ART HIS 21 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: High Cross, Skellig Michael, Via Latina
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10 identifications 3 minutes each and identify the works/name the period when they were created/early christian byzantine. Short answer question on two or more works. Niello- a black mixture of copper, silver, and lead sulphides; which plays on mirror images. This was during the migration period after the fall of the roman empire; here, bishops started to commissioning artwork. Primarily nomadic; artwork fuses with roman culture; church emerges with new conversions as the dominant force in unifying and christianizing tribes. Enormous monasteries were places of learning and protection and promoted literacy since it was a book production center. Often founded in isolated settings to copy the egyptian solitude (early christians monks go away from society to confront mortality) This led to christianization of nomadic tribes. Syncretism is prevalent (as done in via latina catacomb) Croagh patrick- spent 40 days fasting on the mountain; compare this to mt sinai; patrick called the moses of ireland; copying egyptian menastus.
