ARTS 149 1st Edition Lecture 34 Continuation of Middle Ages Middle ages art Carolingian Period of Middle Ages o Palace chapel of Charlemange Includes Rotunda Forecourt Stair tower Clerestory westwork passage to palace o Palatine Chapel Roman influence seen from Similarities to San Vitale in Ravenna from Early Byzantine o Torhalle gatehouse Lorsch Germany Northern style seen in Steeply pitched roof decorative tiles and zig zag pilasters Classical elements such as ionic pilasters and Corinthian columns make it comparable to Arch of Constantine Art from Middle Ages in Ottonian Period o Church of St Michael Hildesheim Germany Doors with relief panels Made of bronze CommissionedbyBishowBernward Life of Christ is within the right door o Nativity o Annunciation o The ascension and 3 women at the tomb Genesis is within the left door o Includes offerings of Cain and Abel o Abel murdered by Cain o We see adam and eve accused by god Christ accused before Pilate His expulsion from garden presenation of chirst in temple Column with reliefs illustratin the life of Christ Made of bronze Influenced by Trajan These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor s lecture GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes not as a substitute 24 scenes of story of Jesus life from baptism to entry into Jerusalem Ottonian Style o Dense composition large figures in a small face expressionistic o Christ Washing the feet of the disciples Aachen Gospels Ink gold and colors on vellum Ottonian o Abbess Uta dedicating her codex to the Virgin Uta Codex folio 2 recto Regensburg Germany Uta holds up offering Re enactment of the Magi o Annunciation to the Shepherds Folio in Lectionary of Henry II Reichenau Germany Tempera on Vellum Mixing of styles classical early Christian and byzantine Ottonian period
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