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A Journey Through Western Art and Architecture (300-1400 AD)

Explore the evolution of Western art and architecture from 300 to 1400 AD, highlighting key monuments and artistic masterpieces. Notable sites include the renowned Santa Costanza in Rome, showcasing its distinctive exterior and intricate interior. Discover the exquisite Byzantine mosaics at San Vitale in Ravenna, and the iconic Great Mosque in Cordoba. This period also spans the grand Romanesque structures such as Cluny Abbey and Gothic masterpieces like Reims Cathedral and Notre Dame. Each work reflects the diverse cultural influences and advancements of medieval art.

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A Journey Through Western Art and Architecture (300-1400 AD)

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  1. Western Art and Architecture frm 300 to 1400 ad T J Osler

  2. Santa Costanza:exterior, view from NW., ca. 350 A.D. Rome, Italy

  3. Interior

  4. Santa Sabina:interior, nave, view from west, begun ca. 422-432 A.D. Rome

  5. Sarcophagus with Scenes from the Passion of Christ(probably from the Catacomb of Domitilla),mid-4th century A.D.

  6. Christ carrying the Cross, detail of 1st [far left] panel, mid-4th century A.D.

  7. Byzantine monumental Church mosaics are a crowning glory ofMedieval Art. One of the most famous of the surviving mosaics is in the Church of the Holy Wisdom in former Constantinople—the image of Christ on the walls of the upper southern gallery.

  8. Byzantine: Ravenna, exterior, view from south, 526-547 A.D.

  9. 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.

  10. The Emperor Justinian and his retinue; detail of mosaic from the left side [north wall] of the apse, San Vitale, ca. 547 A.D.

  11. German, Carolingian, Torhalle (gatehouse of the Benedictine abbey), Lorsch: exterior, view from north, 768-774

  12. German, Ottonian, St. Cyriakus, Gernrode:exterior, Westbau, view from NW., 961-983 (west towers and choir enlarged late 12th century)

  13. French, Romanesque, Abbey Church, Cluny: south transept ("Tower of the Blessed Water"), view from NW., 1088-1118

  14. Islamic, Spain (Umayyad Period), Great Mosque, Cordoba:interior, arcades, begun 785-786; enlarged to 987

  15. Great Mosque, Cordoba:interior, dome in front of the mihrab, added 965 (reign of al-Hakam II)

  16. Adoration of Mary , 1150 France

  17. Enthroned Virgin and ChildFrance 1260

  18. Madonna and Child 1300

  19. Byzantine Icon 1400

  20. The western façade of Reims Cathedral, France. 12th century

  21. Sainte Chapelle.

  22. Notre Dame de Paris.

  23. Interior of Coutances Cathedral, France.

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