Ap Art History Chapter 16- Europe After The Fall Of Rome

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A Frankish Lord’s costly pin
Produced in quantity
Bronze silver or gold
We saw something similar on the attendants flanking Justinian in the mosaic at San Vitale in Ravenna.
Zoomorphic elements in abstract decorative designs
Frankish Looped Fibula
France
6th - 7th Centuriessilver gilt worked in filigree with inlays of garnets and other stones4 in. long

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Purse cover from the Sutton Hoo ship burial
Suffolk, Englandca. 625gold, glass and enamel cloisonné with garnets and emeralds7 1/2 in. long

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Animal-Head Post
Oseberg, Norwayca. 825woodapproximately 5 in. high

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Carpet PageBook of Durrow
possibly from Iona, Scotland
ca. 660-680 ink and tempera on parchment9 5/8 x 6 1/8 in.
A carpet page is an entire page with no text or illustration of the text. It is an entire page of decorative panels and zoomorphic figures.

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.Book of Kells
Corresponds with the crowning of Charles the Great-Roman emperor.
Charlemagne ruled over the Holy Roman Empire and surrounding territories and revived culture.
Chi-rho-iota pageBook of Kells
from Iona, Scotland
8th - 9th centuriestempera on vellum13 x 9 1/2 in.

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Evangelists symbols pageBook of Kells
from Iona, Scotland
8th - 9th centuriestempera on vellum13 x 9 1/2 in.

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Cross and Carpet pageLindisfarne Gospels
Northumbria, England
ca. 698 - 721 tempera on vellum13 1/2 x 9 1/4 in.
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.An exception to the usual page, this appears to be based on imported classical pictures. This form of page would be more at home in Greek and Latin books.
A poet or philosopher seated reading.
Matthew sits in his study composing his account of Christ’s life.
Two classical languages are used to label Matthew
Saint Matthew pageLindisfarne Gospels
Northumbria, England
ca. 698 - 721 tempera on vellum13 1/2 x 9 1/4 in.

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These monuments, sometimes over 17’ tall preside over burial grounds.
The circle inside the cross indicates a Celtic type
Interlace patterns
High Cross of Muiredach(east side)
Monasterboice, Ireland
ca. 92316 ft. high

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.Matthew- The Evangelist
Ebbo was an Archbishop. The work was made for Ebbo.
Illustrates the unique expressionistic style of the Medieval time period.
Saint MatthewEbbo Gospels
Hautvillers, France
ca. 816 - 835ink and tempera on vellum10 1/4 x 8 3/4 in.

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Psalm 44 of folio 25 recto of the Utrecht Psalter
Hautvillers, France (near Reims)
ca. 820 - 835ink on vellum1 ft. 1 in. x 9 7/8 in.

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This was later added to the Lindau Gospels
Created in Charles The Bald’s court
Reposse’
Crucifixion front coverLindau Gospels
Pierpont Morgan Library, New York
ca. 870gold, precious stones and pearls13 3/8 x 10 3/8 in.

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.Biblical stories on colossal doors
Bishop Bernward commissioned them for a church in Germany.
16’ tall cast in a single piece
Doors with relief panelsGenesis, left door - Christ, right door
Hildesheim, Germany
ca. 1001-1031

More public than any book cover
Started the reemergence of art on a grand scale.
Doors with relief panelsGenesis, left door - Christ, right door
Hildesheim, Germany
ca. 1001-1031

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Ottonian Triumphal column
Another large scale masterpiece of bronze casting
Commissioned by Bernward Column with reliefs illustrating the life of Christ
Hildesheim, Germany
ca. 1015-1022 bronze 12 ft. 6 in. high

Preserved intact
The 7 spiral bands of relief tells the story of Jesus’ life in 24 scenes.
It reads from bottom to top like what other column ?????
But this one reads from left to right insead of right to left.

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.Crucifix commissioned by Archbishop Gero
Cologne Cathedral, Germanyca. 970painted wood6 ft. 2 in. high
Reliquary- hole in the back of the head for the host.

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.Represents the emperor himself, sums up what went before and tells what will happen.
Otto III life long ambition was to recreate the Christian Roman Empire.
His mother was a Byzantine princess
He died at 21 and was buried with Charlemagne
Otto III enthroned Gospel Book of Otto III
from Trier, Germany
ca. 997-1000tempera on vellum13 x 9 3/8 in.