medieval ages final ppt

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MEDIEVAL AGESEarly Christian ArtMedieval theory of proportions:

Byzantine Theory of Proportion

Gothic System


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EARLY CHRISTIAN ARTBetween Third to Fourth Century A.D.


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EARLY CHRISTIAN SCULPTURE Freestanding Early Christian sculpture is

comparatively scarce

Sarcophagus

y Christ as the Good Shepherd


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CHRIST AS THE GOOD SHEPHERD


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ROMAN CATACOMBS Places of burial for Christians

Koimeteria sleeping places

Decorated with wall paintings

Catacomb of Priscilla in Rome, Italy

Catacombs on Via Latina in Rome

The Three Men in Fiery Furnace


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CATACOMB INTERIOR


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CATACOMB OF PRISCILLA IN ROME, ITALY


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CATACOMB ON VIA LATINA IN ROME


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THE THREE MEN IN FIERY FURNACE


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MEDIEVAL THEORY OF PROPORTIONS


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BYZANTINEART Originated chiefly in Constantinople

basilica

y Statues

y Paintings

Painting can do for the illiterate what writing does for

those who can read - Pope Gregory the Great


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THE MIRACLE OF LOAVES AND FISHES

(BASILICA OF S.APOLLINARE NUOVO, RAVENNA)


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BYZANTINE THEORY OF PROPORTION Worked out its schema by taking the organic

articulation of the human body as a starting point

Accepted the fundamental fact that the parts of the

body are set off from each other by nature Body dimensions = face-lengths

Total Body Dimension = 9 face-lengths


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PAINTERS MANUAL OF MOUNTATHOS

UNITS (face-length) BODY PART

1 unit face

3 units torso

2 units upper part of the leg

2 units lower part of the leg

1/3 unit (= 1 nose-length) top of the head

1/3 unit (= 1 nose-length) height of the foot

1/3 unit (= 1 nose-length) Throat/neck

TOTAL: 9 UNITS


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BYZANTINE Penetrated into the art theory of succeeding periods

y Italy

Early Renaissance = 8 and 2/3 face-lengths Late Renaissance = 9 and 1/3 face-lengths


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EARLY RENAISSANCE


1 unit face

3 units torso



1/3 unit (= 1 nose-length) top of the head

1/3 unit (= 1 nose-length) height of the foot

1/3 unit (= 1 nose-length) Throat/neck

TOTAL: 8 1/3 units


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LATE RENAISSANCE


1 unit face

3 units torso



1/3 unit (= 1 thumb) top of the head

1 1/2 thumbs (=1/2 face-length)

height of the foot

1 1/2 thumbs (=1/2 face-

length)

Throat/neck

TOTAL: 9 1/3 UNITS


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TWO SYSTEMS: Fractional System

y 3-Dimensional

y objective appreciation of human proportions

Algebraic System (Module System)

y 2-Dimensional

y Use of specific moduli

y Used in Byzantine Theory of Proportion


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BYZANTINE

THEORY OF

PROPORTION

Module System

y Takes the length of the nose as a unit

y 1 nose-length = 1/3 face-length

y According to the Painters Manual of Mount Athos: 1 nose length is equal to the height of the forehead and

the lower part of the face


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THE THREE-CIRCLE SCHEME OF BYZANTINEART


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Apse Mosaic, MonrealeThis mosaic from the royal church of Monreale, Sicily (late 12th century) was designed for the

apse. The subject is Christ as the Pantocrator, with the Virgin, angels, and saints surrounding

him. The mosaic was part of King Rogers effort to import the glory of Byzantium to Sicily as a

symbol of his power.


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ENTHRONEDMADONNA AND

CHILD

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