14-20 Burial Ship: 14-22 Church of Saint Cyriakus, Gernrode 14-24 Nave, Church of Saint Cyriakus 14-28 Gero Crucifix 14-29 Page with Otto III Enthroned 14-30 Page with Christ Washing the Feet of His Disciples Chi Rho Iota page, Book of Matthew, Book of Kells -probably made at Iona, Scotland. late 8th or early 9th century -artists have reaffirmed their Celtic heritage in the animal interlace and spirals w/ which they forn the monogram of Christ (the three Greek leters chi rho iota) and the words Christi autem generatio, the first sentence of Matthew's Gospel -painters inserted pictorial observations and comments and symbolically referred to Christ many times -the three angels are reminders that angels surrounded the Holy Family at the time of the Nativity, showing Matthew's story Purse cover, from the Sutton Hoo burial ship, -from Suffolk, England. C 615-30 -Cloisonne plaques of gold, garnet, and check millefiore enamel -set with garnets and blue checkered enamel, forming figures and rectilinear patterns -shows Hiberno-Saxon style showing Near Eastern, Germanic, Swedish, and Roman art Page with Lion -from the Gospel of Saint John, Gospel Book or Durrow, probably made at Iona, Scotland. c 675 -ink and tempera on parchment -shows pre-Vulgate tradition, using the lion, normally the symbol of Saint Mark, for Saint John and Saint John's eagle for Saint Mark -has two type of ribbon interlace South Cross, Ahenny, -from County Tipperary, Ireland. 8th century. Stone -Celtic reinterpreted as a halo or a glory (a ring of heavenly light), or as a purely practical support for the arms of the cross -modeled on metal ceremonial or reliquary crosses, cross-shaped containers for holy relics -outlined w/ gadrooning and covered w/ spirals and interlace -the bosses (broocklike projections), that form a cross w/in the cross, resemble the jewels that were similarly placed on metal crosses Emeterius and Senior. Colophon page, Commentary on the Apocalypse by Beatus and Commentary on Daniel by Jerome, -made for the Monastery of San Salvador at Tabara, Leon, Spain. Completed July 27, 970 -tempera on parchment -a five-story tower of the Tabara monastery and the two-story scriptorium attached to it -Emeterius is on the right and Senior is on the left; there is also a helper, a monk, and three other men climbing ladders Presentation page with Abbess Hitda and Saint Walpurga -from the Hitda Gospels. Early 11th century. -ink and colors on vellum -The abbess offers her book to Saint Walpurga, her convent's patron saint -size of the convent underscores the abbess's position of authority -rocky, uneven strip of ground represents a holy ground
Newest Assignments and Dates (If assignment is online it shall be stated below)
- 03-17-2008 - 03-21-2008 -Spring Break (FREEDOM)
- 03-21-2008 -Art History Outline and images
- Still during spring break: Read Lord of the Flies for techniques/devices, 3 allusions due.
Sunday, January 13, 2008
Art History –Chap 14 - Images
The shelter at the center of the ship was used for the burial of two women (thought to be Queen Aase and a servant)
Bands of animal interlace carved in low relief run along the ship's bow and stern
Windows, wall arcades, and blind arcades break the severity of churches exterior
Interior has three levels
Marked with vertical shifts in visual rhythm, with two arches on the nave level surmounted by six arches on the gallery level, surmounted in turn by three windows in the clerestory
The straight linear fall of his golden drapery heightens the impact of his drawn face, emaciated arms and lags, ect.
Establishes the divine underpinning of Otto's authority and depicts him as a near-divine being himself
Peter has his foot in the basin and reaches towards Jesus
Posted by Christina at 1/13/2008 05:45:00 PM
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