1. Discussant: Anna Katrina N. Rint
Medieval Design
Discussant:
Anna Katrina N. Rint

2. Medieval Era or Middle Ages

3. CHARACTERISTICS Rich colors Heavily outlined
Flat and stiff figures showing no depth
Religious Icons
Architecture is influenced by Greek and Roman – Byzantine, Romanesque and Gothic styles emerged from this period.
Mosaics replaced carved decoration
Large Domes central to the church

4. Art of the Early Middle Ages
Justinian as world conqueror (Barberini Ivory)
mid-6th century ivory 1 ft. 1 1/2 in. x 10 1/2 in.
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5. Christ enthroned with Saints (Harbaville Triptych)
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Christ enthroned with Saints (Harbaville Triptych)
ca. 950 , ivory, 9 1/2 in. x 5 1/2 in. high

6. Slide concept by William V
Slide concept by William V. Ganis, PhD FOR EDUCATIONAL USE ONLY For publication, reproduction or transmission of images, please contact individual artists, estates, photographers and exhibiting institutions for permissions and rights.
Theodora and attendants , south wall apse mosaic, San Vitale, Ravenna, Italy
ca. 547, mosaic

7. Medieval art almost always depicted religious topics
Medieval art almost always depicted religious topics.  (Hemera Technologies/AbleStock.com/Getty Images)

8. MEDIEVAL ARCHITECTURE
Two styles of architecture emerged:
1. Romanesque
2. Gothic style
3. Bryzantine

9. The Leaning Tower of Pisa, begun in 1173, is considered a Romanesque structure.  (Medioimages/Photodisc/Photodisc/Getty Images)

10. Romanesque Architecture -Thick walls -Semi circular Arches
-Heavy in visual weight
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San Vitale
Ravenna, Italy

11. San Vitale Ravenna, Italy 526-547
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San Vitale
Ravenna, Italy

12. Notre Dame of Paris

13. One of the finest examples of gothic architecture and most well known churches in the world – Notre Dame de Paris

14. Hagia Sophia
Slide concept by William V. Ganis, PhD FOR EDUCATIONAL USE ONLY For publication, reproduction or transmission of images, please contact individual artists, estates, photographers and exhibiting institutions for permissions and rights.
***Known as one of the grandest examples of Byzantine Architecture.

15. Constantinpole, (Istanbul), Turkey
A view of the DOME
Hagia Sophia
Constantinpole, (Istanbul), Turkey
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16. St. Patrick's Cathedral Tour
Byzantine
Hagia Sofia, (eye-ya SO-fia)Turkey &
St. Catherines Monestary, Egypt
Gothic – St. Patricks, NYC
Romanesque –St. Vitale, Revenna, Italy
St. Patrick's Cathedral Tour

17. Glass Window from Troyes Cathedral,
Troyes, France

18. Monastery of St. Catherine
Mount Sinai, Egypt, 6c.
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Getty Images of St. Catherines start at 2min

19. Illuminated Manuscripts
are books that have been decorated, sometimes elaborately, with precious paints and gold leaf
monks in scriptoriums 
decorated, sometimes with gold, other precious metals and gemstones

20. In an illuminated manuscript, the first letters of paragraphs were decorated, and illustrations could be a half or whole page. (Photos.com/Photos.com/Getty Images)

21. Ireland's Book of Kells, the most beautiful illuminated manuscript that survives from the early Middle Ages. It consists of four Gospels written in Latin. Only two of its 680 pages are without color.

22. Gerona Bible Master, Bologna, Italy, 1285
Historiated initial R from the frontispiece of a 12th-century manuscript of St. Gregory's Moralia in Job, Dijon, Bible

23. Medieval Painting It depicts religious subjects or topics of war
Human faces in paintings throughout the era were very flat, unrealistic and looked alike
Human and animal body parts are disproportionate and usually elongated
Architecture and landscapes are awkward.

24. The human figure in medieval paintings looks flat and disproportionate
The human figure in medieval paintings looks flat and disproportionate. (Photos.com/Photos.com/Getty Images)

25. Madonna from the Annunciation, 1340-1344 Simone Martini, c.1284-1344
Tempera on panel

26. Late 1400’s mural - dawning on realistic representations and attempt at perspective

27. Medieval Sculpture depict topics of religion and war
human bodies are disproportionate and perspective is not realistic
common kind of medieval sculpture technique is the RELIEF (180 degrees of the figure are visible)

28. These figures on the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris seem to have their backs glued to the wall. (Hemera Technologies/Photos.com/Getty Images)

29. Christ as Savior of Souls,
early 14th century tempera, linen and silver on wood 3 ft. 1/4 in. x 2 ft. 2 1/2 in.
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30. First to use Flying Buttresses (Arched exterior support system to accommodate higher and thinner walls)
Famous for the use of water spouts, or gargoyles
Completed in 1345
The “rose window” contains symbolism – center is blessed virgin mary and child who are surrounded by prophets and saints.

31. 6th or 7th century Icon of Jesus and an abbot shares in the anti-realist style of Byzantine iconic art, Monastery of Saint Catherine, Mount Sinai, Egypt

32. The Enthroned Virgin and Child with Saints and Angels, 6th century, perhaps the earliest iconic image of the subject to survive at Monastery of Saint Catherine, Mount Sinai, Egypt

33. This ICON is believed to have originated in Tuscany c
This ICON is believed to have originated in Tuscany c. 1300, and influenced a wide number of paintings from the following century as well as Florentine sculptures from the 1440–1450s. This version was in turn widely copied across Italy and northern Europe during the 14th and 15th centuries – THIS WORK SERVED AS A BRIDGE FROM BYZANTINE TO EARLY RENAISSANCE