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Giotto, Lamentation, fresco, Italy, 1300

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Duccio, Virgin and Child Enthroned with Saints, Maesta Altarpiece, tempera on wood, Italy, 1300

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Cimabue, Madonna Enthroned with Angels and Prophets, tempera on wood, Italy, 1290

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Berlinghieri, St. Francis Altarpiece, tempera, Italy, 1235

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Virgin of Paris, cut stone, High Gothic, 1300

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Ekkehard and Uta, cut stone, Naumburg, Germany, High Gothic, 1250

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Notre Dame, Amiens, France, High Gothic, 1250

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Notre Dame, Chartes, France, Gothic, 1150-1350

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St. Denis, Paris, France, Gothic 1150-1350

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Gislebertus, Tympanum, St. Lazare, Autun, France, cut stone, Romanesque, AD 1000-1150

Demonstrative of: Byzantine influence (elongation, Hieraticism, mandorla), dove-tail drapery, horror vacui, mix of Classical elements with Germanic elements, Germanic layering of human forms

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Tympanum/Trumeau of St. Pierre, Moissac, France, Romanesque, 1000-1150

Demonstrative of: (the tympanum) Celtic/Germanic preoccupation with animals/Herald motif, horror vacui, Jesus as monarch (the trumeau) Celtic/Germanic preoccupation with animals, contraposto, departure from Hieratic style due to Romanesque revival of the Classics

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