Art History Final pt 3 - Romanesque, Gothic, and Early Medieval Art and Architecture

When was the Romanesque period?

c. 1050-1200 CE

A religious journey

Pilgrimage

A piece of an object or person deemed to be holy

Holy Relic

Name, Time Period, Location/Society

Saint-Sernin, 1096, Toulouse, France

In church architecture, the upper story over the isles which opens unto the nave

Tribune gallery

Smaller niches around the ambulatory where relics are displayed

Radiating Chapels

a supporting arch that runs across a vault from side to side, usually creating a crisscrossed pattern

transverse arches/ribs

complex columns that connect to arches and ribs

compound piers

Name, Time Period, Location/Society

Saint-Etienne, 12th or 13th century, Caen, France

Architectural feature, pillars on the exterior of a building help to support its height and thinner walls

Buttress

Name, Time Period, Location/Society

Durham Cathedral, 1133, England

Name, Time Period, Location/Society

Cloister at Moissac Monastery, 1100, France

Name, Time Period, Location/Society

Relief of Abbot Durandus, 1100, Moissac Monastery, France

Main entrance to a church, often covered in sculpture

Portal

semi-circular or triangular decorative wall surface over an entrance, door or window,

tympanum

beam that spans openings such as portals, doors, windows and fireplaces

lintel

a section of wall or a pillar between two openings, especially a pillar dividing a large doorway in a church

trumeau

the side-post or lining of a doorway

jambs

molding running around the face of an arch immediately above the opening

archivolts

Name, Time Period, Location/Society

Last Judgement Tympanum, 1100, Moissac, France

Name, Time Period, Location/Society

Last Judgement Trumeau, 1100, Moissac France

Artist, Name, Time Period, Location/Society

Gislebertus, Saint-Lazare, 1146, Autun, France

Artist, Name, Time Period, Location/Society

Head Reliquary of St Alexander, 1145, Belgium

Name, Time Period, Location/Society

Morgan Madonna, c. 1175-1200, France

Name, Time Period, Location/Society

Bayeux Tapestry, 11th century, possibly English

Name, Time Period, Location/Society

Hildesheim Church, 1022, Hildesheim, Germany

When was the gothic period?

c. 1200-1350

Name, Time Period, Location/Society

Saint-Denis Abbey Church, 1135, France

Name, Time Period, Location/Society

Chartres Cathedral, 1252, France

Name, Time Period, Location/Society

Rose Window, 1252, Chartres Cathedral, France

Name, Time Period, Location/Society

Aimens Cathedral, 1270, France

Name, Time Period, Location/Society

Reims Cathedral, 1275, France

Name, Time Period, Location/Society

Sainte-Chapelle, 1248, France

The name for the height of the gothic period, the type of architecture one world normally think of when picturing gothic

High gothic/radiant style

Name, Time Period, Location/Society

Virgin of Jeanne D’Evreux, c. 1324-39, France

Symbol of the French Royal Family

Fleur de Lis

Name, Time Period, Location/Society

Chapel of Henry VII, c. 1509, England

form of vault used in the Gothic style, in which the ribs are all of the same curve and spaced equidistantly, in a manner resembling a fan

Fan Vaults

When was the late medieval/early renaissance period in Italy

13th and 14th century (mainly in Sienna and Florence)

Name, Artist, Time Period, Location/Society

Saint Francis Altarpiece, Berlingheri, 1235, Italy

What type of paint is made from the mixing of egg yolks with pigment?

Tempura

Name, Artist, Time Period, Location/Society

Madonna Enthroned, Giotto, 1310, Italy

Name, Artist, Time Period, Location/Society

Arena Chapel, Giotto, 1305, Italy

Name, Artist, Time Period, Location/Society

The Lamentation, Giotto, 1305, Arena Chapel, Italy

The technique of depicting an object or human body in a picture so as to produce an illusion of projection or extension in space

Foreshortening

Name, Artist, Time Period, Location/Society

Betrayal of Jesus, Giotto, 1305, Arena Chapel, Italy

Name, Artist, Time Period, Location/Society

Maesta Altarpiece, Duccio, 1308-1311, Italy

Name, Artist, Time Period, Location/Society

Betrayal of Jesus, Duccio, 1308-1311, Maesta Altarpiece, Italy

Name, Artist, Time Period, Location/Society

Birth of The Virgin, Pieto Lorenzetti, 1342, Italy

A painting consisting of 3 sperate panels

Triptych

Name, Artist, Time Period, Location/Society

Effects of Good Government in the City, Ambrogio Lorenzetti, x, Italian

The concept of a painting that prioritizes its depiction of the natural world rather than people or urban settings

Pure Landscape