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This guide covers essential aspects of art history, focusing on key periods such as the Romanesque (1050-1200) and Gothic (1150-1250) eras. Explore architectural forms, artistic themes, and notable works, including the Basilica of St. Sernin and Notre Dame. Discover relevant artistic techniques such as the use of chiaroscuro, frescoes, and stained glass. This resource serves as a valuable midterm review, featuring drawings like self-portraits and still lifes. Prepare to delve into the evolution of Western art and its influence on culture and society.
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What Do I Turn in before Midterm? The best drawings you have from each section: Shading - pedestals, single or multi-day still lives Self portrait
Where Have We Been? • Prehistoric • Egyptian • Mesopotamian (near-eastern) • Greek • Roman • Early Christian / Byzantine / Middle Ages • Romanesque • Gothic
The Romanesque Period 1050-1200
The “Romanesque” Period(1050-1200) • Tremendous creative explosion • Church reasserts itself • Crusades begin in 1095 • Return of urban life • Economic reform • Barbarians settle down (convert) • “Romanesque” • Architectural forms and cultural atmosphere reminiscent of the Roman Empire
Apse Aisle Colonnade Nave Aisle Narthex Atrium The Basilica St. Sernin, Toulouse (1078-1125) What’s so Roman about it? Early Christian Basilica
Apse Aisle Colonnade Nave Aisle Narthex Atrium The Basilica St. Sernin, Toulouse (1078-1125) What’s so Roman about it? The Barrel Vault The Groin Vault Ribbed Groin Vault
Apse Aisle Colonnade Nave Aisle Narthex Atrium The Basilica St. Sernin, Toulouse (1078-1125) The Transept and Westwork Transept Westwork - St. Etienne, Caen (1068)
Interiors St. Savin-sur-Gartempe Durham Cathedral (1093-1226)
Pisa Cathedral and Campanile 11thC-12thC
Architectural Sculpture • Designed to put the “Fear of God” into you • Like manuscript illuminations in three dimensions St. Paul South Portal, St. Pierre, Moissac (early 1100’s) Jeremiah
The Tympaneum • Popular themes • Christ Enthroned – The Last Judgement Abbey of Mary Magdalene, Vezelay South Portal, Moissac
Christ Enthroned The Mission of the Apostles – Vezelay
The Last Judgement The Weighing of Souls – Autun Cathedral (1130-35)
The Gothic Period • The Age of Faith
The Gothic Period • The Age of Faith • “The Age of the Great Cathedrals” • (1150-1250)
The Gothic Period • The Age of Faith • “The Age of the Great Cathedrals” • (1150-1250) • The Age of Chivalry
Abbot Suger • The inventor of the “Gothic” style (1137-1144) • Abbot of royal Abbey Church of St.-Denis • Advisor to Louis VI • Combined several things to produce change • Political power • Religious zeal • Civic pride • New philosophy about art and architecture • “We can only appreciate beauty and truth by first being able to appreciate beautiful works of art.” • “The dull mind rises to truth through that which is beautiful.”
Notre DameParis (1163ff)Nave, lookingtoward apse • Verticality• “Miraculous” light• Stained glass Note: Pointed Arch
Notre Dame“God as the Ultimate Mathematician” Flying buttresses! • Geometry • Beauty • Harmony • Balance
Notre Dame“God as the Ultimate Mathematician” Flying buttresses! • Geometry • Beauty • Harmony • Balance
Amiens Cathedral (1220ff) Autun Cathedral (1120ff) 100 Years “High Gothic” “Gothic”
Gothic Sculpture Romanesque Jamb sculptures Chartres Cathedral (1205)
Gothic Sculpture • Realism • Dignity • Serenity • Elegance • Pathos • Classicism Jamb sculptures Chartres Cathedral (1205)
Gothic Sculpture • Realism • Dignity • Serenity • Elegance • Pathos • Classicism Jamb sculptures Chartres Cathedral (1205)
Detail, sculpture by Giovanni Pisano Moses Well, by Claus Sluter
The Return of Painting! • Return to fresco, panel painting (encaustic), and murals • Flourishes first in Italy • NEW MEDIA: • Tempera: Pigment is suspended in egg yolk and water. Applied to a wood panel with an underpainting of gold leaf covered with green or brown • Combines: • Byzantine style with classical Greek and Roman
Christ Entering Jerusalem Duccio (1255/60-1315/18)Egg Tempera Annunciation
Giotto (1267?-1336/7)“The Father of Modern Painting” Resurrection of Lazarus Jesus’ Entry into Jerusalem Fresco/Composition!
Giotto –Madonna Enthroned Gentile da Fabriano - Nativity Note: treatment of light “Chiaroscuro” (light and shade)
Contrast with ByzantineIcons Vladimir Virgin, Russian Madonna Enthroned late 1200’s
Manuscript IlluminationThe Limbourg Brothers February The Book of Hours 1413-16
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