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Unit 10: Medival Christian Art and Architecture Flashcards

1
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Why is it called the Gothic Era

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Scholars were striving to be like the greeks/romans. Gothics were the people that sacked Rome. They are insulting the era because it wasn’t like the era before

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Basilica

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major type of building that emerged in gothic era. commonly used for churches

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Parts of a basilica

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Central hall called nave
has columns
lower isles on either side
pointed roof

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4
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What is this building called

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Basilica

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5
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What are the orange, green, yellow, and pink parts called?

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orange = nave
dark green = crossing
light green = transept
yellow = choir
pink = apse

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Ottonian churches

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very large and solid
dont really have many windows

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St. Michael’s
Hildesheim, Germany
1000 CE
Ottonian church

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West Works

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west entrance

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Romanesque Architecture

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Built for religous reasons and show of wealth
Has lots of columns and rounded arches
more windows than ottonian

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Piazza del Duomo
Pisa, Italy
1063-1272 CE
Romanesque

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How was romanesque architecture termed?

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they still had roman ruins and basically modified it to make similar buildings

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Saint Marco Palace of the Doge
Venice
1063-1250 CE
Chapel attached to palace, is a show of power
Romanesque

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facade

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front of building

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s marco
venice
1063 CE
has rounded arches
romanesque

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St. Sernin
Toulouse
1080-1120 CE
romanesque

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St Sernin
Toulouse
Romanesque
has lots of columns and arches that require thick walls ,but allows the roof to be raised

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17
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technique for supporting arched ceilings

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ribbed groin vaults

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Ribbed groin vault
durham cathedral
1093-1130 CE
Ribbed groin vault is big step towards gothic art

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19
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Early Gothic architecture

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arches become pointed
more windows (natural light was important)
ribbed groin vault
tall and airy

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st Denis
renovation
1140
early gothic

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canterbury cathedral
1174
early gothic

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notre Dame Cathedral
1163
early gothic

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high gothic

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buildings very tall and airy
mostly windows, hardly any walls
has flying butress

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Amiens cathedral
1163
high gothic

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ste. Chapelle
paris
1243-8
stained glass came from middle east
high gothic

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Chartres cathedral
1194-1220
has flying buttresses
high gothic

27
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flying buttress

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external support of building

28
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Collegiate gothic

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first universities were similar to churches

29
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Thorv building
collegiate gothic

30
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cross of Gero
969-76
sunburst was added 700yrs after sculpture was made

31
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Judgement scene
Tympanum, Autun Cathedral
1130
relief carving that has elongated, stylized figures (not natural)

32
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Tympanum

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large semi circle above church door

33
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gothic sculptures

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become more 3 dimensional and natural
faces are very realistic and are different from each other

34
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Reims Cathedral
1225-55

35
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Pulpit by Giovanni Pisano
pistoia
1297
faces are realistic and different

36
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Well of Mosesby Claus Sluter
1297

37
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St. Francis Alterpiece on wood
bonaventura Berlinghieri
1235
symbolism (wounds on hand, angels) depict how holy he is

38
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Cimabue
1280-90
gold backround and halos symbolize holyness. Highly stylized, basically 2D

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Duccio
Maesta alterpiece
1308-11
has more dimension and is more 3D

40
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Giotto
Scrovegni Chapel
1304-13
fresco

41
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Giotto
Scrovegni chapel
1304-13
spaces are connectedby mountains and sky

42
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Giotto
Scrovegni Chapel
1304-13
had to be painted in sections because it had to be painted when plaster is just wet enough

43
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Bayeux tapestry
1073-83
Embroidery/needlepoint

44
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tapestry

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coloured thread embroidered on linen

45
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bayeux tapestry
made to celebrate invasion of Eames conquering England. 70 meters long

46
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what is true tapestry

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it is woven, not embroidered

47
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Apocalypse tapestry
Angers, France
1377
true tapestry

48
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why were tapestries popular

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were portable and durable. When they were hung on stone walls, they provided some insulation

49
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palimpsest

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text erased and another text written on top

50
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what is parchement made of

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animal hide

51
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golden ratio for manuscripts

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3 by 3

52
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Manuscript production

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made from parchement, with lots of the page empty (luxury item). They were very durable because they were made from leather and the ink soaked in like a fresco

53
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Book of hours (privately owned book of prayers)
psalms 145
France
mid 1400s

54
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how did people who wrote manuscripts write straight

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had pinholes for straight edges to go across

55
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has historiated intial (has images in it)

56
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Why did some manuscripts have images on them

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dont really know.

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