1. Art History Unit Test #2 - Part 3
Early Medieval Art

3. a.k.a. The “dark ages” or “middle ages”
Medieval Era
a.k.a. The “dark ages” or “middle ages”
Early Medieval
Migratory
Hiberno-Saxon
Carolingian
Ottonian
Gothic
Romanesque

4. South Cross ribbon interlace
Tipperary, Ireland c. 700
ribbon interlace

5. The Hiberno-Saxon Style

6. The Book of Lindisfarne The Lindisfarne Gospel
England c. 675
A.K.A.
The Lindisfarne Gospel
“carpet page”

7. Chi Rho page
The Book of Kells
Ireland (Scotland?) c. 800

8. The Lindau Gospel repousse’
(outer cover)
c. 870
repousse’

9. Doors of Bishop Bernward (Abbey Church of St. Michael )
Hildesheim, Germany
c. 1015

10. Panel #5 - Expulsion from Paradise

11. Romanesque architecture & sculpture:
The BIG concepts to remember about northern
Romanesque architecture & sculpture:
Most Northern Romanesque churches were “pilgrimage churches,”
centered in small towns….often containing relics of various saints.
Romanesque churches are named so because of their reference to
Roman architectural elements (like the arch, barrel vaulting, etc.)
Architectural sculpture tends to be abstracted, showing little regard
to space or perspective.
Architectural sculpture tends to focus around Biblical stories,
especially the Last Judgment (often seen on tympani in Romanesque
portals.

12. Narthex

13. (no clerestory windows)
And now……. word about
VAULTING:
Triforium
(no clerestory windows)
Barrel vaulting

16. (relief sculpture from the cloister of Sto. Domingo )
The Doubting
Of Thomas
(relief sculpture from the
cloister of Sto. Domingo )
c. 1130

17. Narthex

18. *But remember this: the North Romanesque In architecture,
he Romanesque of
the North
is not at all
like the
Romanesque
of the South.

19. The cathedral campanile and baptistery of Pisa
Pisa, Italy
c. 1053

21. Course Objectives: Can you identify the architectural differences
between Northern and Southern Romanesque Styles?
Can you describe two examples of Narrative Art
presented in this course so far?