The Beatus of Facundus, Mozarabic Art in Spian

The beatus of Facundus, Mozarabic Art

 

     I would like to introduce Mozarabic art in Spain. It is the Beatus of Facundus, and painted in 1047. In the 8th century, a monk named Beatus illustrated a collection of writings. Especially, for the New Testament books, his illustration was the most vivid and apocalyptic, and it would be copied over and over again in diverse version of the manuscript. This selection of images is known as the Beatus de Facundus(or Beatus de León) (1047), and painted by Facundus for Ferdinand I and Queen Sancha. According to research, it is composed of 312 leaves and 98 miniaturs. I wish I could post all Beatus art works, but it is impossible. So I selected some of his artworks that I was impressed.

     You can tell there are very vivid colors on the Beatus of Facundus. I always have similar feeling when I look many paintings of South America and Spain. The choice of colors from beatus of Facundus is good to arrest my eyes. Red, blue and yellow are used as the main colors. It is Mozarabic art, but I also feel some registered images which are shown in Ancient Egypt. I think colors and illustration really help people to be alert of keeping their faith or obeying what the New Testament said to avoid those situations in his illustrations.

Artist :Français : Facundus, pour Ferdinand Ier de Castille et    Leon et la reine Sancha
Title : "fr:"La Femme sur la Bête. Apoc. XVII
Date: 1047
Medium: "fr:"Enluminure sur parchemin
Dimensions: 158 x 210 mm
Current location  Madrid, Nacional, Ms Vit.14.2, f°225vBiblioteca Artist: Français : Facundus, pour Ferdinand Ier de Castille et Leon et la reine Sancha   Title: "fr:"La deuxième Trompette. La montagne embrasée tombe dans la mer. Apoc. VIII Date: 1047 Medium: "fr:"Enluminure sur parchemin Dimensions: 190 x 190 mm Current location : Madrid, Biblioteca Nacional, Ms Vit.14.2, f°166

Artist: Français : Facundus, pour Ferdinand Ier de Castille et Leon et la reine Sancha
Title: fr:"La sixième Trompette. Les myriades de Cavaliers tuant les Hommes. Apoc. IX"
Date: 1047
Medium: "fr:"Enluminure sur parchemin
Dimensions: 290 x 200 mm
Current location: Madrid, Biblioteca Nacional, Ms Vit.14.2, f°174v Artist: Français : Facundus, pour Ferdinand Ier de Castille et Leon et la reine Sancha   Title: "fr:"L'Evangéliste Marc Date: 1047 Medium: "fr:"Enluminure sur parchemin Dimensions: 280 x 190 mm Current location: Madrid, Biblioteca Nacional, Ms Vit.14.2, f°9   Artist: Français : Facundus, pour Ferdinand Ier de Castille et Leon et la reine Sancha   Title: "fr:"La Jérusalem nouvelle. Apoc. XXI Date: 1047 Medium: "fr:"Enluminure sur parchemin Dimensions: 280 x 250 mm Current location: Madrid, Biblioteca Nacional, Ms Vit.14.2, f°253v Artist: Français : Facundus, pour Ferdinand Ier de Castille et Leon et la reine Sancha   Title: "fr:"Jugement de Babylone réduite à un brasier. Apoc. XVIII Date: 1047 Medium: "fr:"Enluminure sur parchemin Dimensions: 297 x 240 mm Current location: Madrid, Biblioteca Nacional, Ms Vit.14.2, f°233v détail     Artist: Français : Facundus, pour Ferdinand Ier de Castille et Leon et la reine Sancha   Title: "fr:"Le Dragon donne sa puissance à la Bête. Apoc. XIII Date: 1047 Medium: "fr:"Enluminure sur parchemin Dimensions: 290 x 220 mm Current location: Madrid, Biblioteca Nacional, Ms Vit.14.2, f°191v Reference: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Beatus_de_Facundus                   http://publicdomainreview.org/2012/04/09/the-beatus-of-facundus/ :

Gorye Inlaid Celadon

 

Gorye Inlaid Celadon

    

     Today I would like to share Korean ancient vessels in Gorye dynasty (12-13 century). At that time Gorye(the ancient name of Korea) had a special skill for vessels which were called an Inlaid Celadon. Celadon was created by using inlay and copper glazing techniques in China, but it was full developed and perfected by Korean artisans.  It became a major technique in the history of Korean ceramics, and it was a turning point that Korean celadon skill became higher than China. According to research, the level of fine quality and beauty they were able to achieve in their work surpassed that of other countries and came to be revered by even the Chinese for it's elegant, yet simple beauty.
Why I choose several celadons of Gorye because we have a lot of great vessels but there are only few pages for Korean ancient artwokrs in textbook. It makes me decide to let people know about more Korean artworks such as great celadons. Each one has beautiful green(with some blue) and detail. I do like what they used for decoration on celadon. Flower, fruit and crane are daily simple things, but they made them creatively and elegantly. 

Let's look!

(It was hard to find each name and the number of national treasure. I put each information in each image by photoshop. Hope you enjoy!)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This is how Korean melons look like!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reference: Korean-arts.com / Terms.naver.com
                  

Ewer, Signed by Ibn Yazid

 

 

 

 

Ewer, Signed by Ibn Yazid
 

• Date: 688/689 or 783/784 or 882/883
• Geography: Made in Iraq
• Medium: Copper alloy,cast
• Dimensions: 25 11/16 x 12 11/16 x 18 9/16 in.,22.707lb.
• (65.2 x 32.2 x 47.2 cm, 10.3 kg)
• Classification: Metalwork
• Credit Line: Georgian National Museum, Tbilisi
• This artwork is part of Byzantium and Islam: Age of Transition

 

     This metal ewer is made in Byzantium and Islam era (lateeighth or ninth century date) because of the ewer’s heavy form and the facet on the ewer’s body.  It is a daily object, but it turns into a graceful artwork. It is little hard to see, but you can find some arabesques(that we learned from Islamic Art ) in Kufic around the rim. It gives an identifies about whose artwork it is. At this point, I would like to borrow a quotation from Metropolitan Museum of Art, “Blessing to he who fashionaed it, Ibn Yazid, part of what was made at Barsa in the year sixty-nine.”  The vessel  is composed of a pear-shaped body, long neck, high-flaring foot and a palmette-shaped handle, and those are related to post-Sasanian metal work.  I love this artwork. How sophisticated!  It is also have a nice flow on the ewer’s body. A grip is specially impressive to me. The bottom part of a handle looks like a dove(bird)in flight. The part of top  looks like a leaf, but it also seems still connected to the dove. So it seems the dove finally spreads her wings briskly. I think this ewer represents the juice of life. That means water is essential for life. Maybe the design on ewer expresses what it is in inside. This art piece make me  give full play to my imagination.

 

 

*Reference: Metropolitan Meseum of Art *

http://metmuseum.org/exhibitions/view?exhibitionId=%7B60853040-AE7E-4162-8FA7-525505D6B633%7D&oid=478981&pg=22&rpp=10&pos=218&ft=*

Pair Statue of Nebsen and Nebet-ta

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                  Pair Statue of Nebsen and Nebet-ta. Egypt,

            possibly from Dahamsha. New Kingdom, Dynasty 18,

          early in the reign of Amunhotep III, circa 1400–1352

          B.C.E.Limestone, painted, 15 3/4 x 8 9/16 x 9 1/4 in

          Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 40.523

 

     I would to share this lovely pair statue of Nebsen and Nebet-ta. This artwork is different than other artworks of ancient Egypt. Generally, king statues of ancient Egypt were very serious and dignfied, but look at this lovely couple! They put their arm around each other's waist. Looks like they love and respect each other. I have never seen this kind(seems equally respectable) of statue in my ancient culture. That is why I choose this art piece. Also, this statue was actually rebuilt by their son when the son became successful because something happened to the original statue. Egyptians thought the statue was a rest place for a soul. Interesting! Alright! Let's look at this in detail.

Richard Fazzini: This statue of Nebsen and Nebet-ta is a wonderful pair statue of a couple. He was a scribe of the royal treasury, and she was a songstress of the goddess Isis, which means she had a clerical function in the temple to the goddess Isis. These people lived in the earlier part of the 18th Dynasty. But their statue was actually made a couple of reigns later, and so their appearance is very different from what they would have had in life. They have fancier headdresses, fancier necklaces, and much more elegant eyes and fancy eyeliner, all of which was coming into Egyptian art in the 18th Dynasty, as the empire got wealthier and wealthier and a little bit more sophisticated. The whole back of the statue is covered with inscriptions, and there are symbols up at the top. Those symbols are protective for the people mentioned below, Nebsen and Nebet-ta. Such statues were placed in temples, and, hopefully some of the people coming into the temple would stop and read an inscription or say a prayer on behalf of Nebsen and Nebet-ta. And that as certainly why their son dedicated the statue. So it was a way to help keep his parents alive forever—as well as bringing them a little bit more up to date in their makeup and costume.

• Medium: Limestone, painted
• Possible Place Collected: Dahamsha, Esypt      
• Dates: ca. 1400-1352 B.C.E.
• Dynasty: XVIII Dynasty
• Period: New Kingdom
• Dimensions: 15 7/8 x 8 9/16 x 9 1/4 in.(40.4 x 21.8 x 23.5cm)
• Collections: Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art

 

Hear is a video clip!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=jQlqQ_fDYko

New Start

 

The end my summer

but

Greet my new days at DTCC

 

 

 

 

 

Such a long summer vacation(but also short in some ways) is over.

I have started my school.

The first day of school always makes me tremble with joy and fear.

However, I will choose the way to be in the joy.

 

"New Start"

 

8.27.2013