UNIT 11 STUDY GUIDE
Early Medieval Art
(AP Art History)
Book
Chapter 16—Europe After the Fall of Rome: Early Medieval Art in the West, Pages 421-446
Helpful Text Box— The Revival of Learning at Charlemagne’s Court, p. 431
Assignment
No Questions!! Pick 10 terms from the “Terms” section that you do not known and define them in your notebook. Use your own
words and images to define and describe the term.
Terms
be able to identify these by sight, explain these in relation to art, and know an example of each in relation to a work of art
barbarian
Book of Kells
repoussé
Period of Migration
Franks
Ottonian rulers
animal style
Charlemagne (r.768-814 king of
Bishop Bernward
zoomorphic
Franks, 800 crowned emperor of
crossing square
interlace pattern
Rome)
alternate-support system
cloisonné
Aachen
pier
Vikings
Carolingian Renaissance
The Evangelists:
Hiberno-Saxon
Benedictine system
Matthew=head
scriptorium (scriptoria)
Coronation Gospels
Mark=lion
illuminated manuscript
Ebbo Gospels
Luke=ox
carpet page
Word of God
John=eagle
author portrait
Art Works
know these works by sight, title, date, medium, scale, and location (original location also if moved) and be able to explain and
analyze these in relation to any concept, term, element, or principle
Anglo-Saxon
− Purse cover, from the Sutton Hoo ship burial in Suffolk, England, ca. 625. Gold, glass, and cloisonné garnets, 7 1/2” long.
Viking
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Animal-head post, from the Viking ship burial, Oseberg, Norway, ca. 825. Wood, head 5” high.
Hiberno-Saxon
Cross-inscribed carpet page, folio 26 verso of the Lindisfarne Gospels, from Northumbria, England, ca. 698–721.
Tempera on vellum, 1’ 1 1/2” X 9 1/4”.
Saint Matthew, folio 25 verso of the Lindisfarne Gospels, from Northumbria, England, ca. 698–721. Tempera on vellum,
1’ 1 1/2” X 9 1/4”.
Chi-rho-iota (XPI) page, folio 34 recto of the Book of Kells, probably from Iona, Scotland, late eighth or early ninth
century. Tempera on vellum, 1’ 1” X 9 1/2”.
Carolingian Art
− Palatine Chapel of Charlemagne, Aachen, Germany, 792-805.
− Saint Matthew, folio 15 recto of the Coronation Gospels (Gospel Book of Charlemagne), from Aachen, Germany, ca.
800–810. Ink and tempera on vellum, 1’ 3/4” X 10”.
− Ebbo Gospels, Evangelist Portrait of Saint Mark, Reims (Fr.), 816-35
− Schematic plan for a monastery at Saint Gall, Switzerland, ca. 819. Red ink on parchment, 2’ 4” X 3’ 8 1/8”.
− Psalm 43, from the Utrecht Psalter, from Hautvillers, France, c.820-835
− Crucifixion, front cover of the Lindau Gospels, from Saint Gall, Switzerland, ca. 870. Gold, precious stones, and pearls, 1’
1 3/8” X 10 3/8”.
Ottonian Art
− Saint Michael’s, Hildesheim, Germany, 1001–1031.
− Doors with relief panels (Genesis, left door; life of Christ, right door), commissioned by Bishop Bernward for Saint
Michael’s, Hildesheim, Germany, 1015. Bronze, 16’ 6” high.
− Column with reliefs illustrating the life of Christ, commissioned by Bishop Bernward for Saint Michael’s, Hildesheim,
Germany, ca. 1015–1022. Bronze, 12’ 6” tall.
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Crucifix commissioned by Archbishop Gero for Cologne Cathedral, Germany, ca. 970. Painted wood, height of figure 6’
2”. Cathedral, Cologne.