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BYZANTINE AND ISLAMICROMANESQUE AND GOTHIC

MEDIEVAL WORLD

THE MEDIEVAL WORLD

BYZANTINE EMPIRE

Hagia Sofia, Istanbul, c. 532-7

San Marco, Venice – 1071 (original 832) Byzantine with Classical elements

Interior with mosaics, San Marco, Venice

San Vitale, Ravenna, c. 546

San Vitale, Ravenna, c. 546 (capital of W. Europe

in late Roman era)

Mosaics, San Vitale

Islam and the Near East

Red Monastery, Egypt, 5th C., Coptic

Minaret,Great Mosque, Samarra, 9th Century

Dome of the Rock, Jerusalem

Topkapi Palace, Istanbul, 15-17C Ottoman Sultans’ residence

The Blue Mosque, Istanbul

Alhambra Palace Complex, ca. 1333-1492, Granada, Spain

Court of the Lions, Alhambra, Spain – 11-13C for Muslim Emirs

Court of the Lions, Alhambra Palace Complex

Taj Mahal, India, Mughal Architecture, Influenced by Persia & Turkey

Islamic Ornament, Diaper Patterns(including Interlace and Arabesque)

Islamic Designs

Romanesque

Chapel of Charlemagne, Aachen, Germany

San Miniato al Monte, Florence, Italy

Basilica and Tower of Pisa, Italy

Durham Cathedral, England

Interior, Durham Cathedral, England,

Romanesque

Church of St. Etienne, Caen, France

Romanesque vs Gothic

Gothic

Abbey of St. Denis - earliest French Gothic

* Pointed arches* Ribbed vaults* Flying buttresses

Apse and Ambulatory, St. Denis

Notre Dame de Paris

Chartres Cathedral, France, ca. 1200

Rose Window, Chartres

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Ste. Chapelle, Paris, France

Cologne Cathedral, Germany, begun 1248, completed 1880

Winchester Cathedral, England, Gothic portion begun mid 14th c.

Lincoln Cathedral, England

King’s College Chapel, by William Turner

Fan Vaulting, Kings Chapel, Cambridge, 15th c.

Chapel of Henry VII, Westminster Abbey,London, begun 1503

Secular Architecture

Secular Medieval Architecture – walled city

French Turrets

English Crenellation

Stokesay Castle, England, late 13th c.

Great Hall, Timbered Ceiling, Stokesay Castle

The Solar

Haddon Hall, England – begun 12th C

Great Hall Haddon Hall, England

Penshurst Place, 13 – 14th C

crenellation

Great Hall, Penshurst Place,

England

English Half-timbered Houses

Sienna, Italy

Piazza Publico, Sienna, Italy

Doges Palace, Venice, Italy

Venetian Gothic, c. 1430

‘Ca D’Oro ‘Ca Foscari

Furniture

Thrones

Stools

Hutch Type Chest

Tilting Chest, 15th c., France

Cupboard or Dressoir and Credence

Armoir and Press

Trestle Tables

Gothic Beds with Canopies, Testers and Box beds

Merode Alter Piece, Netherlands, c 1430

Gothic Ornament