FSN 132 Lecture Notes - Conques, Flight Into Egypt, Reims Cathedral
9 Dec 2013
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Romanesque and gothic architecture and sculptural decoration in. Virgin and child, commodia catacomb rome, 528[ 8. 37] vs virgin and. Similar: wearing gold robes, mary wearing dark clothes in both, wearing halos in both (come from roman tradition of power), both on thrones, pointing at the child in both, positioning of the head (staring straight out), Byzantine art (not telling a story, stating a fact) [5. 47 & 5. 55] vs basilica of constantine 306-312 [7. 5] Classical, hellenistic, roman: all very strongly naturalistic art. Constantine: naturalism & estranged proportion & distortion , art after him tends to be abstract. Lion symbol of st. john book of durrow c. 650-700 [9. 22] vs. book of kells, Similarties: simple secondary/primary colours used, use of patterns (two dimensional), animal/creature in each, no sense of a location, Differences: writing on the kells, kells is more visually complex & varied partterns & a symmetrical & emphasis on line. T scaramentary of saint-saveur de figeae 11th c. [10. 26]
