Medieval Art and Architecture Lecture Notes

These flashcards cover key concepts and artworks from the Medieval Art and Architecture lecture, highlighting significant manuscripts, structures, and their historical contexts.

Gospel Book of Archbishop Ebbo of Reims 816

-portrait of saint mathews writing

-the winged man

-copy of coronation

-carolingian

Coronation Gospels

c. 800-810

-saint mattew

-unknown carolingian

Coronation Gospels

-c.800-810

-unkown caroligina

-late antiquity luxury manuscripts

-purple and gold

Book of Kells

An illuminated manuscript of Hiberno-Saxon origin dated to late 8th or early 9th century, part of the School of Art & Art History Collection.

Torhalle

-768-774

-unknown german

-monumental gatehouse to monastery

- effort to revive roman imperial archetecture

-triumphant

-arches

-colored stone

Palatine Chapel of Charlemagne at Aachen

-792-805

-carolingian

-inspired by roman, early christian, byzantine

-arches, dome

Book of Kells

-late 8th or early 9th century

-Hiberno-Saxon

-jesus being arrested

hands are blessing

celtic cross

Book of Kells

-late 8th or early 9th century

-Hiberno-Saxon

-celtic knots

-story of incarnation

Lindisfarne Gospels

-c.698-721

-carpet page

-full decorative page before gospel

-large cross, christ triumph

-dense native patterns

-symmetry=harmony and divine order

Lindisfarne Gospels

-C.698-721

-hiberno-saxon

-Saint Matthew

-about to write gospels

-winged man, gospels are divinely inspired

Sutton Hoo Burial Ship

-c. 615-30

-anglo-saxion

-royal power

-moving snakes

S Apollinare in Classe

-c.533-549

-Early Christian

-Heavenly order

-12sheep=congregation

-three sheep = peter,james,john

-jeweled cross, represents Christ transfiguration

S Vitale Mosaics

-520-547 CE

-Byzantine

-empress theodora

-jeweled halo and crown

-carrying eucharist

-cermonial and spiritual role

Church of San Vitale Mosiacs

-520-547 CE

-Unknown Byzantine

• empero justinian and his attendants

• leading both church and state

• imperial authority

• political and religious hierarchy

Chruch of San Vitale Mosiacs

-520-547 Byzantine

-byzantine

-saint vitalis and bishop Ecclesius

-chirst divine authority as center

-model church held by Ecclesius gives donor patronage

S Vitale

-Byzantine

-520-547 CE

-circumambulate 

-dome represents the vertical space symbolize heaven

-octagonal geometry creates harmony and symmetry, reflecting divine order

S Vitale

-530-547CE

-Byzantine

-divine order

-arches=triumph

-christ as the pantocrator

Hagia Sophia

-532-537

-Byzantine

-circumambulation

-light filled interior to symbolize heaven

Hagia Sophia

-532-537

-Byzantine

light, and hierarchy of sacred space

Hagia Sophia

-532-537

-Byzantine

-less ornate than interior

-monumental

Virgin and Child with Saints and Angels

-c.650

-byzantine

-saints and angels surround in order

-gold backround=heavenly realm

-not naturalistic to emphasise spiritual presnese

Mausoleum of Galla Placidia Mosaics

-c.425-426

-early christian

-heavenly realm

-christ triumph over death

-hope of salvation

-tetramorph

Mausoleum of Galla Placidia Mosaics

-c.425-426

-Early christian

-Christ depicted as the good shepard

-sheep symbolize the faithful

-cross shaped staff= authority and sacrifice

naturalistic

-christ as protector

-bless all who enter

Mausoleum of Galla Placidia Mosaics

-lunette with Saint Laurence and his matryrdom

-c.425-426

-early christian

-christian heroism

-resembles his death on a grill

-gold backround represents martyrdom as entry to divine life

Mausoleum of Galla Placidia

-c. 425-426

-early christian

-forms a greek cross

-modest exterior reflects inward focus of chirstianity

Arch of Constantine

-roman

-late antique

-312-15 CE

-triumphal arches

-celebrates Constantine's victory

-military success and imperial authority

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Catacomb of Saints Pietro and Marcellino

-4th century

-roman

-christ as good sherpard in center

-carries sheep on shoulder -symbolizes protection and guidance for the faithful

-forms a cross

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Old St.Peter’s

-c.320-327

-early christion

-center of christian worship in rome'

-respresnts early christian basilica archetecture

-processional path from atrium to apse

-logitudal axis symbolizes spiritual journey

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Basilica of Santa Pudenziana Mosaics

-402-417

-early christian

-apse mosaic of christ and evangelists

-tetramorph

-gold backround emphasize divine light and heavenly realm

c-christ dominates emphasizing hierarchy

-spread of christ teachings

Narbonne model of the edicule at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Jerusalem

-c.early 5th century

-early christian

-Christs Tomb

-ambulatory allows pilgrims to circulate around the tomb

-simple, functional, symbolic

-plan emphasizes the procession and veneration of the tomb

Jerusalem: Holy Sepulchre Conjectural Reconstruction

-ca. 335

-guide visitors toward christs tomb and crucificion site

-centralized tomb and elevated calvary emphasize christ resurection 

-influence later churches

Rabbula Gospels

• c586

• Syrian Gospel books

• christ ascencion of christ

• mary centrally placed amon the apostles highlighting her role in early christian devotion

• angels accompany christ guifing upward

• earthy figures below, divine above

• christ triumph and glorification

Rebecca and Eliezer at the well

-early 6th century

-early chritian

-from luxurios illuminated manuscript of book of genesis

-roman artisitc traditions adapted for christian manuscripts

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