HOMEWORK #32    Early Medieval Art in the West    
 1  Study map & “Time Line”   List time periods and dates. Look at historical events & masterpieces.
 2  Read about Vikings, Warlords, Beowulf, and Cloisonne. Make any brief notes you wish to.
 3  Look at illustrations in both texts..   Make a list of them.
 4  Read about Rune stones & picture stories in A-2.   Make any notes you wish to.
 5  Hiberno-Saxon art.   List where interlace patterns are found.
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HOMEWORK #33      Carolingian Art      
1  Read about Charlemagne. Look at illustrations in both texts.  Make any notes you wish to.
2  List 4 evangelists & animals used to symbolize them.  
3  Architecture:  Who designed Charlemagne's Chapel at Aachen ? How does it compare to San Vitale? Make schematic sketch of each & label.
4  Read about revival of learning at court of Charlemagne.
5  Monasticism.  Read in both texts. List why monasteries were so important.
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HOMEWORK #34        Ottonian Art      
1  Who were the Ottos?  Study plan of St. Michael Hildesheim.  Read.  What's new in the proportion?
2  Draw the floor plan  & elevation of St. Michael’s.   Label:   transept, narthex, aisles                        
3  Sculpture:  Bishop Bernward's doors of St. Michael's.  What is Importance of gesture, degree of naturalism.
4  Look at Pascal Column used on Easter Sunday.  What ancient Roman edifice inspired it?
5  Gero crucifix.  Note size.    In what way is it related to Byzantine images of Christ?  Define reliquary.  
6  Painting:   List differences between Carolingian and Ottonian.
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HOMEWORK #35         Romanesque:   Age of Pilgrims & Crusaders
1  Look at map, time line & pictures of famous works.
2  How did Romanesque get its name? What are dates? Read about Feudalism & Crusades and  Pilgrimages.  Make any notes you wish to.
3  Make diagrams (& label them) of barrel vault, groin vault, rib vault , Romanesque portal.
4  Look at aerial view & plan of St. Sernin and aerial view of Ste. Foy, Conques and aerial view & plan of San Ambrogio, Milan. Make any notes you wish to.
5   Speyer Cathedral in Germany.   What problem did it solve?
6  Bayeux Tapestry.  Read about embroidery. What event did it memorialize?   Read chapter Conclusion  
7  List all Romanesque churches mentioned in both texts. Write one phrase about each which distinguishes them.  Make any notes you wish to.
8   From A-2  make diagrams with labels of barrel vault, groin vault, rib vault & Romanesque portal.
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HOMEWORK #36    Romanesque Precursors of Gothic
 1    Read both texts on St. Etienne at Caens & Durham Cathedral which both authors call "pre-Gothic."
 2    Make a list of innovations of each.
 3    Why did architectural sculpture make a return to exterior of Romanesque churches?