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• Art created by many different tribes/populations of non-Roman people
• Terminological problems – “middle ages”
• Cultures include Norse, Anglo-Saxon, Hiberno-Saxon, Viking, Carolingian, Ottonian |
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• “In the Roman manner”
• Agrarian societies
• Crusades – series of holy wars
• Feudalism - major system governing political, social, and economic systems.
o Based on the idea of a strict social hierarchy, which was reinforced by a Christian worldview (the Great Chain of Being).
• SURGE of church building
o Growth of monasticism
o No apocalypse during year 1000 – churches built as thanksgiving
o Built to house sacred relics (very popular during this period) - pilgrimage |
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| Gothic Art (Age of Cathedrals) |
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• Originated in France and spread to other areas of European painting, sculpture, and ARCHITECTURE
• “Gothic” used by Giorgio Vasari in the mid-16th century; was originally a negative term (Goths “destroyed” Classical civilization)
o Called modern or French style at the time
• Growth of urban centers led to the construction of universities and cathedrals. Cites became centers of intellectual life and artistic patronage.
• Important element: Stained glass |
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| an aisle around the apse or a cloister in a church or monastery |
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| the semicircular or polygonal termination to the choir or aisles of a church |
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| is a succession of arches |
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| Tracery which is composed of thin stone elements rather than thick ones. glass rather than the stone dominates when bar tracery is used. It gives a more delicate, web-like effect |
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| the zone between the outer edges of an engaged ('attached') column, pilaster, or post; or within a window frame, doorframe, or vertical 'bas relief' wall form. |
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| any high windows above eye level. The purpose is to bring outside light, fresh air, or both into the inner space. |
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| An ancient manuscript text in book form. |
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| a clustered column or pier which consists of a centre mass or newel, to which engaged or semi-detached shafts have been attached |
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| the junction of the four arms of a cruciform (cross-shaped) church. |
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| stylized lily or iris that is used as a decorative design or symbol. |
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| Either side of an opening for a door, window or chimney that sustains a superincumbent load. |
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| a tall, narrow window with a pointed arch at its top.[ |
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| vesica piscis shaped aureola which surrounds the figures of Christ and the Virgin Mary in traditional Christian art. |
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| glasswork technique which produces distinctive decorative patterns on glassware. |
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| entral approach to the high altar, the main body of the church |
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| individual lights (the glazed openings in the window) have the appearance of being cut out of a flat plate of masonry. First Tracery |
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| type of decorative framework consisting of a symmetrical shape which forms the overall outline of four partially overlapping circles of the same diameter |
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| transverse section, of any building, which lies across the main body of the building |
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| Supporting arch which runs across the vault from side to side, dividing the bays |
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| graphic form composed of the outline of three overlapping rings |
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| composed of or split into three parts |
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| a column supporting a tympanum of a doorway at its center. |
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| s the semi-circular or triangular decorative wall surface over an entrance, bounded by a lintel and arch. |
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