AP Art History Early Medieval Europe – Chapter 11 Mrs. Cook Define these terms: Key Art Terms: tumulus, figula, cloisonné, carpet pages, vellum, canon tables, Caroline miniscule, repoussé, reliquary Key Architectural Terms: staves, monastery, scriptoria, cloister, module, crossing square, westwork, castellum, turris, alternate-support system Exercises for Study: 1. Give examples from three different locations of Early Medieval artworks that employ abstract interlace patterns. Describe similarities and differences you notice in the patterns. 2. Describe the key architectural features introduced in the basilican church design in the Early Medieval period. 3. Compare and contrast the following pairs of artworks, using the points of comparison as a guide. A. Saint Matthew, folio 15 recto of the Coronation Gospels (Gospel Book of Charlemagne) (Fig. 11-13); Saint Matthew, folio 18 verso of the Ebbo Gospels (Gospel Book of Archbishop Ebbo of Reims) (Fig. 11-14) • Periods: • Subjects: • Composition: • Stylistic features: B. Cross-inscribed carpet page, folio 26 verso of the Lindisfarne Gospels (Fig. 11-7); Maqsud of Kashan, carpet from the funerary mosque of Shaykh Safi al-Din, Ardabil, Iran (Fig. 10-27) • Periods: • Location of origin: • Medium/materials: • Stylistic features: C. High Cross of Muiredach (east face), Monasterboice, Ireland (Fig. 11-9); Gero Crucifix (Fig. 11-28) • Periods: • Location of origin: • Medium/materials: • Function: • Stylistic features: Chapter Questions 1. The greatest early medieval Irish book is the _______ ______ ___________. (307) 2. What is a carpet page that is often found in some of these illuminated manuscripts? (311) 3. Read the insert on page 314 about “The Four Evangelists” . In illuminated manuscripts of the 4 gospels, they frequently use 4 symbols again and again. An ox is a symbol of whom? __________ A winged man or angle is a symbol of whom? ______ A lion is a symbol of whom? __________ An eagle is a symbol of whom? __________ 4. The pages from the Lindisfarne Gospels and the Book of Durrow are both of Saint Matthew. However, in the Lindisfarne Gospels, the artist seeks to base his composition on classical pictures from Mediterranean books. Give 3 Greco/Roman influences. 5. Even his official seal embraced this ideal with the words ______________________________. (insert on p. 317) Figure 11-12, show an influence of what other famous Roman work? Give two symbols of power & authority in this sculpture. (317) AP Art History Early Medieval Europe – Chapter 11 Mrs. Cook 6. The illuminated manuscripts often had elaborate metalwork for covers. Look at figure 11-16, the cover of the Lindau Gospels . Mention three examples of media found on the cover that show how costly and elaborate this gospel cover is. 7. Charlemagne’s church, known as the Palatine Chapel, is based on the plan of what building? (321) 8. Although Charlemagne and his architects brought back columns of porphyry from Ravenna to his chapel, he chose not to adorn his chapel with something San Vitale used heavily. What was that? (321) 9. One of the most magnificent aspects of this church are the 16 foot bronze doors with relief panels. On the left side were storied from the ________ Testament, and on the right the ____________ Testament. One of each pair foreshadows the other. This matching is called typology. Bernward, both a scholar and an artist, also commissioned the amazing bronze column shown in figure 11-34A. What specific Roman work was this one modeled after? (326) .