Humanities final artwork – Flashcards

Title: Hagia Sophia Time Period: Byzantinian Cultural significance: Justinian's commission; Byzantinian pride and joy; beautiful lighting through windows; domes & arches are ridiculously awesome (architecture is impressive)

Time period; title: Hagia Sophia Cultural significance: lighting from windows makes it look like the dome is floating and illuminates the artwork on the walls.

time period: Byzantinian, ca 547 Cultural significance: mosaic; religious men on his right, soldiers on his left; located at the San Vitale

period: Byzantinian Cultural significance: mosaic; ca 547; located in the San vitale; Byzantinian era;

period: Isalmic Cultural significance: Every Muslim must make at least one pilgrimage here in their lifetime, to circle the shrine 7 times; altar is said to be where Abraham tried to sacrifice Isaac;

Period: Islamic Cultural significance: columns in the moorish part of the great mosque are arranged like a maze, rather than in straight lines; made of white marble and sandstone; represents Islam proficiency in math, artistic ability, and engineering

ca 687-691 period: Islamic Cultural significance: lying below the dome is the sacred rock that some identify as the foundation stone of Solomon's temple. islamic maps identified this spot in the city of Jerusalem as the "center of the world".

period: Islamic, 14th century Cultural significance: oldest well-kept Islamic palace in the world; the fountain cools the courtyard significantly; stronghold of Muslim culture in the west until 1492

Period: 11th century, Norman Cultural significance: one of the most famous norman artifacts; not an actual tapestry but an embroidery; visual record of the conquest of England by William Normandy; Latin captions serve to ID the people and events

period: ca 630, Germanic Cultural significance: cloisonne= adorned with semi precious stones and enamelwork produced by pouring molten colored glass between thin gold partitions

Period: second half of 7th century, influenced by the Anglo-Saxons Cultural significance: medieval manuscript monsters and serpents (which figure in the Germanic epic Beowulf) rep. dark forces, while knots rep. magical devices

period: ca 800, Carolingian Cultural significance: illuminated manuscript; artist known as "the goldsmith" because his art has similarities to the techniques and devices of Germanic metalwork.

period: early 8th century, carolingian Cultural significance: displays the technical work of 8th century metalworkers in ireland; used for eucharist (communion) in early irish church;

period: 792-805, Carolingian cultural significance: Charlemagne wanted to imitate the san vitale's architecture; topmost tier represents heaven, bottom tier represents earth--where priest and congregation met for worship, enthroned in the gallery in between..charlemagne assumed his symbolic role as mediator between God and ordinary mortals

period: 9th century, carolingian cultural significance: similar to the marcus aurelius statue, charlemagne revived the bronze-casting techniques

period: 11th century tapestry, carolingian cultural significance: embroidery on linen; latin translates to: "here the english and french have fallen together in battle", at the far right--bishop odo ( on black stallion) rallies norman cavalry with a swinging mace. bottom right register is filled with fallen soldiers shields, weapons, bodiless head.

Period: ca 1300, carolingian cultural significance: illustration of the story of lancelot

period: 1465, romanesque cultural significance: located in the florence cathedral, italy..dante, with an open copy of the commedia, points to hell with his right hand..the mound of purgatory with its 7 terraces is behind him. florence cathedral represents paradise on the poets left.

period: second half of 14th century, romanesque cultural sig: an all-male class is listening to Henry's lecture, some are attentive, others bored, and some have fallen asleep.. textbooks were extremely expensive during this period so most students just took copious notes from the teacher's lectures rather than buying them.

period: 13th century, gothic cultural sig: one of the greatest stained glass pieces in the world;

period: late 10th century, gothic cultural sig: gold and gemstones over a wooden core

period: ca. 1104-1132, Romanesque cultural sig: architects experimented with a variety of stone vaulting techniques, such as in this church which was the church of Mary Magdalene at Vezelay, France. The alternating light and dark stone voussoirs (wedges) in the arches of this dramatic interior show the influence of the Muslim architecture on this period.

period: ca. 1130-1135, Romanesque cultural sig: Jesus displays his wounds and points the way to the afterlife with heaven on his right and hell on his left. surrounding the awesome Christ, flamelike saints and angels await the should of the resurrected. Saint Michael weighs a soul in order to determine its eternal destiny, which reflects late Egyptian art. Meanwhile, a demon tries to tip the scale in his favor. REPRESENTS ROMANESQUE SCULPTURE: usually illustrating old testament stories, carved in high reliefs, and adorned in brightly colored paint. These could usually be found on the entrances of churches, in a semicircle within the arch called a tympanum.

period: 11th century, Romanesque cultural sig: these types of sculptures adorn the capitals of columns in churches and cloisters, these are known as "historiated capitals", and show scenes depicting the life of christ. Features a moon faced Mary riding upon a toy-like donkey led by a bearded Joseph..naively shortened to fit inside the capital..combo of dogma and fantasy.

period: Begun in 1194, added to in 13th century, gothic cultural sig: Gothic is term given to what neoclassicists condemned as 'rude and barbaric' style compared to classical style.. focal point for urban community, many events held there.

Period: gothic cultural sig: lighter and more airy than romanesque churches, the pointed arch, the rib vault, stained glass windows, and the flying buttress were all fundamental ingredients of the gothic style.

period: gothic cultural sig: represents how towns would compete with one another on how tall they could make their cathedral ceilings tower, this one is 122 ft tall. these feats of engineering design and architecture took years or even decades to build, and many were never finished.

Period: gothic cultural sig: architects adorned the outside of the building with crockets (stylized leaves), finials (crowing ornamental details), and gargoyles ( hybrid beasts thought to ward off evil).

Period: gothic cultural sig: on the right tympanum of the Chartres Cathedral, the mother of God is pictured as the seat of wisdom and honored as the queen of the liberal arts.

period: gothic cultural sig: most beautiful stained glass piece in the world; Mary appears in a dual role as both mother of God and queen of heaven, holding the christ child on her lap and she becomes the seat of wisdom on which he sits. often the colors of glass chosen to portray certain scenes were symbolic, such as using green glass for the cross Jesus carried bc it symbolizes rebirth and vegetation.

period: gothic cultural sig: covered in ruby red and purplish blue glass, known as the 'medieval jewel box'..this is the crowning example of french gothic art..thousands of different stories depicted in stained glass.

period: proto-renassaince cultural sig: fresco; one of the most moving frescoes from the arena chapel giotto; has transformed a traditional episode from the passion of the christ into a theatrical drama. His staging of the event reflects the trend toward realistic representation that marks the 14th century.

period: proto-renassaince cultural sig: tempera on panel; represents the shift to realism that accompanied the transition from the medieval to the modern era. Giotto uses shading and gradations and the chiaroscuro technique to give it 3D qualities and create a more real image than Cimabue's similar art from 20 years earlier.