Art History 101-001 Text 3 Flashcards
Big dome in the middle with flanking half domes and Arabic calligraphy
Name: Hagia Sophia Place: Constantinople Time period: Early Byzantine
haloed head of state with purple robe flanked by 5 men in white robes and 3 soldiers to the left(looking at pic) says Maximianvs at the top below border
Name:Emperor Justinian and his Attendants Place:
San Vitale, Ravenna Materials: mosaic Time Period Early Byzantine
Half dome with a gold back drop, Christ in the middle with a halo, 2 men on the left, two men on the right and one laying beneath him.
Name: The Transfiguration of Christ Place: St. Catherine, Mt. Sinai Materials: mosaic Time Period: Early Byzantine
woman with halo flanked by men with halos and crosses with baby that looks like tiny grown up with halo with two angel behind them all.
Name:Virgin & Child with Saints & Angels Place:St. Catherine, Mt. Sinai Materials encaustic on wood Time Period: Early Byzantine
8-21 Central dome and squinches, Christ in the middle with halo, gold background but most of if flaked away to show white plaster, Christ is wearing blue
Name:Christ Pantokrator Place:Church of the Dormition, Daphni Material: mosaic Time Period: Middle Byzantine
8-22 Christ on the cross, gold back ground, skull at his feet flanked by a woman in a halo and a man in a halo
Name: Crucifixion Place:Church of the Dormition, Daphni Material: mosaic Time Period: Middle Byzantine
8-31 Big colorful mural, Christ is in all white, dark blue sky
Name:Anastasis Place:Monastery of Christ in Chora, Material: Fresco Time Period: Later Byzantine
15-12 Boat front for a viking ship
Name: Gripping Beasts, Oseberg Ship Material: wood Timeperiod: Scandinavian Vikings (Norse)
15-1 Book from the beginning of chapter elaborate illuminated text that lools like XPL
Name: Chi Rho Iota page, Book of Kells Place: Iona Material: Oxgall inks…vellum* Time Period: Celtic Britain and Ireland
15-4 jewelry in red and blue inlays
Name Hinged clasp, Sutton Hoo Burial Ship Material: Gold plaques with inlays of garnet and checked millefiori glass, Time Period: Celtic Britain.
15-15 the bald crowned mustached man on a small horse statue
Name:Equestrian Portrait of Charles the Bald (?) Material:bronze Time Period:Carolingian Period
15-16 Octagonal marble church palace
15-16 Palace Chapel of Charlemagne(interior) Place:Aachen Time Period Carolingian Period
15-20 Book with Matthew writing in a book and a L on the opposite illuminated page
Name: St. Matthew, Ebbo Gospels Material: Ink, gold, and colors on vellum Time Period: Carolingian Period
15-24 dark Jesus on gold cross
Name: Gero Crucifix Place:Cologne Material: Paint and gilded wood. Time Period: Ottonian Period
15-25 Doors with scence of Jesus’ life and lion door handles all black
Name:Doors of Bishop Bernward Place:Hildesheim Material: bronze time Period: Ottonian Period
16-5 interior of Romanesque chruches with rows of tall arches all grey stone
Name:Transept interior, Cathedral of Saint James Place: Santiago de Compostela Time Period Romanesque
16-7 gold king statue
Name Reliquary State of Sainte-Foy Place:Conques Material Silver gilt over wooden core with gems and cameos and various dates. Romanesque
16-10 leaning tower or Pisa and surroundings
Name:Cathedral Complex Place: Pisa Time Period: Romanesque
16-18 Romanesque church with rib vaulting on rose window
Plan and Interior of Durham Catherdral Time Period: Romanesque
page 483 relief carving with arch around it and many many scenes on with side of Christ in the top center
Name: The Last Judgment Tympanum place: Autun Time period: Romanesque
detailed medieval embroidery
Name:Bishop Odo Blessing the Feast, Bayeux Embroidery time period: Romanesque
17-4 Gothic Church with mismatched columns and rose window
West facade Chartres Cathedral Gothic time period
17-5 the tri doors with pointed arches and three columns on either side of each entry so 18 columns total
Royal Portal Chartres Cathedral Gothic time period
17-13 super fancy big rose window and two square tours and tri enties with pointed arches
West facade of Reims Catherdral Gothic time period
17-14 four statues on is an angel talking to a woman and one is woman talking to an older woman
central portal right side west facade reims cathedral gothic time period
17-15 the inside double rose windows
Interior looking west reims cathedral gothic time period
17-19 tall skinny window in room with rib vaulting and hardly any wall
Upper Chapel Interior with Sainte-Chappelle in the gothic time period Place is Paris
17-26 interior with rib vaulting and stain glass and boring chairs
salisbury cathedral gothic time period
17-31 looks like a gold coffin
Name:NICHOLAS OF VERDUN, Shrine of the Three Kings Place: Cologne Material Silver & gilded bronze with enamel and gemstones gothic time period
17-32 the black knight
Name St. Maurice Place:Magdeburg Material:Sandstone with traces of polychromy time: Gothic
Iconoclasm
banning and or destruction of images
icon
an image representing a sacred figure or even in the byzantine Church.
scriptoria
rooms in a monastery for writing or copying manuscripts
animal style
decoration made of interwoven animals or seperants
Rule of St. Benedict
The Rule of Saint Benedict (Regula Benedicti) is a book of precepts written by Saint Benedict of Nursia (c.480–547) for monks living communally under the authority of an abbot.
reliquary
a container, often elaborate and made of precious material used as a repository for sacred relics.
Theotokos
mother of Jesus or God Bearer
throne of wisdom
In the Roman Catholic tradition, the epithet “the Seat of Wisdom” or “Throne of Wisdom” (a translation of the still-used Latin sedes sapientiae) is identified with one of many devotional titles for the Mother of God.
westwork
the monumental westfacing entrance section of a carolingian, ottonian, or Romanesque church.
Pantokrator
Christ Pantocrator is an icon of Christ represented full or half-length and full-faced. He holds the book of the Gospels in his left hand and blesses with his right hand.
flying buttress
is an arched bridge above the aisle roof that extends from the upper nave wall , where the lateral thrust of the main vault is greatest, down to a solid pier.
mandorla
light encircling or emanating from the entire figure of a sacred person
the portrait like sculptures Ekkehard and Uta were commissioned for
a funerary chapel
what provided inspiration for the round towers in gothic period
muslim and byzantine structures in the middle east
what detail of Coppo de Marcovaldos painted crucifix help identify it as historated crucifix
the narrative scenes next to the primary figure
what was the primary purpose of Sainte-Chapelle in Paris
it housed the Kings relics
Why was rib vaulting an important innovation?
it provided strong skeletal support for light weight masonary work.
all of the following were reasons for Abbot Suger’s design of the choir at St. Denis except
his desire to improve acoustics at the church. he could have cared less!
why were the narrative images not often used in the clerestory windows at chartres?
narrative scenes were difficult to see from the nave
the influence of muslim castles and Byzantine fortifications brought back by the crusaders can be seen in the
crenellations on the tower tops
What architectural feature distinguishes pilgrimage churches
aisled transepts leading to the ambulatory
Why did the old testament figure of Jesse emerge as a popular subject in the romanseque period
his ancestral connection to jesus
the painting christ in majesty in san climent in Taull demonstrated mozarbic influence in its
flat bands of color and heavy outlines
