what do i turn in before midterm? the best drawings you have from each section: shading - pedestals,...
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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
What’s so Roman about it?
Apse
Colonnade
Aisle
Aisle
Nave
AtriumNarthex
The BasilicaSt. Sernin, Toulouse
(1078-1125)
Early Christian Basilica
What’s so Roman about it?
Ribbed Groin Vault
The Barrel Vault The Groin Vault
Apse
Colonnade
Aisle
Aisle
Nave
AtriumNarthex
The BasilicaSt. Sernin, Toulouse
(1078-1125)
The Transept and Westwork
Westwork - St. Etienne, Caen (1068)
Apse
Colonnade
Aisle
Aisle
Nave
AtriumNarthex
The BasilicaSt. Sernin, Toulouse
(1078-1125)
Transept
Interiors
Durham Cathedral (1093-1226)St. Savin-sur-Gartempe
Pisa Cathedral and Campanile11thC-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
South Portal, MoissacAbbey of Mary Magdalene,
Vezelay
Christ Enthroned
The Mission of the Apostles – Vezelay
The Last Judgement
The Weighing of Souls – Autun Cathedral (1130-35)
Gothic Art and Architecture
The Gothic Period
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”
• Geometry• Beauty• Harmony• Balance
Flying buttresses!
• Geometry• Beauty• Harmony• Balance
Flying buttresses!
Notre Dame“God as the Ultimate Mathematician”
Autun Cathedral (1120ff) Amiens Cathedral (1220ff)
100 Years
“Gothic” “High Gothic”
San Chapelle, Paris (1243-48)
Milan Cathedral, Italy (1386 ff)“Flamboyant Gothic”
Gothic Sculpture
Jamb sculpturesChartres Cathedral (1205)
Romanesque
• Realism• Dignity• Serenity• Elegance• Pathos• Classicism
Gothic Sculpture
Jamb sculpturesChartres Cathedral (1205)
Gothic Sculpture
Jamb sculpturesChartres Cathedral (1205)
• Realism• Dignity• Serenity• Elegance• Pathos• Classicism
Moses Well, by Claus Sluter Detail, sculpture by Giovanni Pisano
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
Duccio (1255/60-1315/18) Egg Tempera
Christ Entering Jerusalem
Annunciation
Giotto (1267?-1336/7)“The Father of Modern Painting”
Jesus’ Entry into Jerusalem
Fresco/Composition!
Resurrection of Lazarus
Giotto – Madonna Enthroned
Gentile da Fabriano - Nativity
Note: treatment of light
“Chiaroscuro” (light and shade)
Contrast with
ByzantineIcons
Vladimir Virgin, Russian Madonna Enthronedlate 1200’s
Manuscript Illumination
The Limbourg Brothers
FebruaryThe Book of Hours
1413-16
Thursday:Midterm review session
Meet here at 1:30