ART HIS 21 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Scriptorium, Tara Brooch, Monasterboice
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Abuse of icons: eating, wearing, sewing of icons, turning to icons for help. Great mosque of damascus: the atrium = no gural image, only trees and paradise of the natural landscape, gardens are the afterlife, trees were meant to evoke the creatures that embodied the icons. Response to icons: libri carolini - carolingians siete the moment to defend the orthodox way of icons. The only acceptable image was the cross, in combination of nature and trees. Scraped off and replaced with a cross (hagia sophia) The triumph of images (mary in the apse in the hagia sohpia) Much of the empire was lost while the empire had to turn inward, especially with the con ict of icons. Broze mirror: origins of motifs (crescent) peltae trumpets. Tuesday, april 12, 2016: after the fall of roman empire, many different tribes are settling western europe. During this time, the church emerges as a dominant force. (uni cation/
