AP ART HISTORY
EARLY MEDIEVAL, ROMANESQUE, AND GOTHIC TEST REVIEW
ART OF THE WARRIOR LORDS
o Small, portable, functional
o INTERLACE
o Abstract Animal/Zoomorphic Imagery
o SUTTON HOO
o Purse Cover
o CLOISONNE
HIBERNO-SAXON ART
o Art from Ireland and British Isles
o Ireland and British Isles were converting to Christianity (St. Patrick –
famous missionary to Ireland) – CHRISTIANITY IS THE MAIN
DIFFERENCE between HIBERNO-SAXON and ART OF THE
WARRIOR LORDS
o Celtic crosses –
o ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPTS –
o Lindisfarne Gospels –
o Carpet page
o St. Matthew
o BOOK OF KELLS –
o Chi Rho page
o TETRAMORPH page –
CAROLINGIAN ART
o Carolus Magnus/Charlemagne –
o Goals for this time period
o Palatine Chapel
o Equestrian statue
o Coronation Gospels/Ebbo Gospels
o Utrecht Psalter
o Monasteries/monastic life
OTTONIAN ART
o St. Michael’s Hildescheim
o Bishop Bernward
o Bronze Doors
o Bronze Column
o Bishop Gero’s Crucifix
o Illuminated manuscripts
o Byzantine influence
ROMANESQUE ART & ARCHITECTURE
 ROMANESQUE –
 1000 – 1150 CE or 11TH AND 12TH CENTURIES
 PILGRIMAGE
 RELIC –
 RELIQUARY –
 PARTS OF A ROMANESQUE CHURCH
o CRUCIFORM
o AMBULATORY
o RADIATING CHAPELS
o BARREL VAULTS with ROUND ARCHES
o CROSSING SQUARE
o BAY
o CHOIR
 PORTAL
o TYMPANUM
o TRUMEAU
o JAMBS
o ARCHIVOLTS
o VOUSSOIR
o LINTEL
 NAVE ELEVATION
 SANTIAGO DE CAMPOSTELA
 SAINT FOY
o Last Judgment tympanum
 SAINT SERNIN
 LA MADELEINE AT VEZELAY
 SAINT LAZARE
o GISLEBERTUS
 PISA
o BAPTISTERY
o CAMPANILE
 BAYEUX TAPESTRY
GOTHIC CHURCHES
 Abbot Suger
 SAINT DENIS
 1150 – 1400 CE or 13th and 14th Centuries
 Who called it Gothic and why?
 Nave elevation
o Nave arcade –
o Triforium
o Clerestory –
o Flying buttresses
o Ribbed Vaulting
o Sexpartite Ribbed vault
o Transverse arches
o Bays
o Pointed Arch
o CHARTRES
o ROYAL PORTAL
o Stained Glass
AMIENS
REIMS
SAINTE-CHAPELLE
 RAYONNANT
SAINT MACLOU
 FLAMBOYANT
HOUSE OF JACQUES COEUR
GOTHIC SCULPTURE
o CHARTRES JAMBS
o ANNUNCIATION - Reims
o VISITATION - Reims
o BEAU DIEU - Amiens
o VIRGIN AND CHILD NOTRE DAME, PARIS
o Virgin of Jeanne d’Evreux
o Rottgen Pieta
MORALIZED BIBLES
o God as architect of the world
o Psalter of St. Louis
o Anointing of David/David and Goliath
o Villard de Honnecourt
ENGLISH GOTHIC
o Salisbury Cathedral
o Fan Vaults
KEY QUESTIONS/UNDERSTANDINGS
 Changes in exterior sculptural decoration
 Changes in the depiction of human anatomy
 Key architectural elements of the Romanesque and Gothic styles and
how they relate to the purpose of the structure. What are the
intended effects?
 Regional differences in Romanesque and Gothic styles
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Connect goals of Carolingian era with the art of the time period
Key elements of AWL/Hiberno Saxon art and its purpose