ARTH 120 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Aisle, Clerestory, Jamb
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Arth 120: week 8 lecture notes (oct 31, 2017) Eve, by gislebertus (from north portal of saint-lazare, autun: carved lintel, similar to his bronze doors, depicts eve taking forbidden fruit, but is not pathetic, more voluptuous, sensual/sexual, large, form like a slithering snake. Cloister cluniac order (1100 ce / priory of saint-pierre / moissac: gives lots of natural light for reading, can see gardens and fountains. Cloister = closed or lock : a closed space in monastery, pointed arches, not rounded like classical, capitals = entangled birds, lions and man. A shapely misshapenness, misshapen shapeliness criticisms of bernard of. Clairvaux: appalled but fascinated, a play on words, meaning both deformity and beauty, seen in rockefeller museum. Nave, abbey church cistercian order (1139-1147 ce / fontenay: cistercian order = white, empty, minimal, no mouldings or decorations, articulated by light, no distractions. Initial l and st. matthew, the codex colbertinus cluniac manuscript (1100 ce: cluniac manuscript = decorate first letter.
