AP ART HISTORY’S GREATEST HITS - Crescenta Valley High .ppt

* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Hiberno-Saxon Chi-Rho-Iota page Book of Kells, c. 900 Manuscript illumination Initial letters of Jesus in Greek= XPI Gospel of Matthew Holy words into intricate abstract designs Recalls Celtic metalwork Angel, human, animal figs Hiberno-Saxon Book of Kells, Chi-Tho-Io Late 8th or Early 9th Century Characteristics Elaborately Decorated Illuminations Carolingian Saint Matthew, Folio 15 800 CE Charlemagne’s Gospel Book Illusionistic brushwork Color and modulation of light and shade to create shapes Roman, classical style and motifs, e.g. toga Ottonian Gero Crucifix c. 970 Monumental suffering Statue and reliquary Much more dramatic than earlier depictions of crucifixion Distended body, blood streaks Romanesque Architecture St.- Sernin, Toulouse c 1100 CE Pilgrimage Church Cruciform plan Simple ratio geom Ambulatory Transept Romanesque Sculpture Last Judgment Tympanum by Gislebertus c1130 Autun Cathedral Christ as judge Christ in mandorla Souls weighed, Christ’s lft Saved souls=Christ’s rght Gothic Architecture Chartres Cathedral c 1150 CE Stained glass oculi Lux nova Flying buttresses Ribbed groin vaulting Spires, verticality Heaven on Earth Gothic Sculpture Saints Martin, Jerome, and Gregory Jamb statues Chartres Cathedral, c1230 Attached to columns but break rigid vertical lines Drapery falls softly Distinctive personality revealed in faces Gothic Painting Moralized Bible C.1230 Queen of France Blanche of Castile, Louis IX (her son), and two monks Ink, tempera, gold leaf Ancient Japan Haniwa figure c 500 Cylindrical Low-fired clay Placed on graves for protection Ancient Japanese Painting Tale of the Genji, c.1125 Handscroll - Story of love+intrigue Upturned ground, strong diag Elevated viewpoint omits roofs ceilings Flat fields of color Ancient China Travelers Among Mountains and Streams By Fan Kuan c. 1000 CE Hanging scroll, ink on silk Precise detail Smallness of