Early Europe PART 1 ... The Middle Ages
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Medieval Guilds and Craft Production
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Vocabulary:
Pendentive
Squinch
Buttress
Central Plan vs Basilica Plan
Naive
Aisle
Apse
Transept
Narthex
Atrium
Iconoclasm
Mosaic
Cloisonne
Islam
Mosque
Dome of the Rock
Image List:
Content Area 3: Early Europe and Colonial Americas
200–1750 C.E. (51 WORKS)
PART 1:
48. Catacomb of Priscilla. Rome, Italy. Late Antique Europe. c. 200–400 C.E. Excavated tufa and fresco.
49. Santa Sabina. Rome, Italy. Late Antique Europe. c. 422–432 C.E. Brick and stone, wooden roof.
50. Rebecca and Eliezer at the Well and Jacob Wrestling the Angel, from the Vienna Genesis. Early Byzantine Europe. Early sixth century C.E. Illuminated manuscript (pigments on vellum).
51. San Vitale. Ravenna, Italy. Early Byzantine Europe. c. 526–547 C.E. Brick, marble, and stone veneer; mosaic.
52. Hagia Sophia. Constantinople (Istanbul). Anthemius of Tralles and Isidorus of Miletus. 532–537 C.E. Brick and ceramic elements with stone and mosaic veneer.
53. Merovingian looped fibula. Early medieval Europe. Mid-sixth century C.E. Silver gilt worked in filigree, with inlays of garnets and other stones.
54. Virgin (Theotokos) and Child between Saints Theodore and George. Early Byzantine Europe. Sixth or early seventh century C.E. Encaustic on wood.
55. Lindisfarne Gospels: St. Matthew, cross-carpet page; St. Luke portrait page; St. Luke incipit page. Early medieval (Hiberno Saxon) Europe. c. 700 C.E. Illuminated manuscript (ink, pigments, and gold on vellum).
56. Great Mosque. Córdoba, Spain. Umayyad. c. 785–786 C.E. Stone masonry. 57. Pyxis of al-Mughira. Umayyad. c. 968 C.E. Ivory.
57. Pyxis of al-Mughira. Umayyad. c. 968 C.E. Ivory.
58. Church of Sainte-Foy. Conques, France. Romanesque Europe. Church: c. 1050–1130 C.E.; Reliquary of Saint Foy: ninth century C.E., with later additions. Stone (architecture); stone and paint (tympanum); gold, silver, gemstones, and enamel over wood (reliquary).
59. Bayeux Tapestry. Romanesque Europe (English or Norman). c. 1066–1080 C.E. Embroidery on linen.
60. Chartres Cathedral. Chartres, France. Gothic Europe. Original construction c. 1145–1155 C.E.; reconstructed c. 1194–1220 C.E. Limestone, stained glass.
61. Dedication Page with Blanche of Castile and King Louis IX of France and Scenes from the Apocalypse, from a Bible moralisée. Gothic Europe. c. 1226–1234 C.E. Illuminated manuscript (ink, tempera, and gold leaf on vellum).
62. Röttgen Pietà. Late medieval Europe. c. 1300–1325 C.E. Painted wood.