Midterm Review Flashcards
Christ/Helios
As the Christian community grows more confident in their presense, they adopt Roman imperial symbols to show Christ’s authority over Heaven. (ex. Apollo’s sun chariot –> Light of the World)
Papil Stone
Picts in Scotland made crosses by leaving the boulders in a natural state and only adding engraved crosses and symbols.
Recent scholarship interprets the figures as a depiction of a legendary conflict that brought doom and destruction, displayed through local imagery. Moving up the registers, the cross, the lion and clerical figures may indicate that faith in Christ can lead to overcoming this death into life eternal. Represents the triumph of Christianity over death on Judgement Day.
Medallion with Bust of Christ
Christian imagery made entirely using Frankish, western styles of metalwork and abstract design. Ex. Personification of wind. Portrays a dynamic, energetic nature.
Monogram of Christ
Typical Anglo-Saxon manuscript illumination, where first word is elaborate. Chi Rho Iota.
A classic Early Christian symbol in decorative, highly ornamental and geometrically precise style of the Northern Anglo-Saxons.
Palace Church
The chapel displays multiple different cultures and influences that were intermingling within the Norma kingdom.
Christian iconographical program (Byzantine)
Islamic architecture/decoration
Classical Roman flooring
Gravestone of Caterini Vilioni
Emphasizes the global reach of Christianity and the expansive trade networks that exist between the East and West.
Images on the stone combine Western stories with Eastern imagery.
Shows the exchange of symbols between cultures and the sharing of iconography between similar archetypes
