ARH 131 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Sutton Hoo, Zoomorphism, Feudalism
28 Apr 2016
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Context: 750-1000 ce, collapse of roman empire. Break down of trade, economy: population shrank in half. Feudalism rose after this lack of structure: noble families. Vikings (600-1000 ce: dominated seas w/ large, long ships and w/o romans there anymore. Sutton hoo purse cover (slide 5: cloisonn technique, 2 registers. Bottom one zoomorphic forms and human figures on left + right: looks assyrian with patterns and being stylized, looks mesopotamian (like bull lire, very non-classical. Slide 8: flat, no perspective, decorative, lots of color, no classical formulas. 4: schematic depiction of human figures by the saxons, very decorative. Slide 11: reminds us of mesopotamian facial features and arched eyebrow, schematic, colorful, arch is a roman arch. Slide 12 (book of kells: volume seems flat, schematic, human, lion, ox and eagle will be seen again in gothic churches and other decorative programs.
