ARTHIST 101D Lecture Notes - Lecture 24: Vienna Genesis, Vergilius Vaticanus, Antithesis
10 May 2018
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New Forms, New Visual Values: The Early Middle Ages and the Carolingian Renaissance
4/07/15
Representations in texts, sacred, and secular: the iconic image
Charlemagne and the Renewal of the Empire and Classical values
The Column of Trajan
Early 2nd century
Ionic concept – continuous frieze
The Philosopher sarcophagus
270
The philosopher reading a scroll made of papyrus
o Pay attention – will talk about the transition from scroll to book
Occurrence of both events simultaneously
Allegory of death and salvation
The Vatican Vergil
400-420
The codex
Used to use papyrus (which was fragile), now used parchment (lambskin)
Efficient use of paper (could use the back side)
Classical depiction of bodies + natural frame (landscape)
The framed image: a detail from the frescoes in the House of the Vetii (70-79)
The Vienna Genesis
6th century
On vellum (calfskin)
Left: Rebecca at the well (2 scenes occurring simultaneously); Right: Story of Jacob
Made in Constantinople or Syria; ink is in silver (turned black)
The Rossano Gospels
Early 6th century
More ascetic representation of Christ
The Rabula Gospels
586
Produced in Syria, now in Florence
The mandorla shape that Christ is framed by – represents resurrection
Books are for the social elite because it takes a lot of lambs to produce a book
David Composing the Psalms
950-970
From Paris, Psalter
Revival of classical values in Byzantium
The monastic community at Skellig Michael
7th century
Carpet page from the Book of Durrow
660-680
Antithesis of classical representations
Abstract movement and pattern of shapes
Idea of power
Lindisfarne Gospels
698-721
Symbol of the Evangelist Mark Lindisfarne Gospels
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Document Summary
New forms, new visual values: the early middle ages and the carolingian renaissance. Representations in texts, sacred, and secular: the iconic image. Charlemagne and the renewal of the empire and classical values. The (cid:498)philosopher(cid:499) reading a scroll made of papyrus: pay attention will talk about the transition from scroll to book. Used to use papyrus (which was fragile), now used parchment (lambskin) Efficient use of paper (could use the back side) Classical depiction of bodies + natural frame (landscape) The framed image: a detail from the frescoes in the house of the vetii (70-79) Left: rebecca at the well (2 scenes occurring simultaneously); right: story of jacob. Made in constantinople or syria; ink is in silver (turned black) The mandorla shape that christ is framed by represents resurrection. Books are for the social elite because it takes a lot of lambs to produce a book. Book of kells, late 8th century, early 9th century.
