Some FUNDAMENTAL artworks by Lowe Smith Jonsson

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

lowesmithjonsson — 2023-10-19 10:05:32 UTC

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

lowesmithjonsson — 2023-10-19 10:11:17 UTC

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.

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

lowesmithjonsson — 2023-11-05 11:11:56 UTC

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

lowesmithjonsson — 2023-11-05 11:19:57 UTC

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.

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

lowesmithjonsson — 2023-11-05 11:25:38 UTC

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

lowesmithjonsson — 2023-11-05 11:30:48 UTC

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

lowesmithjonsson — 2023-11-05 11:38:00 UTC

Word separated from image. Inspired by roman art.

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

lowesmithjonsson — 2023-11-05 11:41:18 UTC

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

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

lowesmithjonsson — 2023-11-05 11:52:15 UTC

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

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

lowesmithjonsson — 2023-11-05 11:59:45 UTC

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.

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

lowesmithjonsson — 2023-11-05 12:14:09 UTC

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

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

lowesmithjonsson — 2023-11-05 12:23:12 UTC

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.

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

lowesmithjonsson — 2023-11-05 18:53:44 UTC

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.

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

lowesmithjonsson — 2023-11-05 18:59:59 UTC

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.

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

lowesmithjonsson — 2023-11-05 19:09:59 UTC

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.

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

lowesmithjonsson — 2023-11-05 19:15:44 UTC

Typical carolingian architecture with the mixed tile fasade.

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

lowesmithjonsson — 2023-11-05 19:18:48 UTC

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.

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

lowesmithjonsson — 2023-11-05 19:23:15 UTC

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.

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

lowesmithjonsson — 2023-11-05 19:29:03 UTC

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.

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

lowesmithjonsson — 2023-11-05 19:49:13 UTC

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.

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

lowesmithjonsson — 2023-11-05 19:57:00 UTC

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

lowesmithjonsson — 2023-11-05 20:05:43 UTC

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