated manusripts

#1 source of revenue

a book written by hand with cool pictures

show of wealth

Scriptoria

workshop in a monestary where they make [illuminated] books

Hiberno-saxon / Anglo saxon

insular tradition - scotland, england, ireland

saxon kings

Hibernia - ireland in latin

Parchment

• sheep skin, goat skin used for books

Vellum

pages used from calf skin

Carpet pages

decorative pages

can be at the front of the book or between chapters

deeply conplicated visual - purely for decoration, pretty

Symbols of the evangelists

• guide for people who cant read but know the gospel because they know it by heart from going to church every day

Man/Angel - Matthew

Lion - Mark

Ox - Luke

Eagle - John

Lindisfarne

cool monestary

Provenance

story of a work of art from the moment it is made until now

• who made it

• who bought it

• who purchased it

• where has it been

• how can we tell

Colophon

page in a book that contrains the data related to the manufacturing

chi rho iota

first 3 letters of christ’s name in greek

word itself becomes

words are saying holy things so you make the words beautiful