What do we
SEE?Inhibition?
Stylized?
Natural?
Spiritual?
Humanism?
Corporeal?
Later?
Similarities with
what earlier
periods?
What do we see?
TRUE OR FALSE?
1. Man dominated society.
2. The significance of reality.
3. Corporeality.
4. Nature dominated society.
5. Appearance of reality.
6. Symbolism.
7. Idealized.
8. Human expression.
9. Inhibition.
10. Man as the measure of all.
11. Law of frontality.
12. Classic contrapposto pose.
13. Literal interpretation.
14. Abstraction.
What do we see?TRUE OR FALSE?
1. Man dominated society.
2. The significance of reality.
3. Corporeality.
4. Nature dominated society.
5. Appearance of reality.
6. Symbolism.
7. Idealized.
8. Human expression.
9. Inhibition.
10. Man as the measure of all.
11. Law of frontality.
12. Classic contrapposto pose.
13. Literal interpretation.
14. Abstraction.
Which is more interior oriented?
Parthenon: Greek Classic
Pantheon: RomanWhat are the clues?
An engineering marvel?
ROMAN MURAL
Visual illusions of
a 3D world on a
2D surface.
Mythology
brought to life
through life-like
figures in a 3D
setting.
Compare these portraits
Literal and true to life?
Worldly concerns?
Idealized?
Transcendental stare?
Spiritual?
First Christian emperor?
Earlier?
Emperor Justinian
Transcendental stare
Stylized symbolism
Perceived spirituality through the
luminous mosaic’s reflective color.
St. Apollinare: Early Christian St. Vitale: Byzantine
Eastern &Western Roman Empire: Ravenna, ItalyContrasting expressions of the Christian Faith
EARLY CHRISTIAN: A Longitudinal Plan
An adaptation of the Roman BasilicaNave (Ship of God) & side aisles.
St. Apollinare: Interior
Justinian Mural:
How does the artist
depict the Emperor?Hint: Concern with his
physical appearance?
What visual elements
support this statement?
With what earlier period
do we find similar world
views? What is the world
view of Byzantine art?
More specifically:
Why a solid gold back-
ground?
Why do they all look alike?
Hagia Sophia: Istanbul/Constantinople
Byzantine Architecture
Interior motivated
Central orientation
Monumental scale
Dome & Pendentive
Art reflects BELIEFS
GIVENS&
MAN, the measure of all things
GOD, the creator of all things
Man dominates his natural surroundings.
Externally motivated architecture.
God dominates both Man & nature.
Internally motivated architecture.
Conques Cathedral, France
Heavy
Massive
Protective
Instructive
Inhibited
Wheel of fortune
Medieval devotion in fear of THE FINAL JUDGMENT
Interior motivated space
made possible with the
barrel vault composed of a
series of Roman arches.
Limited window area.
Heavy, massive & protective
Gothic ArchitectureAn encyclopedia of Christian belief
Dematerializing
The light of God in an Age of Faith
GothicFrom JUDGE to…
TEACHER
A changing relationship between Man and his spiritual and secular beliefs.
A spiritual environment
in which the light of God
and architectural magic
bring new meaning to our
sense of space.
Interior motivated
Soaring heaven bound…
A balancing act of
opposing forces. The
flying buttress presses
in against walls which
push outward.
A lace-like exterior
designed to make
the interior experience
possible.
Which came first, the architecture
innovations or the Age Of Faith which
sought a tangible expression?
Distributing great weight through
innovative engineering
Pointed arch.
Cross-ribbed vaulting
Flying buttress
Gothic
Innovations
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