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Medieval Art

By Ayana Garner
  • Period: 1453 BCE to 330 BCE

    Byzantine Art

    Key Features: Strong religious focus, Christ, Mary, and Saints.
    -Frontal, flattened figures, and iconic.
    -Golden backgrounds, Heaven atmosphere
    - Less Naturalism, spiritual symbolism.
  • Period: 1150 BCE to 1000 BCE

    Romanesque Art

    Key features: Thick walled, fortress looking churches
    -Rounded Roman Arches
    -Massive Stone Architecture
    -Biblical Narratives carved on portals
  • ast Judgment, Tympanum, Central Portal on west façade of the Cathedral of Saint Lazare, Autun, France,
    1130 BCE

    ast Judgment, Tympanum, Central Portal on west façade of the Cathedral of Saint Lazare, Autun, France,

    This Shows Christ judging souls, with heaven on one side and hell on the other. Warning people to live morally.
  • Christ Pantocrator
    1080 BCE

    Christ Pantocrator

    Christ is depicted as a powerful ruler watching over the world. The Golden background creates a spiritual, otherworld feeling.
  • Saint-Seurin Basilica
    1080 BCE

    Saint-Seurin Basilica

    Saint Seurin has heavy stone walls and rounded arches depicting Romanesque architecture. Inside the interior aisles were designed to guide big groups of pilgrims visiting relics.
  • Bayeux Tapestry
    1070 BCE

    Bayeux Tapestry

    The Bayeux Tapestry tells the story of the Norman conquest of England through scenes. This goes to show how Romanesque art focused more on storytelling than realism.
  • Hagia Sophia
    537 BCE

    Hagia Sophia

    Designed to make the space feel heavenly. The gold interior showed the power of byzantine empire and church.
  • Virgin (Theotokos) and Child between Saints Theodore and George, 6th or early 7th century, encaustic on wood, 68.5 x 49.5 cm
    500 BCE

    Virgin (Theotokos) and Child between Saints Theodore and George, 6th or early 7th century, encaustic on wood, 68.5 x 49.5 cm

    This shows Mary and Jesus calm, frontal pose meant for praying. The flat style shows less realism.