A History of European Art

Only the three lowest tiers of the northwest (left) tower—the St. Romain Tower—remain of the Romanesque church consecrated in 10 ...

Lecture 4: Gothic Art in France Jamb ¿ gures from central door, c. 1150, Chartres Cathedral, Chartres, France. Moses and Abraham ...

Gothic Art in Germany and Italy........................................................ Lecture 5 Thus far, we have looked at me ...

Lecture 5: Gothic Art in Germany and Italy precisely this compression of form, contrasted with disproportionately large, express ...

The female ¿ gure seated at the left front of this sarcophagus is Phaedra; Theseus is the older man near her; and Hippolytus is ...

Lecture 5: Gothic Art in Germany and Italy Giovanni also worked in Pisa, creating a great pulpit for the cathedral. Consider The ...

Italo-Byzantine art, this Eastern-À avored style, was dominant in Italian painting in the 12th century and most of the 13th cent ...

Lecture 5: Gothic Art in Germany and Italy Baptistery, Cathedral, Campanile, and Camposanto, 1053–1272, Pisa, Italy. Death of th ...

Scott, The Gothic Enterprise. White, Art and Architecture in Italy, 1250–1400. What inÀ uences are revealed in Nicola Pisano’s ...

Lecture 6: Giotto and the Arena Chapel—Part I Giotto and the Arena Chapel—Part I ............................................... ...

widely despised was Riginaldo that Dante, whose Divine Comedy was begun in 1307, made a place for him in the seventh circle of h ...

Lecture 6: Giotto and the Arena Chapel—Part I parents, and continues back toward the entrance door. It then moves to the top tie ...

Legend of Voragine also supplied information. For most of the rest, see the Gospels of the New Testament. Also see the Meditatio ...

Lecture 6: Giotto and the Arena Chapel—Part I the Golden Gate in Jerusalem to meet his wife. In the Meeting at the Golden Gate, ...

This scene is followed by the Wedding Procession (badly damaged), which concludes the early life of the Virgin. The Annunciation ...

Lecture 7: Giotto and the Arena Chapel—Part II Giotto and the Arena Chapel—Part II ............................................. ...

Massacre of the Innocents shows the scene from which the Holy Family narrowly escaped. The painting shows a pile of infants slau ...

Lecture 7: Giotto and the Arena Chapel—Part II of the feast sipping from a large À agon with a dubious expression. His corpulenc ...

the sisters are not yet aware, as the viewer is, that Lazarus’s eyes and lips are already opening. We will bypass several scenes ...

Lecture 7: Giotto and the Arena Chapel—Part II ¿ gures who sit with their backs to us. Joseph of Arimathaea and Nicodemus stand ...