Germanic Art in the Early Middle Ages

Germanic Art in the Early Middle Ages:
Gummersmark Brooch, 6 th , Sutton Hoo
Purse Lid c. 630

Book of Kells, England, c. 790

Carolingian Renaissance. Mark,
Godescalc Evangelistary 783; Matthew,
Ebbo Gospels, c. 830.

Architecture: Palace Chapel, Aachen,
c. 800; Plan for a Monastery, Saint
Gall, c. 820.

Crucifixions: Lindau Gospel Cover, c.
870; Cross of Archbishop Gero, c. 970

Ottonian architecture: St. Cyriakus,
exterior and interior, consecrated 973

Ottonian Illumination and sculpture: Christ
Washing Feet, Gospels of Otto III, c. 1000;
Bronze Doors of Bishop Bernward 1015.

Romanesque: Reliquary of St. Foy,
late 9 th on; Interior of Santiago de
Compostela, c. 1100.

Moissac tympanum: 2nd Coming of
Christ, 1115

Moissac Portal and trumeau, 1115:
Jeremiah

Autun tympanum (Last Judgement)
1130 and Winchester Psalter (Mouth of
Hell) 1150

Morgan Madonna, 1150-1200. St.
Savin-sur-Gartempe, nave, c. 1100.

Wallpainting: Tower of Babel, Saint Savin, c.
1100; Apse of San Clemente, Tahull, 1123
(Christ in Majesty)

Christ in Majesties: Tahull 1123, and
Cluny Lectionary (Pentecost) early 12 th .

Rib Vaulting and a façade: Interior of
Durham Cathedral c. 1120; Façade of St.
Etienne, Caen, 1077.

Germany and Italy. Portable Alatar of Ss.
Kilian and Libnorius, c. 1100; Pisa Cathedral
Complex, begun 1063.

Wiligelmo: Scenes of Creation,
Modena Cathedral, c. 1110.

Gothic: Chartres Cathedral: Façade c.
1155 and later. Portals with cycle of
Christ, 1145-55.

Stylistic Changes: St. Stephen c. 1210 and
St. Theodore c. 1230; Prophets and
Ancestors of Christ c. 1155

Chartres c. 1220 and Amiens 1220-
1288

Stained Glass at Chartres: Tree of Jesse, c.
1150-70; Furriers (Charlemagne Window) c.
1220.

French Illumination: Abraham and Angels (Psalter
of St. Louis) c. 1270; Betrayal and Arrest (Hours of
Jeanne d’Evreux by Jean Pucelle) c. 1325

Gothic Sculpture. Façade of Amiens
Cathedral and Beau Dieu (Handsome
God) c. 1235.

Rayonnant: Sainte Chapelle, Paris,
1245

Later Gothic. Madonna and Child c. 1339
and Attack on the Castle of Love c. 1330-50

English Gothic: Salisbury
Cathedral, 1220 on.

Windmill Psalter c. 1280: Psalm I,
Beatus Vir (Blessed is the Man…)

German Gothic: Three Kings Shrine )
Nicholas of Verdun) 1205.

Naumburg Cathedral, c. 1250:
Ekkehard and Uta; St. Maurice.

Italy: Siena Cathedral, lower facade 1284-
99. Nicola Pisano Pisa Baptistery pulpit,
1259

Painting: Duccio “Maesta Altarpiece”
Siena 1311: Madonna in Majesty

Ambrogio Lorenzetti “Good
Government in the City” 1339

Good Government in the Country
1339

Giotto “Arena Chapel, Padua, c.
1305. Lamentation.