FSN 132 Lecture Notes - Utrecht Psalter, Saveur, Mirror Image
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Gothic is quite vague when it comes to architecture, but goes up to 1400 (approx. ) The term romanesque and gothic were invented for architecture and don"t apply to painting and sculpture as well. How nature is dealt with is increasingly more realistic. Pilgrimage road churches are monastic ( for monks) but are increasingly being built because normal folk go on pilgrimages. The association of sculptures to idolatry is quite strong. Virgin and child, commodia catacomb rome, 528. The whole idea was that no one would ever be able to confuse a flat 2d image as christ but rather a picture of christ. The culture of northern europe is strongly transformed by the people like the. They are much more interested in 2d patterns and did not have a tradition of representation. T sacramentary of saint saveur de figeac 11th c. (10. 26) Similar things shown in st. john book of durrow however more realistic.
