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ArtHist101: Final Exam: Turner
Migrations, Carolingian, Ottonian, Romanesque, Gothic
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12/11/2008

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Purse Cover
Sutton Hoo
Migrations (Anglo-saxon)

"Master of the beast"
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Animal head post
Oseberg
Migrations (viking)
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Definition
Book of Kells
Iona, Scottland
Migrations (Hiberno-saxon)

Chi-rho-iota; very detailed with hidden pictures
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Matthew
Coronation Gospels (Aachen, Germany)
Carolingian
Palace School
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Matthew
Ebbo Gospels
Carolingian
Reims School
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Utrecht Psalter
Carolingian
Reims School

This is a different image than the instructor showed.

King David's psalms
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Definition
Palatine Chapel of Charlemagne
Aachen, Germany
Carolingian

Islamic stripes; Byzantine mosaics; classical columns; similar to San Vitale
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Definition
Doors of Bernward
St. Michael's
Hildesheim
Ottonian

16 ft tall; bronze; Left side - old testament (original sin); Right side - new testament (redemption); Always a female: eve on left, mary on right (bad and good)
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Column of Bernward
St. Michael's
Hildesheim
Ottonian

Based on Trajan's column; The life of Christ; Space hard to fill for artist, figures very distorted;Different artist than doors
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Gero Crucifix
Cologne, Germany
Ottonian
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Gospel of Otto III
Ottonian

Otto III enthroned in the guise of a Roman emporer
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Saint Sernin
Toulouse
Romanesque

pilgramage apse
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Last Judgement
St. Lazare
Autun
Romanesque

Giselbertus; Left side - worthy; Right side - weighing of souls, demons trying to weigh one side, angels on other; Bottom - raising of the dead to be judged, people are scared and covering their faces; Scary, detailed, scare tactics
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Mission of the Apostles
La Madeleine
Vezelay
Romanesque

12 lightning bolts to each apostle (pentecost);12 zodaics and labors showing passage of time; Far off poeples depicted by rumors of what they looked like
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Initial R
Moralia in Job
Citeaux
Romanesque

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Speyer Cathedral
Germany
Romanesque

Solution to having windows - groin vaulting; complex and expensive
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Pisa Cathedral Complex
Italy
Romanesque

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Durham Cathedral
England
Romanesque

The solution to inexpensive lighting in vaulting; Build arches first, makes it easier to build; Called ribbed groin vault; Used in gothic all the time; Geometric patters on columns
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Bayeux "Tapestry"
France
Romanesque

Battle of Hastings; The last successful invasion of England; 229 feet long; Really an embroidery to commemorate William the conquerer
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St. Denis
Paris
Gothic

Lots of windows; Airy interior; Thin walls; Uses stained glass windows
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Chartres Cathedral
France
Gothic

West Facade
Romanesque and Gothic; Famous for stained glass windows (has 85% of original windows); Rose window and lancets
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Chartres Cathedral
France
Gothic

Old Testament Kings and Queens
Romanesque and Gothic; Famous for stained glass windows (has 85% of original windows); Rose window and lancets
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Chartres Cathedral
France
Gothic

Aerial View
Romanesque and Gothic; Famous for stained glass windows (has 85% of original windows); Rose window and lancets
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Chartres Cathedral
France
Gothic

Saints Martin, Jerome, and Gregory
Romanesque and Gothic; Famous for stained glass windows (has 85% of original windows); Rose window and lancets
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Notre Dame Cathedral
Paris
Gothic

Flying buttresses; all support outside so the inside is tall and clear of obstructions; Rose windows; Can fit statue of liberty inside!; Gargoyles (gargle) - used as waterspouts, why the gargoyle name, no 2 the same; gargoyles must be a waterspout to be a true gargoyle
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Definition
Portal Sculpture
Reims Cathedral
France
Gothic

Annunciation and Visitation; different artists; experimenting with different styles
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St Chapelle
Paris
Gothic

The furthest one can get in stone architecture; Walls are almost all glass
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St. Louis Psalter
Gothic

Abraham and the Three Angels; all pictures have cathedral in background; same qualities of stained glass window; 2 scenes; animal interlace
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Salisbury Cathedral
England
Gothic

no rose windows; shorter; apse square; on the outside of the city; Lots of patterns; extra apse
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Dormition Tympanum
Strasbourg
Gothic

Death of Mary (falls asleep); classical style drapery; expressionistic; soul of mary in jesus's hand
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Rottgen Pieta
Germany
Gothic

Virgin with the Dead Christ; German art is expressionistic