Monuments List Page Three: Medieval Art

Chapter 9
Rome in the East
The Art of Byzantium

Early Byzantine Art

• The Barberini Ivory, mid-6th century (9-1)
• Saint Michael the Archangel, right leaf of a diptych, early 6th century (9-2)
• Anthemius of Tralles and Isidorus of Miletus. Hagia Sophia (Holy Wisdom), Constantinople (now Istanbul in what is now Turkey), 532-537 (9-3, 4, 5)

• Aerial view of San Vitale, Ravenna, 526-547 (9-6)
• Plan of San Vitale (9-7)
• Interior of San Vitale (9-8)
• Choir and apse of San Vitale showing mosaic of Christ, etc (9-9)
• Justinian, Bishop Maximianus, and attendants, mosaic, ca. 547 (9-10)
• Theodora and attendants, mosaic (9-11)
  Theodora saves the Empire during the Nika Revolt From the Medieval Sourcebook.

• Saint Apollinaris amid sheep, mosaic, from Sant'Apollinare in Classe, Ravenna, 533-549 (9-12)

• Transfiguration of Christ, apse mosaic, Church of the Virgin, Monastery of Saint Catherine, Mount Sinai, Egypt, ca. 548-565 (9-13)
• Virgin (Theotokos) and Child between Saints Theodore and George, sixth or early seventh century. From the Monastery of Saint Catherine, Mount Sinai, Egypt (9-16)

Manuscripts

• A page from the Vatican Virgil, early 5th century. Tempera on parchment (7-19)
• Rebecca and Eliezer at the well, from the Vienna Genesis, early sixth century. Tempera, gold, and silver on purple vellum (8-19)
• Anicia Juliana between Magnanimity and Prudence, from the Vienna Dioskorides, tempera on parchment, from Honoratai, near Constantinople (9-14)
• Ascension of Christ from the Rabbula Gospels, from Zagba, Syria, 586 (9-15)
• David composing the psalms, from the Paris Psalter, ca. 950-970 (9-28)

Middle Byzantine Art

• Virgin (Theotokos) and Child enthroned, apse mosaic, Hagia Sophia, Constantinople, dedicated 867 (9-17)
• Monastery Churches at Hosios Loukas, Greece, 10th and 11th centuries (9-18, 19, 20)
• Christ as Pantokrator, dome mosaic in the Church of the Dormition, Daphni, Greece, ca. 1090-1100 (9-21) Pass for now

• Crucifixion, from the Church of the Dormition, Daphni, Greece, ca. 1090-1100 (9-22) Pass for now

• Interior of Saint Mark's, Venice, begun 1063 (9-23)
• Virgin (Theotokos) and Child icon: The Virgin of Vladimir, late 11th to early 12th century (9-29)
• Anastasis, fresco in parekklesion of the Church of Christ in Chora, Constantinople (Istanbul) (9-31)
• Andrei Rublev, Three Angels, ca. 1410 (9-34)

Later Byzantine Art

• Anastasis (Harrowing of Hell), apse fresco from the parakklesion of the Church of Christ in Chora, 1310-1320 (9-31)
• Andrei Rublev, Three Angels (Old Testament Trinity), ca. 1410 (9-34)

Chapter 10
In Praise of Allah
The Art of the Islamic World

Early Islamic Art

• Dome of the Rock, Jerusalem, 687-692 (10-1,2)
• The Great Mosque, Damascus, Syria (10-3, 4)
• Frieze of the Umayyad palace Mshatta, Jordan, ca. 740-750 (10-6)

• Malwiya minaret of the Great Mosque, Samarra, Iraq, 848-852 (10-9)

• Prayer hall of the Great Mosque, Cordoba, Spain, 8th to 10th centuries (10-11)

• Dome in front of the mihrab of the Great Mosque, Cordoba, Spain, 961-965 (10-13)
• Alhambra, Court of the Lions, Granada, Spain, 1354-1391.
• Muquarnas dome, Hall of the Two Sisters, Alhambra, Granada, Spain, 1354-1391 (10-17)
• Madrasa-mosque-mausoleum complex of Sultan Hasan, Cairo, Egypt, begun 1356 (10-18)
• Mihrab from the Madrasa Imami, Isfahan, Iran, ca. 1354. This is at the Met! (10-25)

  Some decorative arts

• A page with Kufic writing (9th century, Syria); a ewer, a bowl (16th century) from Isnik, Turkey

Chapter 11
Europe After the Fall of Rome
Early Medieval Art in the West

• Purse cover from the Sutton Hoo ship burial, ca. 625 (11-2)
• Animal head post from the Viking ship burial, Oseberg, Norway, ca. 825 (11-3)
  Play Vikings at home!

• Wooden portal of the stave church at Urnes, Norway, ca. 1050-1070 (11-4)

More Manuscripts! And a Cross

• Man/St. Matthew from The Book of Durrow, ca. 660-680.
• Cross and Carpet page, from The Lindisfarne Gospels, ca.698-721 (11-6)
• Saint Matthew from The Lindisfarne Gospels, ca.698-721 (11-7)
• Chi-rho-iota page from The Book of Kells, late eighth or early ninth century (11-8)
• High Cross from Muiredach,, Monasterboice, Ireland, 923 (11-9)

Carolingian Art

• Equestrian portrait of Charlemagne or Charles the Bald, bronze, ninth century (11-11)
• Saint Matthew from The Coronation Gospels, ca. 800-810 (11-12)
• Saint Matthew from The Ebbo Gospels, ca. 816-835 (11-13)
• Psalm 44 from The Utrecht Psalter, ca. 820-835 (11-14)
• Crucifixion, front cover from the Lindau Gospels, ca. 870 (11-15)
• The Palatine Chapel of Charlemagne, Aachen [Germany], 792-805 (11-16, 17)
• The Lorsch Gatehouse (Torhalle), ninth century (11-18)
• Schematic plan for a monastery at Saint Gall, Switzerland, ca. 819 (11-19)
• Westwork of the abbey church, Corvey, Germany, 873-885 (11-20)

Ottonian Art

• Saint Michael's, Hildesheim, Germany, 1001-1031 (11-22, 23)
• Doors with relief panels of Genesis and the Life of Christ, bronze, 1015 (11-24)
• Column with reliefs illustrating the Life of Christ, bronze, ca. 1015-1022 (11-25)
• Annuciation to the Shepherds, Lectionary of Henry II, 1002-1014 (11-28)
• Otto III enthroned, from the Gospel Book of Otto III, 997-1000 (11-29)
• Crucifix commissioned by Archbishop Gero for Cologne Cathedral, ca. 970 (11-26)

Some Sources for Relics

• St. Foy Conques, France.
• A Web site all about Conques and St. Foy
• Relics and Reliquaries in Medieval Christianity From the Met.
• About visiting Santiago de Compostela

Chapter 12
The Age of Pilgrimages
Romanesque Art

Architecture

• Saint Philibert, Tournus, France. Interior showing nave vault, ca. 1060 (12-3)
• Saint Sernin, Toulouse, France, aerial view, ca. 1070-1120 (12-4)
• Plan of Saint Sernin, Toulouse, ca. 1070-1120 (12-5)
• Model of the abbey church Cluny III, Cluny, France, 1088-1130 (12-7)
• Speyer Cathedral, interior, Speyer, Germany, begun 1030 (12-9)
• Sant'Ambrogio, Milan, Italy, late 11th to early 12th century (12-10)
• Interior, Sant'Ambrogio, Milan, Italy, late 11th to early 12th century (12-11)
• Saint Etienne, west facade, Caen, France, begun 1067 (12-12)
• Interior, Saint Etienne, Caen, France, 1115-1120 (12-13)
• Interior, Durham Cathedral, Durham, England, begun ca. 1093 (12-15)
• Lateral section and plan of Durham Cathedral (12-16)
• Cathedral complex, Pisa, begun 1063 (12-17)
• Baptistery, Florence, Italy, dedicated 1059 (12-18)
• Interior of San Miniato al Monte, Florence (12-19)

Sculpture

• Cloister of Saint Pierre, Moissac, France, ca. 1100-1115 (12-20)
• Bernardus Geldiunius, Christ in Majesty, relief in the ambulatory of Saint Sernin, Toulouse, France, ca 1096 (12-21)
• The Romanesque Portal, p. 343
• South Portal of Saint Pierre, Moissac, ca. 1115-1135 (12-23)
• Lions and Old Testament Prophet, from the trumeau of the south portal of Saint Pierre, Moissac, France, ca. 1115-1130 (12-24)
• Gislebertus, Last Judgment, west tympanum of Saint Lazare, Autun, France, ca. 1120-1135 (12-25)
• Ascension of Christ and the Mission of the Apostles, tympanum of the center portal of the narthex of La Madeleine, Vezelay, France (12-26)
• Central portal, west facade, Saint Trophime, Arles, France, mid-12th century (12-27)
• Virgin and Child (Morgan Madonna), from the Auvergne, France, second half of the 12th century (12-30)
• Nave of the abbey church, Saint Savin sur Gartempe, France. Painted barrel vault, ca. 1100 (12-34)
• The Vision of Hildegard of Bingen, from her Scivias, Germany, ca. 1150-1179 (12-35)
• Images from the so-called Bayeux Tapestry, ca. 1070-1080 (page 355)

Chapter 13
The Age of Great Cathedrals
Gothic Art

• Saint Denis, France: ambulatory and radiating chapels, 1140-1144 (13-1)
• Saint Denis : plan of the east end, 1140-1144 (13-2)
• Diagrams of rib vaults (page 362)
• Saint Denis : Vaults of the ambulatory and radiating chapels of the choir (13-3)

• Aerial view of Chartres Cathedral, France, begun 1134; rebuil after 1194 (13-4)
• Royal portal, west facade, Chartres Cathedral, ca. 1145-1155 (13-3)
• Chartres, Royal Portal : Old Testament kings and queen, jamb statues (13-6)
• Plan of Chartres Cathedral, as rebuilt after 1194(13-11)
• Chartres Cathedral, interior, after 1194 (13-12)
• Virgin and Child with angels (Notre Dame de la Belle Verriere), stained glass ca. 1170 (13-13)
• Chartres Cathedral, Rose window, stained glass ca. 1220 (13-14)
  The Rose windows of Chartres

• Laon Cathedral, west facade, begun ca. 1190 (13-7)
• Laon Cathedral, interior, begun ca. 1190 (13-8)

• Notre Dame cathedral, Paris, begun 1163 (13-10)

• Chartres Cathedral, Porch of the Confessors, south transept, ca. 1220-1230 (13-15)
• Saint Theodore, Chartres Cathedral, Porch of the Confessors, south transept, ca. 1230 (13-16)

• Robert de Luzarches, Thomas de Cormont, and Renaud de Cormont, interior of Amiens Cathedral, begun 1220 (13-17)
• Same as above, vaults, clerestory, and triforium of the choir of Amiens Cathedral, begun 1220 (13-18)
• Same as above, west facade of Amiens Cathedral, begun 1220 (13-19)
• Christ (Beau Dieu). trumeau statue of central doorway, west facade, Amiens Cathedral, ca. 1220-1235 (13-20)

• Reims Cathedral, west facade, ca. 1225-1290 (13-21)
• Reims Cathedral, west facade, Visitation, jamb statues, ca. 1230 (13-22)

• Sainte Chapelle, interior of the upper chapel, Paris, 1243-1248 (13-23)

• Virgin and Child (Virgin of Paris), Notre Dame, Paris, early 14th century (13-24)
• Saint Maclou, west facade, Rouen, France, ca. 1500-1514 (13-25)
• The fortified town of Carcassonne, France: bastions and towers, 12th and 13th centuries (13-26)

Book Illumination and Luxury Arts

• Villard de Honnecourt. Page from his sketchbook, from Paris, ca. 1220-1235 (13-29)
  Take The Famous Artists School art aptitude test! Find out if you have talent!God as architect of the world, ca. 1220-1230 (13-30)
• Blanche of Castile, Louis IX, and two monks, dedication page, 1226-1234 (13-31)
• Abraham and the three angels, from The Psalter of Saint Louis, from Paris, 1253-1270 (13-32)
• Master Honore. David anointed by Samuel and the battle of David and Goliath, from The Breviary of Philippe le Bel, 1296 (13-33)
• Jean Pucelle. David before Saul, from the Belleville Breviary, from Paris, ca. 1325 (13-34)
  Also by Jean Pucelle: The Hours of Jeanne d'Evreux, made between 1324 and 1328.

Gothic Art outside of France

• Salisbury Cathedral, England, 1220-1258 (13-37, 38, 39)
• Gerhard of Cologne, Cologne Cathedral, Germany, begun 1248 (13-44, 45)
• Saint Elizabeth, Marburg, Germany, 1235-1283 (13-46, 47)

• Death of the Virgin, tympanum sculpture group from Strasbourg Cathedral, France, ca. 1230 (13-48)
• Ekkehard and Uta, Naumberg Cathedral, Germany, ca. 1249-1255 (13-49)
• Equestrian portrait (the Bamberg Rider, Bamberg Cathedral, ca. 1235-1240 (13-50)
• Virgin with the Dead Christ (Roettgen Pieta', from the Rhineland, Germany, ca. 1300-1325, (13-51)
• Lorenzo Maitani. West facade of Orvieto Cathedral, Italy, begun 1310 (13-55)
• Doge's Palace, Venice, Italy, begun ca. 1340-1345, expanded and remodeled, 1424-1438 (13-56)
• Milan Cathedral, Italy, begun 1386 (13-57)

Gothic Art in the 19th/20th centuries

(No, you can't use any of these for the Final!

From the later 19th century in the U.S. Gothic architecture was revived for universities and new churches. Here are a few examples plus one from Catalan Spain.

• Stanford University's Memorial Chapel Built in a sort of California Romanesque style, restored after the Earthquake of 1906.
• The Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine . Begun in 1892, it is still under construction in New York City.
• Take a quick-time tour of the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C. Planned from 1797, ground was finally broken in 1907.
• Temple of the Sagrada Familia in Barcelona, Spain. Designed and begun by Antoni Gaudi' in 1882. It is still under construction.