Midterm Flashcards
- “Portait of the Author.” Illustration to Dioscuride’s De Materia Medica. c. 512
- “Symbol of Saint Matthew.” Book of Durrow, folio 21v. c.660-680.
Symbol of Saint Matthew
Book of Durrow, folio 21v
c.660-680
Carpet Page
Book of Durrow, folio 3v
c. 660-680
- Eagle Fibula. From Visigothic Spain. 6th century.
- “The Consul Anastasius.” Ivory diptych. c.517
Eagle Fibula
From Visigothic Spain
6th Century
Bronze Mirror
1st century BCE-1st Century CE
Bronze and Niello
The Great Torque from Snettisham
c. 1st century BCE
gold mixed with some silver
part of largest deposit of gold, silver adn bronze artefacts dating from the Iron Age found in England
Bouray God.
1st century BCE - 1st century CE
Discovered around 1845 in the Juine river at the town of Bouray.
- “Virgin and Child (Vladmir Virgin).” c. 1131. Tempera and gold on panel.
- “Lamentation.” c. 1164. Fresco, north wall of Church of St. Paneleimon. Nerezi, Macedonia.
- “Virgin and Child (Vladimir Virgin).” c. 1131. Tempera and gold on panel.
- Phidias. Athena Parthenos in the cella of the Parthenon. c. 438 BCE.
- Virgin and Child. c. 1131. Tempera and gold on panel.
- Virgin and Child Entrhoned with Angels and Saints. Early 7th century. Encaustic on wood.
- “The Heavenly Ladder.” Late 12th century. Tempera and gold on panel.
- “Saint Peter.” Early seventh century. Encaustic on panel.
The Heavenly Ladder
Late 12th Century
Tempera and gold on panel
Treatise published by St. John Climacus
The Heavenly Ladder.
Late 12th Century
Tempera and gold on panel
Treatise published by St. John Climacus (Klimax)
St. John Climacus. 15th century. Tempera and gold on panel.
climax - from the Latin climax which is in turn based on Greek for ladder
view of Monastery of Saint Catherine, Mount Sinai
- St. John Climacus. 15th Century. Tempera and gold on panel.
- The Heavenly Ladder. late 12th century. tempera and gold on panel.
Lamentation.
1164.
Fresco, north wall of Church of St. Panteleimon.
Nerezi, Macedonia.
Church of St. Panteleimon.
12th century
Nerezi, Macedonia
Europe and the Byzantine Empire
1a. “Christ.” Coin from reign of Justinian II. 692-695.
1b. “Justinian II” reverse of coin.
2a. “Christ.” Second coin from reign of Justinian II. 705.
2b. “Justinian II and Tiberius.” reverse of 2nd coin.
- “Christ (Semitic type).” Sixth century. Encaustic and sheet gold on panel.
- “Christ.” Second coin from reign of Justinian II. 705
- “Zeus.” from the sea off Greece. c.460-450 BCE.
- “Christ.” Coin from reign of Justinian II. 692-695.
“Christ” and Justinian II
coin from reign of Justinian II
692-695
- “Icon of the Virgin.” Egypt, Byzantine period. 6th century. Tapestry.
- “Virgin and Child Enthroned.” Apse mosaic. Dedicated 867. Hagia Sophia, Constantinople.
1a. Virgin and Child Enthroned. Apse mosaic, Hagia Sophia. Dedicated 867
1b. Anthemius of Tralles and Isidorus of Miletus. Plan of Hagia Sophia, Constantinople.
2a. Reconstruction drawing of the Basilica Nova. c.306-312 CE. Rome.
2b. Plan of Basilica Nova. c.306-312 AD
Virgin and Child Enthroned
Apse mosaic
Hagia Sophia, Constantinople
Dedicated 867
Anthemius of Tralles and Isidorus of Miletus
Hagia Sophia, Constantinople
532-537
Anthemius of Tralles and Isidorus of Miletus.
Hagia Sophia, Constantinople
532-537
What is a concave, triangular section of a hemisphere, four of which provide the transition from a square area to circular base of a covering dome?
Pendentive
Anthemius of Tralles and Isidorus of Miletus.
Hagia Sophia, Constantinople.
432-537
- pendentive
- ribs
- Anthemius of Tralles and Isidorus of Miletus. Hagia Sophia, Constantinople. 532-537.
- Interior of the Pantheon. Rome. 118-125 CE.
- Anthemius of Tralles and Isidorus of Miletus. Hagia Sophia.
- Pantheon. Rome. 118-125 CE.
