AHIS BC 1001x Lecture 8: 11/30/16 Class Notes, Introduction to Art History
30 Nov 2016
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Monasteries and orthodox christianity is the start of the spread. Refers to the fact that it is the cultural product of two islands. Matthew portrait, book of durrow, insular, late 600s. Flattened body that has been made into decoration. Thick frame with curling, vine scroll- interlace (any curling, swirling scroll) Carpet page, book of durrow, insular, late 600s. Ezra restoring the bible, codex amiatinus, insular (made at monkwearmouth-jarrow), c. Not a mediterranean manuscript (made in northern england), but modeled on roman manuscript that had been sent to the monastery. Defined depth and space shows debt to classical art/tradition. Nine books of the christian bible (stored horizontally), most books were not single volumes. Matthew portrait, lindisfarne gospels, insular (made at lindisfarne monastery), c. 715- Cross-carpet page, insular (made at lindisfarne), c. 715-720. Lots of animal imagery in the decoration. Liber generationis, insular (made at lindisfarne), c. 715-720. Chi-rho-iota page, book of kells, insular (iona), c. 800.
