Middle Byzantine Art

Question 1

Middle Byzantine Art

Answer 1

843 - 1204 A.D.

Question 2

Answer 2

David the Psalmist

from the Paris Psalter

Middle Byzantine Art (A.D. 843 - 1204)

• manuscript illumination
• resurgance of classical past (3-D scene)
• Macedonian Renaissance
• Personifications of Melody and mountain of Bethlehem

Question 3

Answer 3

Monastery of Hoisos Loukas

at Phocis, Greece

Middle Byzantine Art (A.D. 843 - 1204)

• Cross-in-square church

Question 4

Answer 4

Dome on Squinches/Pendentives

Question 5

Answer 5

Christ as Pantokrator

at Church of Dormition in Phocis, Greece

Middle Byzantine Art (A.D 843 - 1204)

• is now portrayed as bearded w/ long hair
• in highest, main dome
• further down, less holy it becomes

Question 6

Answer 6

Crucifixion

at Church of Dormition in Daphni, Greece

Middle Byzantine Art (A.D. 843 - 1204)

• side wound indicates post-death

Question 7

Answer 7

Lamentation

at St. Pantaleimon in Nerezi, Macedonia

Middle Byzantine Art (A.D. 843 - 1204)

• death of Christ mourned by Mary, apostles, angels in heaven
• not symmetrical
• figures ‘rather 3-dimensional’
• emotional scene is unusual for icon

Question 8

Answer 8

Virgin and Child

icon

in Moscow

Middle Byzantine Art - late 11th century/early 12th century