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