Flashcards
ARTH120 Slide Test 2
Cards in this deck (4)
- 1—Week 7
Temptation and Fall of Man
(Door of Bishop Bernward, Hildesheim)
ca. 1000 CE
cast in bronze, classical idea, but the figures do not look classical; the first man and first woman are in garden of eden, eve seems to be plucking one fruit and is holding another, shes holding it in front of her breast, the temptation is sexual. Instead of showing balance and confidence in the bodies, they are strong figures rather than the perfected man made in God's image - 2—Week 7
Church of San Vincenç, Cardona, Interior
ca. 1000 CE
Very stripped down, originally sculptures, stained glass, would look like a junk shop of religious offerings
- Stripped down due to modern tastes
- Theres very little architectural ornament here, a semi dome in the apt, use of stone throughout, there are no columns, instead we see compound piers supporting the arches and supporting the domes, have ribs or strips attached to them, so go up and help support the barrel vault, typical in medival architecture, we are looking at something the signifies differently in architecture
- 3—Week 7
Gislebertus, Last Judgement, West Portal, Saint-Lazare, Autun
ca. 1100 CE
- This is the artist, gislebertus, he signed it
- Can see the end of days, but here we see the last judgement, souls that are saved on the left, see the weighing of the souls on the right,
- Here different styles are used for different figures to make this explicit, God is huge, magnificent, etc.
- The others are small spindly,
- If you look at devil on the last judgement you can get a sense of the terror its meant to insite
- Here is the damned with enormous hands coming to grasp around his head, this illuminates the saldjaslk
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