romanesque & gothic art medieval large sculpture returns…and art of book continues…
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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
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Mural painting
Byzantine influence in elongated figures
Classical influence in drapery
(Jessica M.)
Virgin & Child (aka Mary as Throne of Wisdom)
Late 12th century (Romanesque)
Oak w/polychromy, 21” high
Bernadette L
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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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