Medieval Art
Unit 20: Sculpture 
Media: Stone, Wood, Alabaster, Marble




STONE: mostly limestone
STONE SCULPTURE was PAINTED
(this is restored, but gives an idea of how it would have looked originally)

5th c. BC
MARBLE

porphyry marble
(red: has imperial connotations) 


Tournai marble
an export item: Tournai is in Belgium today (in Flanders in the Middle Age); this font is in Winchester Cathedral, England

marble

marble with mosaic inlay
ALABASTER

small pieces could fit together to form a retable; a popular export item from central England
STUCCO
WOOD
painted or covered with metal sheets
 


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