abbey de santo domingo de silos
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Monastery of Santo Domingo de Silos
Albena Gradeva,
Madina Ismailova
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1. Introduction Historical context of the artwork.
Artistic context.
The author.
2. AnalysisDescription
Style
Features
Symbolic Meaning
3. Conclusion
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Historical context
- Burgos province,
North of Spain
- Village built up due to
the monastery
- Firstly from Visigoth
period (7th. Century)
- Destroyed during the
Islamic rule
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- Romanesque part built in 1088
- 1751 Romanesque part disappears: neoclassical
temple, built by Pedro Machuca plans Ventura
Rodríguez (many Romanesque features lost)
- Author: not clear, only 2 different styles of 2
teachers are visible
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Driven out of monastery San Mila de Cogola by King of Navarre
Found refuge under protection of Ferdinand I of Leon
Rebuilt monastery :wealthy patrons endowed themonastery
ransomed Christians from the MoorsCenter of book design, gold and silver work,
scholarships and charity
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- Successor : Abbot Fortuni
- He started the transpet and
cloister
Transept
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Mainly Romanesque style
Few pieces showing early Gothic style
(annunciation)
Two styles distinguished by columns
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Puerta de las
Virgenes
One of the few
preserved
Romanesque features
Southern Arm
connecting transpet
and cloister
Horse-shoe arch :
Mozarabic style
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Pillars also typically
Romanesque
Two men holding a
pair of rampant lions
with ropes.(childish
depiction)
Detailed geometrical
shapes: Islamic
Influence
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Monastery famous for
it’s Gregorian Chants
Gives a very chilling
and mysterious
atmosphere
http://www.youtube.co
m/watch?NR=1&v=8J
7NjHD1O_o
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Sculpture used for 2 purposes
1) Decoration
2) Illustrate stories of the Bible
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Disciples of Emmaus
- sketchy,
experssionless, little
attention paid to detail
- No sense of depth
- Little movement and
unnatural
(placed above eye
level)
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- Silos-Duda
Little anatomic
perfection
Thin and elongated
with large eyes and
heads
Unrealistic position of
Jesus’s Hand (looks
like a stick: very stiff)
Representation:
unrealistic; as if they
are standing on a
staircase
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Stiff mother Marry and
young Jesus: sitting
very unnaturally on
the side of his mother
Although baby Jesus
moves from the
middle, still looks like
he is sitting on a
throne
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Cloister
- semi-circular arches
- Arcades(piers
supporting the
building)
- Walls: thick
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(Entombment+Resurr
ection )
Putting two stories
together:typically
medieval
Many people illiterate
so no writing
Almost like a comic
book
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1) First School
- Main protagonists are
animals (surrounded by
foliage/stems)
- Delicate and finesse
artworks: Hispano-
Muslim influence e.g.
Hair, feathers etc...
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- Plenty of rhythm
and repetition
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Annunciation of Marry
Later in 12th. Century
Late Romanesque,
Early Gothic
Figures and details
more refined and
realistic
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- Main protagonists are
harpies and dragons