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(6 pp) This discussion will look as transition
periods of Medieval Art from early Christian,
early Islamic, and Romanesque and Gothic
architecture. An art transition period has
"flexible" boundaries, as forms and images flow
back and forth in the terms of culture and
community. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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sources. BBwellFN.doc MEDIEVAL ART Early Christian, Early Islamic, Romanesque and Gothic Written by B. Bryan Babcock for
the Paperstore, Inc., December 2000 Introduction This discussion will look as transition periods of Medieval Art from early Christian, early Islamic, and Romanesque and Gothic architecture. An
art transition period has "flexible" boundaries, as forms and images flow back and forth in the terms of culture and community. Early Christian There are usually "fluid borders" around any
art transition or movement of one style to another, meaning that one period of art does not stop or start like a door closing. In the sake of early
Christian art we have not only the "fluid borders" concept but a couple of other things going on as well. If you are dealing with a illiterate (non-reading) group
of people, and you have a message to get across, one way to do that is with visuals. And if they are some what hesitant or unsure of your
message, it is wise to incorporate some of the old visuals in with the new ones and then as time progresses the old visual images will gradually be removed.
This is exactly what happened during the early Christian visual transition. The full body shapes of the classical (pagan) world were pushed back into the wall, with the absolute
political thought that they (the new Christians) might be perceived as reverting back to the "old ways," if they stayed with the fully dimensional form. Examples of this movement, which
certainly appears to be a step backward in depiction of the human form is the Good Shepherd Sarcophagus format (Cole 42). The smaller angel figures are still unclothed, although the
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