Western Art and Architecture frm 300 to 1400 ad

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Western Art and Architecture frm 300 to 1400 ad

• T J Osler

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Santa Costanzaexterior, view from NW., ca. 350
A.D. Rome, Italy
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Interior
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Santa Sabinainterior, nave, view from west,
begun ca. 422-432 A.D. Rome
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Sarcophagus with Scenes from the Passion of
Christ(probably from the Catacomb of
Domitilla),mid-4th century A.D.
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Christ carrying the Cross, detail of 1st far
left panel, mid-4th century A.D.
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Byzantine monumental Church mosaics are a
crowning glory of Medieval Art. One of the most
famous of the surviving mosaics is in the Church
of the Holy Wisdom in former Constantinoplethe
image of Christ on the walls of the upper
southern gallery.
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Byzantine Ravenna, exterior, view from south,
526-547 A.D.
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San Vitale interior, view towards apse showing
mosaics T roundel portraits of Christ and
Apostles TC Lamb of God with Archangels C
Christ enthroned with Angels and Saints, ca. 547
A.D.
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The Emperor Justinian and his retinue detail of
mosaic from the left side north wall of the
apse, San Vitale, ca. 547 A.D.
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German, Carolingian, Torhalle (gatehouse of the
Benedictine abbey), Lorsch exterior, view from
north, 768-774
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German, Ottonian, St. Cyriakus,
Gernrodeexterior, Westbau, view from NW.,
961-983 (west towers and choir enlarged late
12th century)
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 French, Romanesque, Abbey Church, Cluny south
transept ("Tower of the Blessed Water"), view
from NW., 1088-1118 
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Islamic, Spain (Umayyad Period), Great Mosque,
Cordobainterior, arcades, begun 785-786
enlarged to 987
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Great Mosque, Cordobainterior, dome in front of
the mihrab, added 965 (reign of al-Hakam II)
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Adoration of Mary , 1150 France
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Enthroned Virgin and Child France 1260
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Madonna and Child 1300
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Byzantine Icon 1400
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The western façade of Reims Cathedral, France.
12th century
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Sainte Chapelle.
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Notre Dame de Paris.
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Interior of Coutances Cathedral, France.