Early Christian300AD – 1400AD
1. Byzantine
2. Romanesque
3. Gothic
4. Early Renaissance
• Byzantine
• The Four Evangelists
• (Matthew, Mark, Luke and John)
• Byzantine
• Archangel Gabriel
• 13th century (1200’s)• Tempera and gold on wood
(notice the linear treatment of the folds)
• Byzantine
• The Cambrai Madonna
• 14th cent. (1350 AD)
• Tempera and gold on wood
(Found in Cambrai, France)
• Byzantine
• Column from Hagia Sophia
notice the cut out lace-like areas
Be able to describe Byzantine capitals
• Hagia Sohia
• Byzantine
• Built by Emperor Justinian
• 525 AD
• In Constantinople (now Istanbul, Turkey)
• The four minarets were added later, when it was made an Islamic mosque
• Interior of the Hagia Sophia
• Byzantine with Islamic additions
• Note the windows that make it look like it is floating, and the four-arched pendentive.
• Harbaville Triptych
• Byzantine
• Ivory
• Notice the hinges
• Think you can figure out some of the people portrayed? Who would the patrons
be (people who paid for the artwork)
• Icon of the Savior
• Byzantine
• Pearls, gold, rubies.
• Tempera
• Note the style of halo, and compare to others
• Two Saints on Horseback
• Byzantine
• Tempera, silver
• Icon of the Virgin of Hodegetria
• Byzantine
• Gold and tempera
• Note the style of halo, and compare to others
• Icon with the Nativity
• Byzantine
• 1400’s
• Athens, Greece
Note: more background and environment
• Madonna Enthroned – Icon
• Byzantine
• National Gallery of Art – Washington, DC
Notice the curved throne, two angels, “teenage” looking Christ and linear folds
• Diptych
• Byzantine
• Ivory
• Look at the individual scenes
Where is the crucifixion?
What is on the left -/ 3rd section
• Emperor Justinian
• Byzantine
• 500AD
• Ivory
• Justinian
• Byzantine
• Mosaic
• 500AD
• In San Vitale church, Italy
• Madonna and Child
• Byzantine
• Ivory
• (notice the large eyes)
• Christ and ….
See if you can find out
• Byzantine
• Miniature Mosaic
• All of this is in a 3.5 inch area!!!
even has lettering.
Italy
• Donkey and Water Boy
• Byzantine
• Mosaic
• 5th century (400’s)
• Constantinople
• “Onuphrias”
help me find out who that is…
Byzantine
4th century -300’s
Is he turning into a tree?
• San Vitale
• Note the capitals
• What other slide was from San Vitale?
• St.George Slaying the Dragon
• Byzantine
• Early 1400s
• Miniature Mosaic
gold and silver rods
marble and glass
• Virgin and Saints Triptych
• Byzantine
• Late 1400’s
• Crete
Notice the faces and folds are looking more real, but the folds are still linear
• Capital
• Byzantine
• From San Vitale
• Compare to Hagia Sophia’s
• ST. Andrew the Fisherman
• Byzantine
• Mosaic
• San Vitale
• St. Mark’s Cathedral
• Venice
• Byzantine
• 2,600 columns!!!
• 5 domes
• Tympanum
• San Vitale
• Byzantine
• Interior
• San Vitale
• Byzantine
• Four Horses
• St. Mark’s
• Venice
• The horses are from ancient Greece
• St. Mark’s
• Interior
• Gold mosaics
• San Vitale
• Aerial view
• Sacrifice of Abel and Melchisideck
• San Vitale
• What do you see on the capitals?
• St. Mark’s Façade
• Close up
• Archangel Gabriel
• Byzantine
• ivory
• Serpent
• Book of Kells
• Byzantine
• Tempera and gold
• Chi Rho
• First two letters of Christ in Greek
• Book of Kells
• Gospel of John page
• Book of Kells
• Byzantine
• Tempera and gold