ART 155 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Chludov Psalter, Chartres Cathedral, Viking Ships
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Haiga sophia has withstood every earthquake in the last 1,500 years. The arches on the east and west side are moving a lot more than they have in the past. Justinian wanted to merge two different structures together, the dome like on the pantheon and the rectangular shape of the basilica. They used bricks that were lighter so that way the building would be more flexible when there is an earthquake. Icon- image, portable image of christ, mary, the saints, or some combination there of. Triumph of orthodoxy- return to tradition, orthodox means tradition. Icon, usually made on wood or something that can be moved around, 2 ft. , personal. Start to show up in the 4th century. The crucifixion and iconoclasts, from the khludov psalter, byzantine (after a. d. 843) tempera on vellum. Made on animal skin, vellum is sheep skin, tempera is an egg. Icon of the virgin (theotokos) and child between saints theodore and george, encaustic on wood,
