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what is the Vienna Genesis?
an illuminated manuscript of the book of genesis
What decorated the Vienna genesis’s pages?
Gold & Silver leaf and tempera paint
What kind of parchment is the Vienna Genesis
Vellum, calf skin
Culture: Virgin (Theotokos) and child between saints Theodore and George
Early Byzantine Europe
Medium: Virgin (Theotokos) and child between saints Theodore and George
Encaustic on wood
Location: Great Mosque of Cordoba
Cordoba, Spain
Medium: Great Mosque of Cordoba
architecture, stone masonry
What previous architectural styles are seen in the Great Mosque of Cordoba?
Hypostyle Columns
Date: Great Mosque of Cordoba
785-786ce
Culture: Great Mosque of Cordoba
Umayyad caliphate
Medium: Pyxis of al-Mughira
Ivory
Culture: Pyxis of al-Mughira
Umayyad
What is different about the Pyxis of al-Mughira?
It is secular and figurative
Date: Pyxis of al-Mughira
986 ce.
Medallion 1 of the al-Mughira Pyxis
Medallion 2 of the al-Mughira Pyxis
Medallion 3 of the al-Mughira Pyxis
Medallion 4 of the al-Mughira Pyxis
al-Mughira Pyxis: Inscription
“God’s blessing, beatitude to al-mughira, sin of the Commander of the Faithful, may God have mercy on him in the year 357”
Who is in the center of the tempenum at the Santa-foy?
Christ
Medium: Santa Sabina
Basilica
Date: Santa Sabina
422-432
Style: Santa Sabina
Materials: Santa Sabina
Brick and Stone, Wooden doors
Date: Vienna Genesis
Medium: Vienna Genesis
Date:Rebecca and Eliazar at the well
6ce
Medium:Rebecca and Eliezer at the well
Vellum, Gold, Pigment, and silver
Culture:Rebecca and Eliezer at the well
Byzantine
Date: San Vitale
526-547
Materials: San Vitale
Brick, Marble, and stone
Location: San Vitale
Ravenna, Italy
Culture: San Vitale
Early Byzantine, Christian
Date:Hagia Sofia
532-537
Culture:Hagia Sofia
Originally Christian, but then Muslim;byzantine europe
Architects:Hagia Sofia
Tralles and Isidorus of Miletus.
Materials:Hagia Sofia
Marble, stone, and mosaic.
Date: Merovingian Looped Fibulae
6ce
Materials: Merovingian Looped Fibulae
Gold, Enamel, precious metals
Culture: Merovingian Looped Fibulae
Visigothic
Date: Theotokos and Child between Saints Theodore and George
6-7ce
Medium: Theotokos and Child between Saints Theodore and George
Encaustic on wood
Culture: Theotokos and Child between Saints Theodore and George
Byzantine Christian
Culture: Pyxis of Al-Mughira
Umayyad
Date: Pyxis of Al-Mughira
Recipient: Pyxis of Al-Mughira
Al-Mughira, son of the caliph
Material: Pyxis of Al-Mughira
Ivory
What is a Pyxis?
Jar
Date: Church Of Santa Foy
1050-1130ce
Medium: Church Of Santa Foy
Stone, Tympannum, gems and precious metals,and enamel on wood
Location: Church Of Santa Foy
Conques, Frans
Date:Bayeux Tapestry
1066-1080ce
Medium:Bayeux Tapestry
String on Cloth
Culture:Bayeux Tapestry
English/Norman
Technique:Bayeux Tapestry
embriodery
What does the Bayeux Tapestry Depict?
a battle between William the conqueror
Date: Catacombs of Priscilla
200-400ce
Medium: Catacombs of Priscilla
Tufa & Fresco
Location: Catacombs of Priscilla
Rome, Italy
Culture: Catacombs of Priscilla
Late antique rome, christian
What are the windows in Santa Sabina?
Selenite
Why are Santa Sabina’s doors so significant?
First portrayal of crucifixion and few wooden doors last so long.
What is significant about Santa Sabina?
Oldest roman basilica
DATE:Lindisfarne Gospels
MEDIUM:Lindisfarne Gospels
CULTURE:Lindisfarne Gospels
DATE:Great Mosque of Cordoba
CULTURE:Great Mosque of Cordoba
MEDIUM:Great Mosque of Cordoba
DATE:Church of Santa Foy
CULTURE:Church of Santa Foy
MEDIUM:Church of Santa Foy
MEDIUM:Reliquary of Santa Foy
DATE:Chartres Cathedral
CULTURE: Chartres Cathedral
MEDIUM:Chartres Cathedral
CULTURE:Bibles Moralisees
DATE:Bibles Moralisees
CULTURE:Bibles Moralisees
MEDIUM:Bibles Moralisees
DATE: Rottgen Pieta
CULTURE:Rottgen Pieta
MEDIUM:Rottgen Pieta
Medium: Arena Chapel
DATE: Arena Chapel
LOCATION:Arena Chapel
CULTURE:Arena Chapel
MEDIUM:Golden Haggadah
DATE: Golden Haggadah
CULTURE:Golden Haggadah
MEDIUM: Alhambra
CULTURE:Alhambra
DATE:Alhambra
LOCATION:Alhambra
DATE: The Arnolfini Portrait
MEDIUM:The Arnolfini Portrait
STYLE:The Arnolfini Portrait
CULTURE:The Arnolfini Portrait
ARTIST:The Arnolfini Portrait
MEDIUM: David
ARTIST: David
DATE: David
Culture: David
DATE: Palazzo Rucellai
CULTURE: Palazzo Rucellai
MEDIUM:Palazzo Rucellai
PURPOSE:Palazzo Rucellai
MEDIUM:Madonna and Child with two angels
ARTIST:Madonna and Child with two angels
CULTURE:Madonna and Child with two angels
STYLE:Madonna and Child with two angels
CULTURE: Birth of Venus
ARTIST:Birth of Venus
DATE:Birth of Venus
MEDIUM:Birth of Venus
DATE: Last Supper
ARTIST: Last Supper
MEDIUM:Last Supper
CULTURE:Last Supper
ARTIST: Adam and Eve
CULTURE:Adam and Eve
MEDIUM:Adam and Eve
DATE:Adam and Eve
DATE:Sistine Chapel ceiling and altar wall frescoes
CULTURE:Sistine Chapel ceiling and altar wall frescoes
ARTIST:Sistine Chapel ceiling and altar wall frescoes
MEDIUM:Sistine Chapel ceiling and altar wall frescoes
DATE:School Of Athens
ARTIST:School Of Athens
MEDIUM:School Of Athens
CULTURE:School Of Athens