ART HIS 21 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Ostrogoths, Recceswinth, Liuvigild
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Portable arts- broches, gold and precious stone on personal adornments, intertwined animals of power and struggle, a symbol of status or wealth. Controversy pitted believers against one another, arius taught that jesus christ came to earth and saved man but was not equals with god. Many were converted to nicene, and differences pitted into war for dogmatic issues. Animal head biting two birds with beaks curled. Ear jewels (animals with long beaks symbols of power with red stones and foil; interest in polychromy and colorful nature of the objects use of precious stone and gold. Greatest ruler: theodoric the great and was byzantanized in his youth; sets up a capital for them in ravenna. Establishes connections through family marriages for political ramifications. Within ravenna, builds a cathedral with arian right worship arian cathedral and church of the savior. Theodoric"s tomb mocks that of helena, mother of constantine. In center was a bathtub but was a sarcophagus of.
