Romanesque & Gothic Art

Medieval large sculpture returns…and Art of Book continues…

Masons at Work

Jennifer B

Hildegard and Volmar, Liber Scivias

Illuminated manuscript, Romanesque

1165-75

Famous female artist & illustrator

Self portrait showing flames of inspiration along with her scribe Volmar

Shown in Romanesque abbey

Christen R.

Christ in Majesty, Church of San Climent, Spain

Flashcard

Mural painting

Byzantine influence in elongated figures

Classical influence in drapery

(Jessica M.)

Tower of Babel, detail of painting, Church of St. Savin

Andy N.

Cruciifix, mid-12th century

Catalunya, Spain

Gisele R

Virgin & Child (aka Mary as Throne of Wisdom)

Late 12th century (Romanesque)

Oak w/polychromy, 21” high

Bernadette L

Bayeux Tapestry (flashcard) Messengers Signal the Appearance of a Comet

Bishop Odo Blessing the Feast, Bayeux Tapestry

Norman-Anglo Saxon embroidery

300” long, 20” high, 1066-1082, Romanesque Period

Commemorated the conquest of England and defeatl of King Harald by William the Conqueror

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Detail of Bayeux Tapestry

St. Matthew, from the Codex Colbertinus

Romanesque period

Illuminated manuscript, c 1100

The Mouth of Hell, Winchester Psalter

Romanesque illuminated manuscript

Shows fanciful interpretation of souls being consigned to hell after the Last Judgment

C 1150

Ink & tempera on vellum

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Queen Blanche of Castile and Louis IX, Moralized Bible

Ink, tempera, gold leaf on vellum

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15” x 10 1/2”

1126-34 Gothic

Psalm 1 from the Windmill Psalter, flashcard, 1270-80 Gothic period, illuminated manuscript of ink, pigments, & gold on vellum

Death of the Virgin, Strasbourg Cathedral, c. 1240, high relief sculpture on Tympamum on South portal. Flashcard

Saint Maurice

Lifesize statue of dark sandstone, originally painted

1240-50

Depicted Moorish (African) saint who served in the Crusades

Ekkehard & Uta, from Naumberg Cathedral

Gothic period sculpture, lifesized

Showed patrons of church

Realistic portrait sculpture recalling Roman veristic traditions

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Vanessa

Pulpit, Baptistry, Pisa

Marble sculpture about 15” high-flashcard

Gothic period

Pisa Cathedral

Master family of sculptors

Artist: Nicola Pisano

Detail below

Detai of Nativity from puplit by Pisano

Crucifix

Coppo di Marcovaldo

Tempera & gold on wood panel

Byzantine influence seen, similar to what ????