Byzantium Art
Islamic
Colonial Americas
Medieval + Romanesque
Medieval + Gothic
100
What is this structure called?
The Hagia Sophia, 537 C.E.
100
What is Mecca?
Mecca is the holy city of Islam due to Muhammad’s birth there.
100
Name of this piece? What is it's purpose?
The Codex Mendoza. Use to record information about the Aztec Culture.
100
What is a unique feature of a Romanesque Church
Cross Shape floor plans
100
Name the piece?
the bayeux tapestry
200
Byzantine churches built after Hagia Sophia often copied this hallmark of its architecture
the use of a dome resting on pendentives
200
What are these two towers called
Minarets
200
What is this scene depicting from the Codex Mendoza?
It's a couple "tying the knot"
200
What is this piece? What is it made of? Describe the design.
Merovingian Looped Fibulae - Silver gilt with semiprecious stones and stone and garnet inlay.
zoomorphic (elements of animal shapes: fish [which are sometimes associated with Christianity] and eagle heads [eagles are associated with Imperial Rome and, later, St. John])
200
What is the story of the bayeux tapestry?
William the Conqueror defeated Harold at the Battle of Hastings to become King of England
300
What is this structured? Why did inside look grand compared to the outside view?
Basilica of San Vitale, 547 C.E.
The exterior is deliberately plain to create a shocking effect when one enters and sees all of the gold and glittering mosaics, like entering heaven.
300
The Umayyads expanded the Great Mosque of Córdoba primarily to do this
to reinforce the power and grandeur of their rule
300
What is the name and medium of this piece?
Spanish and Indian Produce a Mestizo - Oil on cavas
300
How would you describe medieval art? Why was it like this?
Simple. Artistic Talent was a sin, realism = iconism, simple = easier to read and understand
300
What does Gothic mean? Why was Gothic art scorned back in day vs now?
Gothic means “in the style of the Goths”
Goths and Franks were barbarian groups who invaded and settled all of northern europe.
Gothic art was considered by Renaissance artists to be “crude and barbaric” compared to their work.
The term was originally used in the Renaissance as an insult.
400
Name of this piece?
The Virgin and Child (Theotokos) Between Saints Theodore and George, 550 C.E.
400
What would you call this in Islamic Art?
muqarnas
400
Name of this piece? What is significant about it?
Angel with an Arquebus - The Angel actually reflects a mixing of cultures due to Spanish settlement in the Americas
The massive amount of fabric shows this is an ‘important person’.
The bright colors are also traditional of Inca cultures (remember the Tunic?) so they would recognize this person/being as important
The hat is European but the Feather was a practice of Inca royalty (so natives would recognize this as an important, holy figure).
The Style of clothing is unique to the Spanish in America with the ballooned sleeves to keep cool while preventing sunburn.
400
What is this piece? What does the complex design function as?
The Lindisfarne Gospels - Function as a divider to mark the transitions between sections of a book
400
Name at least 3 features of a Gothic Church
Flying Buttresses, Rose Windows, Many windows, building is taller and thinner, shorter transepts, stained glass
500
What were the rules of creating a portrait in Byzantine Art? Name at least 3
No facial expressions (too human)
Frontal poses, no showing of the body
Gestures, colors, symbols said the message, not the person..
Can’t be too human:
No use of naturalistic perspective
Long lean noses (no need for nostrils)
Mouths, noses, do nothing (ex. Mouths aren’t open, icons don’t eat).
Colors are symbolic: Red shows divinity, blue is humanity.
The figures appear to “float” and aren’t “grounded”
500
What is this art piece? Where was it created?
Pyxis - Medieval Islamic Spain
500
Name? Medium? What element used was distinctly American?
The Virgin of Guadalupe - Oil on Canvas
One element of the Virgin of Guadalupe that is distinctly American is the use of crushed up pieces of mother of pearl shells to create mosaic elements of the work.
500
Name all four influences of the The Lindisfarne Gospels.
Irish, Christianity, Anglo-Saxon, and Viking
500
What is this piece? What medium is it made of? What is illustrating? What was it mimicking?
The Moralized Bible of Blanche of Castile - tempera paint. the scenes from the Bible from a LONG time ago are depicted in modern times for people to better relate to them. It was mimicking the styles of stained glass from gothic churches