Thursday, October 10, 2013
Wednesday, August 14, 2013
Tuesday, August 13, 2013
Romanesque and Gothic Art
Romanesque and Gothic Art
12th C Romanesque and Gothic Architecture and Sculpture cc
Gislebertus' "Last Judgment" (Romanesque Period) Art History
Duccio di Buoninsegna, Virgin and Child in Majesty (Maestà) 1308-11
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8lVq2ejvIY4
Without volume: Gothic sculpture lecture
French Gothic sculpture, stained glass, and decorative arts
Gothic Art
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZbbUpDw00E
The 'Andachtsbild'
German Gothic Architecture and Sculpture
Dr. Vida Hull; 53 min
The consequences of the Black Death
Black Death in England 1348-50
Great Artists with Tim Marlow: Giotto
Carolingian Art
Charlemagne and the Carolingian Revival
Kenneth Clark's Civilisation - The Skin of our Teeth (48 min.)
Early Medieval Art
Wednesday, July 17, 2013
Byzantine Art
Ravenna (Italian pronunciation: [raˈvenna],
is the capital city of the Province of Ravenna, in the Emilia-Romagna region of Northern Italy.
Some history of Ravenna
From 402 AC until
that empire collapsed in 476 it was the capital
city of the Western Roman Empire
From 476 until 540 AC Ravenna served as the capital of the Kingdom of the Ostrogoths .
From 540 to
751 AD the city formed the centre of the Byzantine Exarchate of Ravenna
In 751 was the invasion of the Lombards after
which it became the seat of the Kingdom of the Lombards.
Ravenna under Theoderic (a Wikipedia excerpt)
Theoderic took Ravenna in 493, supposedly slew his predecessor Odoacer with his own hands, and Ravenna
became the capital of the Ostrogothic Kingdom of Italy.
| The Mausoleum of Theoderic. |
A multi-cultural society
Theoderic allowed Roman citizens within his kingdom to be subject to Roman law and the Roman judicial system.
The Goths, meanwhile, lived under their own laws and customs
In 519, when a mob had burned down the synagogues of Ravenna, Theoderic ordered the town to rebuild them at its own expense.
Both Odoacer and Theoderic and their followers were Arian Christians, but co-existed peacefully with the Latins, who were largely Orthodox.
What was the situation of the Roman Empire?
Even before Rome was sacked in 410 AC, the king had already moved to Ravenna, to be safe.
Ravenna had become the capital of the Western Roman Empire.
Constantinople (today Istanbul in Turkey) was the capital of the Eastern Roman Empire, also called Byzantine Empire.
Even though each empire had a separate ruler, it was still considered ONE empire. It was considered too big to be ruled together.
Ravenna had become the capital of the Western Roman Empire.
Constantinople (today Istanbul in Turkey) was the capital of the Eastern Roman Empire, also called Byzantine Empire.
Even though each empire had a separate ruler, it was still considered ONE empire. It was considered too big to be ruled together.
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Theodoric's leadership was not a barbarian but a civilized power. His twofold position ran through everything.
He reigned over a multi-cultural population: the Goths and other Germanic tribes, then the large population of indigenous Romans and many smaller groups, for example the Jewish population.
He did so without any imperial titles of the West Roman emperors. The two nations, differing in manners, language and religion, lived side by side on the soil of Italy; each was ruled according to its own law, by the prince who was, in his two separate characters, the common sovereign of both.
Where they all Christians?
Theoderic was an Arian Christian, whereas Justinian was an orthodox (Nicaean) Christian.While Theoderic allowed both faiths and more, Justinian pushed to eradicate and destroy all other religions and faiths that were not orthodox. He punished and persecuted such people.
After Theoderic's reign finally a Western Roman Emperor would be established again and the orthodox Christian faith would override everything else.
Otis Art History 10 - Early Christian Byzantine
Early Christian Art into the Byzantine Hagia Sofia by Kenney Mencher
Early Christian into Byzantine San Vitale by Kenney Mencher
Ravenna: San Appolinare Nouveau, San Vitale,... (15 min.)
Byzantium and Islam: Age of Transition 1h50min.
Ravenna: San Appolinare Nouveau, San Vitale,... (15 min.)
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