ART HIS 21 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Hosios Loukas, Harbaville Triptych, Paris Psalter
Thursday, May 5, 2016
Middle Byzantine (Macedonian Dynasty)
Macedonian Dynasty (Period before Iconoclasm)
-Christ crowning the emperor Constantine VII
•Coin, portrait, Notion that Byzantines were Roman
•Christ never stands on the same ground that we do
•Constantine VII Porghyrogennitos
-Paris Psalter
•The Paris Psalter David composing the psalms
•Looks classicizing and looks like Chudov Psalter
•An aristocratic psalter, images come from the life of King David (model of ideal
kingship), style of the figural and drapery classical, use of personification (melody,
Mount Bethlehem)
-The Joshua Roll
•Story of Joshua (represented as a Byzantine ruler) Formated like a book, the script
is written like page by page. Notions of style, looking backward
-Glass Bowl, Treasury of San Marco
•Cameos, enameling technique hasn't been seen since the ancient world, same
style as the Rosette Casket
-Pyxis of Mughira
•Ivory usage for patrons
-Limburg Reliquary
•First donor: Basil the Parakoimomenos, cloisonné, comparisons of the west, the lid
slides open to reveal the reliquary that held the “true cross.” Compartments
surround the reliquary, holding relics in each (e.g. christ’s swaddling clothes, XXX
virgin).
-Icon of the Archangel Micheal
•Enamel icon, Micheal is dressed in military, three dimensional enamel work for his
face
-Harbaville Triptych
•Outer wings of the ivory send the approach of God through bureaucracy
•Halos trace to gilding work, Trees are inhabited by animals
-Monastery of Hosios Loukas
•Phones, Greece
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Document Summary
Christ crowning the emperor constantine vii: coin, portrait, notion that byzantines were roman, christ never stands on the same ground that we do, constantine vii porghyrogennitos. The joshua roll: story of joshua (represented as a byzantine ruler) formated like a book, the script is written like page by page. Glass bowl, treasury of san marco: cameos, enameling technique hasn"t been seen since the ancient world, same style as the rosette casket. Pyxis of mughira: ivory usage for patrons. Icon of the archangel micheal: enamel icon, micheal is dressed in military, three dimensional enamel work for his face. Harbaville triptych: outer wings of the ivory send the approach of god through bureaucracy, halos trace to gilding work, trees are inhabited by animals. Monastery of hosios loukas: phones, greece. Thursday, may 5, 2016: freestanding structures, holy luke (hosios loukas) body still there and healer of acne by oil (gross, represent two different styles between the new and old church.
