Visual and Style Analysis

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Chapter 14

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In your text, view figure 14-17, Matthew the Evangelist, Book of Matthew, Ebbo Gospels. Look carefully at how the artist used line. Write a short essay explaining how the picture shows a combination of the Carolingian renewed interest in a "Classical" handling of the human figure but also shows that the artist belongs to that tradition of linear interlace seen in the art of earlier groups such as the Celts.

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Look at the interior view of the Church of Saint Cyriakus in your text, figure 14-28. Describe what features of the interior create "a rhythmic effect more interesting than that of the uniform colonnades of earlier churches."

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In your text, view figures 14-29 and 14-19, create a study group of the Gero Crucifix and the Crucifixion with Angels and Mourning Figures (cover of the Lindau Gospels). Compare and contrast the differing representations of the crucifixion. Which one is more likely to elicit a feeling of pity from the viewer? Why?

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