Art 1010: Week #12
Arts of Islam and Africa
April 22nd, 2009
Wednesdays 6:30 - 9:15 p.m.
Bryce Walker
Arts of Islam
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Items to be covered:
1. Architecture: Mosques & Palaces
2. Book Arts
3. Arts of Daily Life
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Arts of Africa
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Items to be covered:
1. Spiritual
2. Traditional
3. Arts of Daily Life
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Goals and Objectives
1. Learn how to identify Islamic Art
2. Learn how the rules to Islamic Art
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The baroque Era
Baroque
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Italian baroque
What should a Christian
church look like?
Emphasis
of congregational
worship, so a large building that
many people could be in at
once
The Roman Basilica had
already been created as a large
meeting hall. Usually designed
for political events, these
buildings became models of
Christian architecture.
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“St. Peter’s Basilica” Rome
15th Century
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italian baroque
Structure of St. Peter’s Basilica
Apse-
a rounded entrance usually
at the one of both ends of the
building
Nave- Open center space. Lets in
light
Clerestory- Upward extension of
the building.
Transept- A lengthwise section
perpendicular to the nave
Narthex- The arm of the walkway
directly in front of the church that
serves as a porch
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“Old St. Peter’s” Rome
320 CE
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French baroque
Constantine the Great
Judging that the empire could be more
securely ruled from the East, he ordered his
architects and engineers to transform the
ancient Greek colony of Byzantio, into a new
capital city called Constantinople (now called
Istanbul)
He constructed a 30-foot tall statue on a
Roman basilica to demonstrate his
continuing presence.
“Constantine the Great”
325-26 CE
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spanish baroque
San Vitale uses a central
plan that originated in the
east, eventually would be
used in the west.
Central plan churches are
most often square with a
central dome (like Hagia
Sophia), but San Vitale
takes on an octagon shape.
The interior is decorated in
glittering mosaics of
christian icons and empire
royalty.
“Plan of San Vitale”
Ravenna, 527-547 CE
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spanish baroque
Byzantium art moved away
from the classical Greek and
Roman styles.
Like the artists of ancient
Egypt, Byzantine artists strove
to use subjects from the
eternal and sacred world of
the spirit.
Icon- a picture of a sacred
subject painted on a wooden
panel.
Around 1100 CE, the west
and east Christianity were
dramatically different.
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“Empress Theodora and
Retinue”
547 CE (Mosaic)
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The 18th century
Time period between the defeat of
the western Roman empire (400
CE) and the beginning of the
Renaissance (1500 CE)
Complex and fascinating period
worthy of study. Europe was
formed and a distinctive Christian
culture flowered.
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