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Sporting women - 300-325 - Villa Armerina - Mosaics in a roman adminastrative palace

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Sporting women - 300-325 - Villa Armerina - Mosaics in a roman adminastrative palace

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Exampel of symbolic imperial sculpture. Inspired by the naturalism of the roman republican period these sculptures are symbols of men not depitions of real ppl.

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Unknown artist - The Tetrarchs - 300 - St Marcs cathedral venice (previouesly Byzantium) - Imperial roman sculpture

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Unknown artist - The Tetrarchs - 300 - St Marcs cathedral venice (previouesly Byzantium) - Imperial roman sculpture

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Unknown artist - Acrosolio de Creula - 5th century ad - Catacombs of san Gennario - Early christian mosaics

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Unknown artist - Acrosolio de Creula - 5th century ad - Catacombs of san Gennario - Early christian mosaics

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Cerula was a kotic roman patrician. In her tomb she is depicted as a christian and jesus as a senator as he was in the late roman christian art.

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Unknown Artist - Mosaics of Jesus - Around 420-450 ad - Maousoleum of Galla Placidia, Ravenna - Byzantine mosaics

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Unknown Artist - Mosaics of Jesus - Around 420-450 ad - Maousoleum of Galla Placidia, Ravenna - Byzantine mosaics

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Made in a bysantian style these late roman mosaics depict jeus as a senator of Rome. These mosaics later inspired Giotto.

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Workshop in Constantinople - Berberini Ivory - 500-525 - Byzantian Ivory Triptych

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Workshop in Constantinople - Berberini Ivory - 500-525 - Byzantian Ivory Triptych

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A victorious Justinian in the middle with christ above. The piece is missing a panel now making it a diptych.

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Unknown artist - Iustinians retinue -  527-547- San Vitale - Byzantine mosaics

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Unknown artist - Iustinians retinue -  527-547- San Vitale - Byzantine mosaics

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Iustinian in the center as Christo mimento, an imitation of christ. To the right his generals and troops as symbols of power. To his left people significant of the church. Among others the bishop of ravenna st appolinarius.

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Unknown artist - Transfiguration of Christ - 549 - St Appolinare in Ravenna - Byzanine mosaics

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Unknown artist - Transfiguration of Christ - 549 - St Appolinare in Ravenna - Byzanine mosaics

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As the apostles pray jesus turn into pure light represented by the golden cross in the blue night sky. The man bellow is st Appolinare.

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Example of idealized sculpture of a roman emperor, Theodosius II. It later became an important symbol of power for the german emperor Fredrik II.

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Unknown artist - Colossus of Barletta - 5th or 6th century ad - Barletta (previousely Ravenna) - Roman imperial sculpture

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Unknown artist - Colossus of Barletta - 5th or 6th century ad - Barletta (previousely Ravenna) - Roman imperial sculpture

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Unknown artist - The death of Dido - 6th century ad - Chrisian iluminated manuscript

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Unknown artist - The death of Dido - 6th century ad - Chrisian iluminated manuscript

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Word separated from image. Inspired by roman art.

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Unknown artist - Salomon and Eleazaro - 8th century - Santa Maria Antique di Roma - late/post-roman mosaics

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Unknown artist - Salomon and Eleazaro - 8th century - Santa Maria Antique di Roma - late/post-roman mosaics

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Roman mosaics comared to the byzantian ones in Ravenna. Here ther are shadowes and "ciraoscuro" also some landscapes and antique perspective. Which was lacking in the byzantian images.

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Unknown artist - Altar of duke Ratchis - 737-744 - Lombardian sculpture

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Unknown artist - Altar of duke Ratchis - 737-744 - Lombardian sculpture

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The lombardian christian stone masonery have forgotten a lot of what the romans did. The perspective is gone and the ikonografy is simplified. The proportions are not logicals the figures are symbols not real ppl.

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Volvino - Golden altar of Milan - 840 - St Ambrogio cathedral - Lombardian metalwork

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Volvino - Golden altar of Milan - 840 - St Ambrogio cathedral - Lombardian metalwork

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This masterwork of Lombardian metalwork is one of the first works in northern Italy to be signed by its master. Connected with roman iconography to harken back to the days where milan was roman capital. The image where Volvino is beeing coronated by st Ambrigio is a sort of signature.

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Lombard sculptor - Cimborium - 972-73 - St ambrogius Basilica in Milano - Lombard architecture/sculpture

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Lombard sculptor - Cimborium - 972-73 - St ambrogius Basilica in Milano - Lombard architecture/sculpture

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Lombard masters - Tempietto Langobardo - 9th century -Monastry of st Mercia in Valle - Lombard marble and plaster sculpture

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Lombard masters - Tempietto Langobardo - 9th century -Monastry of st Mercia in Valle - Lombard marble and plaster sculpture

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Here we see how the Lombards picked up techniques from old roman churches and learned how to refine their stone masonary in the 9th century. The proporsions are realistic and the figures naturalistic.

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Unknown artist - The jurney to Bethlehem - 10th century - St maria foris portas Castelseprio - Lombard/byzantine fresco

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Unknown artist - The jurney to Bethlehem - 10th century - St maria foris portas Castelseprio - Lombard/byzantine fresco

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The frescoes inside St maria foris portas show that the Lombards did learn how to paint with aincient perspective and had an interest in naturailst depictions. The artist was porbs from east rome. The landscape and ciaroscuro was like that of rome or the early renessance. This was contemporary with the simple symbolic lombard style.

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Irish monks - Chi-Rho - 800 ad - Book of Kells - illuminated manuscript

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Irish monks - Chi-Rho - 800 ad - Book of Kells - illuminated manuscript

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Nothern european influences merge with roman tradition and image is combined with text in the Insular tradition of the brittish isles.

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Carolingian architects - Abbey of Lorsch 760-90 - Carolingan architecture

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Carolingian architects - Abbey of Lorsch 760-90 - Carolingan architecture

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Typical carolingian architecture with the mixed tile fasade.

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Oddone von Metz - Aachen chapel - 788-804 - Carolingian Architecture

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Oddone von Metz - Aachen chapel - 788-804 - Carolingian Architecture

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Inspired by the byzantian chapel san vitale in ravenna from which it stole marbels and mosaics. The byzantine style is combined with the carolingian to create the masterpiec of the time.

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Carolingian illuminator - The vienna coronation gospel (st john) - 794-800 - carolingian illumination

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Carolingian illuminator - The vienna coronation gospel (st john) - 794-800 - carolingian illumination

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The illuminations change over europe aas more scriptoriums pop up. They start more accurately reusing roman images and iconography. This will end as they become more exprssionist during the ottonian era and leave the roman iconography and visuall style behind.

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Carolingian smith - Equestrian statue of Charlemagne - around 870 - carolingian metalwork

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Carolingian smith - Equestrian statue of Charlemagne - around 870 - carolingian metalwork

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The first equestrian statue made since the fall of the western roman empire that still exists today. It shows the immense skill of the carolingian metalworkers and their knowlage of roman techniques and their ability to adapt to them.

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Giotto - Crucifix - 1288-89 - Santa maria Novella - Giottesk style

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Giotto - Crucifix - 1288-89 - Santa maria Novella - Giottesk style

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Donatello - Equestrian statue of Gattamalata - 1453 - Padua - renesance scupture

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Donatello - Equestrian statue of Gattamalata - 1453 - Padua - renesance scupture

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The first grand eqestrian statue in the renesance that would inspire so many equestrain statues from then forward.