ARTH 1103 Survey of Art History
Professor Sandra Cheng
Fall 2012
Atrium 631
SLIDE LIST #5
Stylistic Period: Romanesque Art of the later Medieval Period
The Age of Pilgrimages
Head Reliquary of Saint Alexander, 1145. Fig. 6-24
Aerial and interior views and plan of Saint Sernin, Toulouse, France, c.1070-1120
Gislebertus, Last Judgment, west tympanum of Saint-Lazare, Autun, France, c.1120-35
Bayeux Tapestry, c. 1070-80
Details: Funeral procession to Westminster Abbey and Battle of Hastings
Stylistic Period: Gothic Art of the later Medieval Period
The Age of Cathedrals
Interior view (ambulatory and radiating chapels) and plan of Saint-Denis, 1140-44
Chartres Cathedral, Chartres, France, begun 1134; rebuilt after 1194
Interior view of Nave, Chartres Cathedral,
Royal portal on west facade, Chartres Cathedral, c. 1145-55
Second Coming of Christ, central Tympanum, west façade, Chartres
Jamb statues of Kings and Queens, central doorway of Royal Portal, west façade,
Italian Gothic Art (Proto-Renaissance)
Cimabue, Madonna Enthroned with Angels and Prophets, c. 1280-90
Giotto di Bondone, Madonna Enthroned (Ognissanti Madonna), c. 1310
Giotto di Bondone, Arena Chapel (Scrovegni Chapel), c. 1305-6
Lamentation, Arena Chapel
Duccio di Buoninsegna, Virgin and Child Enthroned with Saints, from 1308–1311
Ambrogio Lorenzetti, Peaceful City, detail from Effects of Good Government in the City and the Country,
Sala della Pace, Palazzo Pubblico, Siena, Italy 1338-1339
Arnolfo di Cambio and others, Florence Cathedral, begun 1296.
Names and terms to know:
pilgrimage
embroidery
Abbot Suger of Saint Denis
altarpiece
panel painting
Florence and Siena
modeling
iconography
relic
William the Conqueror and the Norman invasion of England
Cult of the Virgin Mary
tempera
fresco/buon fresco
Byzantine style
drapery
Architectural terms to know: barrel (tunnel) vault, nave, aisle, transept, crossing, apse, church portal,
tympanum, round arch vs. pointed arch, rib vault, radiating chapels, ambulatory, flying buttress, stained
glass, lancet, rose window, jamb statues
Important Christian narratives: Crucifixion, Last Judgment, Lamentation