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August of Primaporta

• c. 20 B.C
• devoted to Augustus by the Senate
• set up in a public place
• Roman

• Colossal marble head of Emperor Constantine the Great
• 315 - 330 A.D
• Rome
• head of Constantine, from a seated statue a youthful, classicising, other-worldly official image
• Sculpture
• Roman

• The Arch of Constantine
• 312-315 A.D.  
• Rome
• Detail of the frieze relief  sculpture:  the Distribution of Largess.
• Archetecture
• Roman
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• Hagia Sophia, Constantinople 
• 532-537 A. D.
• Architects:  Anthemius of Tralles and Isidorus of Miletus 
• A former Orthodox patriarchal basilica, later a mosque, and now a museum in Istanbul, Turkey. 
• The church contained a large collection of holy relics
• Istanbul, Turkey
•  Architecture.

• Byzantine Art

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• Justianan as world conqueror
• 6th century
• Paris
• left leaf of an ivory diptych, mid-sixth century. 
• This ivory plaque depicts Justinian as a victorious conqueror, riding in on a beautiful horse wielding a spear. 
• This is important because even though it incorporates motifs from the pagan Roman Empire, which was fading away, it shows Christ as the true head of power.
•  Sculpture.

• Byzantine Art

• Saint Michael the Archangel

• early sixth century
• right leaf of an ivory diptych,
• it depicts an archangel holding a sceptre and imperial orb.
• Sculpture
• Byzantine 

• The church of San Vitale
• c. 526-547
• Ravenna east coast of Italy
• The mosaics were created c. 547 and depict 
• Christ Between Angels and Saints, Justinian and Attendants, and Theodora and Attendants 
• Architecture
• Byzantine architecture on Italian soil
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• David Composing the Psalms from the Paris Psalter.  Tempera painting on

                               velum.  c. 950-970.

• c. 950-970 
• Paris Psalter. 
• slight return to the Classical/Hellenistic art of Greece. 
• There are bright colors, lots of emotion, depth, overlap, and landscapes. 
• This here is the true spirit of Arcadia, that is,the love of nature.
• It is allegorical and impressionistic as well.
• Tempera painting on velum
• Bzantyine

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• c. 625
• Suffolk, England,.
• Sign of Wealth
• Gold, glass, and enameled cloisonné sculpture.  
• Early Medieval art.

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• Cross-inscribed Carpet Page from the Lindisfarne Gospels
• c. 698 – 721 
• produced in England

• Each carpet page contains a different form of cross, stressing the different church traditions and their ecumenical relationship. 

• Chaos outside of church animals bitting each other 
• Peace in the Church
• tempera painting on vellum (painting).  
• Early Medieval art.

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• St. Matthew from the Gospel Book of Archbishop Ebbo of Reimsart.
•  c. 816-835
• France
• Illuminated manuscript or painting.  
• Fantastic examples of the Shivering Style
• Carolingian 

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• Crucifixion Lindau Gospels
• c. 870
• little Raised stones kept it safe
• front cover of the Lindau Gospels
• sculpture
• Carolingian art

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• Palatine chapel of Charlemagne, Aachen, 
• 792-805
•  Germany
• Devoted to Mary
• Carolingian architecture

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• Abbey church of St. Michael, Hildesheim
• 1001-1031
• Germany
• It is a double-choir basilica with two transepts and a square tower at each crossing. 
• The west choir is emphasized by an ambulatory and a crypt.
• Ottonian architecture.

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• Crucifix, commissioned by Archbishop Gero for the Cathedral in Cologne, c. 970.  Sculpture.  
• 970
• commissioned by Archbishop Gero for the Cathedral in Cologne
• Suffering Christ Standard Sculpture. 
• Ottonian art.

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• St. Sernin
• c. 1070-1120
• Toulouse, France,
• Important stop on pilgrams way to Santiago de Compostela
• Stone
• Romanesque Architecture

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• St. Étienne
• begun 1067 (vaulted 1115-1120)
• Caen, France
• Flying Butteress
• Stone
• Romanesque Architecture

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• Creation and Temptation of Adam and Eve,
• 1110
• sculptor: Wiligelmo
• Importance of religion
• Cathedral façade of  Modena, Italy,
• Marble
• Romanesque Sculpture 

• The Pentecost and the Mission of the Apostles.
•  c. 1120-1132
• La Madeleine, Vézelay,France,
•  Tympanum sculpture of the central portal of the narthex (entrance hall) of the church,
• Marble

• Romanesque Sculpture 

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• Virgin and Child known as the Morgan Madonna. 
• 12^th century
• France 
• Metropolitan Museum of Art, 
• This type of sculpture is known as the Throne of Wisdom.
• wooden sculpture with painted polychrome
• Romanesque Painting

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• Moses Expounding the Law

• c. 1135
• Master Hugo (painter),
• Edmunds, England,
•  illuminated manuscript from the Book of Deuteronomy, Bury Bible, made for the abbey of Bury St.
• painting
• Romanesque Painting 

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• Abbey Church of St. Denis 

  
  
• 1140-1144
• Paris, France.
• The church became a place of pilgrimage and the burial place of the French Kings
• Stone
• Early Gothic Architecture

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Chartres Cathedral

c. 1145-1155. Western facade, three doorways:  the Royal Portal,

        Central doorway tympanum sculpture:  Christ in Majesty with the

       symbols of the Four Evangelists.  Jamb figures (on the lower sides of the

       doorway):  Old Testament Kings and Queen (Early Gothic sculpture and

       architecture).

       Architecture:  the nave was begun in 1194 and completed c. 1220.  (High Gothic

       architecture).  South portal sculpture:  St. Martin and St. Jerome, c. 1220-1230.

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Reims cathedral façade

1225 – 1290.  

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• Reims cathedral: The Visitation

• c. 1230-1255
• France
• jamb sculptures to the right side of the central portal of the west facade.
• High  Gothic Architecture and Sculpture

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• Sainte Chapelle 

• 1243-1248
•  built by Louis IX after the 6th Crusade.  
• Paris 
• High Gothic Architecture and Sculpture:

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• St. Maclou, Rouen

• c. 1500-1514 
• France 

• Abraham and the Three Angels 
• 1253-1270 
• Paris France 
• illuminated page from the Psalter of St. Louis, 
• Ink, tempera, and gold leaf on vellum   
• Painting
• Gothic Sculpture and Manuscript Illumination