
1st Quarter 2017-2018 Western Civilization
First Quarter Art Examples
Early Christian Art of the Catacombs (2nd-4th Century AD):

1-0012 “The Good Shepherd”, fresco


Pre-Christian Celtic Art:


1-0023 Celtic Deity, Bronze
-0024 Torque, Bronze
Byzantine (Eastern Orthodox) Art and Architecture:
1-0031 Hagia Sofia (Church of Holy Wisdom) Constantinople (Istanbul, Turkey) 6th Century
1-0032 Byzantine Mosaic
1-0033 Icon on Wood, Russian Orthodox


Irish Christian Illuminated Manuscripts (6th-8th Centuries AD):





Islamic Art and Architecture:





Carolingian Art and Architecture (8th-9th Centuries AD):





Romanesque Art and Architecture (c. 1050-1200 AD):










Gothic Art and Architecture (c. 1200-1450 AD):










Pre-Renaissance Italian Art:



Early Italian Renaissance Art and Architecture:





Early Flemish School:









First Quarter Musical Examples
Byzantine Chant:
Example 1: Greek Chant, Fourth Century, Expostulation of the Office of Holy Tuesday
Example 2: Russian Orthodox Chant, Priidite Poklonimsya (Come Let Us Worship): Traditional Chant arr. by Sergei Rachmaninov, Vespers, 1915
Plainsong (Gregorian Chant):
Example 3: Kyrie Eleison (Lord, Have Mercy) from Ordinary of the Mass, 8th-9th Century
Example 4: Hosanna Filio David (Hosanna to the Son of David), Antiphon, 9th Century
Pre-Christian Ancient Celt:
Example 5: Churning Song Thig, a Chuinneag, Thig (Come, Butter, Come), Isle of Barra, Outer Hebrides
Example 6: Waulking Song, Heman Dubh, Hi Ri Oro, Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides
Example 7: Na Hao Ri U, A Ghost’s Lament, Isle of Skye, Inner Hebrides
Islamic Music:
Example 8: Mawal, Tunisia
Example 9: Instrumental Farhang e a Van, Iran
Early Liturgical Polyphony:
Example 10: Sanctus (Holy) from Messe de Notre Dame (Mass of Our Lady), Guillaume de Machaut (c. 1300-1377), “Ars Nova”
Example 11: Agnus Dei (Lamb of God) from Missa l’Homme Arme (Mass based on the folk tune “The Armed Man”), Guillaume Dufay (c. 1400-1474), Burgundian School
Music of the Trouvères:
Example 12: Rondeau: Tant Con Je Vivrai, Adam de la Halle (c. 1237-1286)
Instructional Music:
Example 13: Lux Hodie/Orientis Partibus, 13th Century French Macaronic Carol, Processional
Example 14: Lullay, Lullow, 14th Century English Carol
Example 15: Introduction to Play of Herod, 13th Century Mystery Play
Medieval Ballads:
Example 16: Andrew Lammie, Scots Ballad
Example 17: The Three Ravens, Old English Ballad
Renaissance Madrigals:
Example 18: Fire, Fire, My Heart, English Ballet, Thomas Morley (c. 1590)
Example 19: Bonjour, et Puis Quelles Nouvelles, French Madrigal, Orlando di Lasso, 16th Century
Example 20: Amor Vittorioso, Italian Balletta, Giacomo Gastoldi (d. 1642)
First Quarter Hymn History You Tube Addresses
Week 1: The Church’s One Foundation (Stone) http://youtu.be/LiAauPFdnXA
Week 1: O Splendor of God’s Glory Bright (Ambrose of Milan) http://youtu.be/Zz-VHmNBCww
Week 2: Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence (Liturgy of St. James) http://youtu.be/t0sWFYAiAZQ
Week 2: Of the Father’s Love Begotten (Aurelius Clemens Prudentius) http://youtu.be/sylvR1xXE04
Week 3: Be Thou My Vision (Early Irish) http://youtu.be/OFCyz9hMOLc
Week 4: Christ is Made the Sure Foundation (Anonymous) http://youtu.be/ihAaxkUOHoU
Week 4: All Glory, Laud, and Honor (Theodulph of Orleans) http://youtu.be/ZIWvfifwNSk
Week 5: Jesus, the Very Thought of Thee (Bernard of Clairvaux) http://youtu.be/Rwg71OdPpTs
Week 6: All Creatures of Our God and King (Francis of Assisi) http://youtu.be/Y3iHlLxZf78
Week 7: Come Down, O Love Divine (Bianco da Siena) http://youtu.be/pbm60aUTNTQ
Week 8: Magnificat of Mary http://youtu.be/9IunoE9G_LU
Week 9: Nunc Dimittis of Simeon http://youtu.be/6dCiyersGmI