Chi Rho Iota, page from The
Book of Kells
Purse Cover from Sutton Hoo Ship Burial, 600 CE, cloissone gold, garnet, enamels
Hiberno-Saxon period; flashcard.
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Oxgall inks & pigments on
vellum, 12” x 9”
Late 8th or early 9th century,
Hiberno-Saxon period
Monks fleeing Viking invasion
of Scotland made this book
Lavish, richly illustrated book
with great complexity of design
Horror vacui style of interlacing
patterns
Initials are dominant motifs
Heads & figures of people &
animals appear in elaborate
design
What does Chi Rho Iota mean?
Sutton Hoo ship burial, of a major king or hero; Purse cover designs survive (ivory
backing disintegrated). Animal Style hawks attacking ducks. Interlacing patterns of
ornamental designs. Cloissonne technique (enamelwork-colored areas sep. by bronze)
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•2 highly placed
women from
Viking court
•Animal patterns
& interlacing
•Boat contained
animal sacrifices
as well as jewels,
precious goods
•Prow & Stern end
in snakes’ heads
•“gripping beasts”
design
Queen’s Ship, or Oseberg Ship Burial Wood, 815 CE,
Viking burial ship from Oseberg flashcard
•Women worked
in fiber arts;
spindle and loom
included in burial
ship along with
tapestries
Palace Chapel of Charlemagne, 9th century, Aachen, Germany
Odo of Metz (interior), Centrally planned chapel for Charlemagne; Dome made of
spherical triangles. Throne located in gallery halfway between heaven & earth
Largest arches on2nd floor, columns fill space, don’t support arch
Design inspired by Church of San Vitale - Ravenna Italy. Byzantine syle mosaics.
Matthew the Evangelist is from
the Ebbo Gospels.
Plan of the Abbey of St. Gall, Original from 1092, (redrawn)
Ideal monastic
community
Successor of Charlemagne,
Louis the Pious… Ebbo was
friend and patron of arts.
Church symbolic
and literal center
Expressive intensity
Cloistered monks
never leave except
to farm
Uses brush like a pen
Created new style of writing
Workshops for
leather, pottery
Early 9th century (Carolingians
promoted learning &
Christianity)
Carolingian church
w/westwork
Imperial workshops-carefully
edited texts
Church was never
built AFAIK
RETURN OF THE HUMAN
FIGURE in these books
Each monastery had distinct
style..Ebbo, Etc.
Influence on figure??
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Lindau Gospels, outer cover
Late 9th century, Carolingian
period
Doors of Bishop Bernward,
Church of St. Michael,
Gold with pearls, sapphires,
emeralds & garnets
11th century Germany (Ottonian)
Monastic workshop of
Charlemagne’s grandson
FIRST Bronze major casing since
antiquity, style looks like Utrecht
Psalter
Became the cover of
magnifcently illustrated Lindau
Gospels
Goldsmith technique = ________
Jesus in classical pose
Carolingian empire ended when
Vikings took over at end of 9th
century.
16’6” high, bronze doors
Imperial influence: Pantheon,
Aachen had bronze doors w/o
decoration
Rectangular panels with few figures,
bare landscapes, lively gestures
Bony figures, vitality and lively
Emphasis on feet, hands, heads
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Aachen Gospels
Page with Otto III Enthroned
Gero Crucifix,
Late 10th century
Cologne Cathedral
Ink, gold, colors on vellum
Ottonian period (10th century)
•Otto III shown enthroned in center
Painted & gilded wood
•Surrounded by a mandorla and
symbols of the evangelists
6’2” figure
•Made in scriptoria near
Reichenau
•WHAT WAS THE FUNCTION OF
THIS ARTWORK?
•WHO WAS THE PATRON?
•Warriors & Bishops face each
other in bottom of page
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Return of large monumental
sculpture
Emotional suffering
Rounded forms
Hanging from a cross for the
first time!!!!!!
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