history of art early medieval
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HISTORY OF ART
EARLY MEDIEVAL ART
FEIJO SEGUIN, LIDIA
INTRODUCTION
EARLY MEDIEVAL ART
-500-1000AD-COLLAPSE OF ROMAN CIVILITZATION-MIGRATIONS-NO MORE URBAN LIFE-FREQUENT WARFARE-CHRISTIANICISM MAIN RELIGION-RELIGION UNIFICATE EUROPE-LITTLE KINGDOMS-MONASTICISM-MONASTICISM BECAME THE CENTEROF CULUTRE, RICHNESS AND ECONOMICPOWER, AGRICULTURE...-SOCIAL POSSITIONS VERY MARKED
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ANGLO-SAXONPURSE COVER FROM THE SUTTON HOOSHIP BURIAL IN SUFFOLK ENGLAND 7TH CENTURY AD
-USED TO COVER A LEATHER POUCH COINTAINING GOLD COINS-PROBABLY USED TO ESTABLISH STAUS-GOLD AND GARNET CLOISONN MILLEFIORI GLASS-THE LID WAS PROBABLY MADE OF WHALE BONE-TWINNED IMAGES OF A BIRD OF PREY SWOOOPING ON SOMTHING SIMILAR TO A DUCK BIRD- MAN STANDING HEROICALLY BETWEEN TWO BEASTS
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ANGLO-SAXONHINGED CLASP FROM THE SUTTON HOO SHIP BURIAL IN SUFFOLK, EGNLAND 7TH CENTURY AD
-CURVED GOLD SHOULDERS CLASPS-GOLD, GARNET CLOISONN MILLEFIORI AND BLUE GLASS-GEMOETRIC STEPPED CELL WORK-FOUR CURVED ENDS WITH TWO ENTWINEDBOARS-PROBABLY A SIMBOL OF FEROCITY
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VIKINGANIMAL HEAD POST FROM VIKING SHIP BURIAL, OSEBERG, NORWAY, 9TH CENTURY
-ABSTRACT ANIMAL FORMS-CARVED-GEOMETRIC ORNAMENTS-CREATED FOR A NOBLE WOMAN DIED IN 823-CARRIED IN RELIGIOUS PROCESSIONS
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OTTONIANDOORS OF BISHOP BERNWAR (HILDESHEIM CATHEDRAL) FINISHED ON 1015 AD
-BRONZE-DIVIDED IN FIELS-CARVED MEDIUM RELIEVE-SIMILAR TO ROMAN (OR BYZANTINE)-BIBLICAL SCENES -LEFT GENESIS-RIGHT LIVE OF CHRIST
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MANUSCRIPT ILLUMINATION
BRITISH ISLES HIBERNO-SAXON ARTTHE BOOK OF DURROW 680 AD-DECORATION AS JEWERY AND TEXTILE-GEOMETRIC-VEGETATION-LIVED COLORS-NO NATURALISTIC REPRESENTATION
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BRITISH ISLES HIBERNO-SAXON ARTLINDISFARNE GOSPEL BOOK, 7TH CENTURY AD
-GEOMETRIC SCENES-LIFE COLURS-MORE FIGURATIVE-4 HUMAN GOSPELS WITH HIS TETRAMORFS SIMBOL-MORE NATURALISTIC-LITTLE REPRESENTATION OF VOLUM
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BRITISH ISLES HIBERNO-SAXON ARTTHE BOOK OF KELLS 8TH CENTURY AD
-REPRESENTATION OF VOLUM WITH LINES-LIFE COLOURS-MOORE SIMILAR TO CAROLINGIAN ART-HUMAN FIGURE ENVOLVED ON GEOMETRIC SCENES-SYMBOLISM
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CAROLINGIANCORONATION GOSPELS 9TH CENTURY AD
-CULTURAL RENOVATIOM-SCRIPTORIUM-ILUSTRATION SCENES-MORE NATURALISTIC STYLE-VOLUM REPRESENTED BY COLOUR (NOT LINE)-SPACES ON BACKGROUND -LIGHTS AND SHADOWS-ICONICISM
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CAROLINGIANEBBO GOSPELS 9TH CENTURY AD SAINT MATTHEW
-ILLUSIONISTIC STYLE LANDSCAPE-ENERGETIC, STREAKY STYLE-LESS LIVED COLOURS-FIGURE IN NERVOUS AND AGITATED POSES.
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CAROLINGIANUTRECH PSALTER 9TH CENTURY AD
-MONASTERY SAINT PETER (NEAR REIMS)-ARCHIBISHOP EBBO AS EBBO GOSPELS-INFLUENCED BY SAINT MATTHEW OF EBBO GOSPELS-PEN ILLUSTRATIONS-OUTLINE DRAWINGS-SKETCHED LANDSCAPES -DIFFERENT EPISODIES IN ONE ILLUSTRATION