Feb. 6

ART H 202: Saint Foy: status as a kind of image full body reliquaries were rare ( Christians were afraid and also weren?t supposed to accept idolatry 1013 CE: Bernard of Angers was sent to investigate St. Foy and her ?cult? her cult needs to be approached in the right way pointed out that there?s a big difference between venerating a saint and worshipping an idol by staring at an object for a long you could somehow catch a glimpse of exactly what it represents St. Foy reliquary: crosses on her back and crown enforce the ideology that power doesn?t come from the reliquary or St. Foy herself, but from Christ, God, and the heavens animals and profiles of people carved into the jewels should not see this as a type of Roman revival but an appreciation of fine things taking something pagan-like and turning it into something Christian Morgan Madonna: after 1150 AD very hierchical Christ is right in front of his mother if we could see the hands he would?ve been most likely blessing and holding a book Mary is known as the Seat/Throne of Wisdom probably a piece made for the altarpiece of a church drapery of Mary?s dress is symmetrical and near perfect desire to have statues/images to guide pilgrims to relics rise of sculpture ( keep it disciplined, not too crazy #8: King David: 1180-1190 CE: about the date of the Morgan Madonna looks very different different folds in the clothes Morgan Madonna is near perfect drapery (symmetry) David is more complex ( makes it more like heavy cloth is actually hanging there and taking up space ancient Roman influence plus the fact that it?s framed in its own niche Moissac: Use of the arch post and lintel ( in old times you would need a lot of posts to hold up the lintels arch is easier because it is strong and doesn?t require as much work, keystone holds it in place