Romanesque Architecture
800-1100 A.D
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Nave- the __________________ of the church where the congregation _______________
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Clerestory- _______________________ composed of________________
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Apse- a large, _______________ at the choir end of the church usually _____________________
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_______________________- aisle around the apse
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Embroidery—
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Technique in which _________________ are ________ to an existing _________________
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Bayeux Tapestry- _________________________
Romanesque Sculptures-•
Sculptures or statues on the _________________
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A “________________________” for the faithful as they entered
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____________________and _________________ bodies
Gothic Architecture
1200-1500 A.D.
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After the ______________________ in architecture, around 1200 ___, most _______in western
Europe began to build ___________ churches and palaces in the Gothic style.
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The easiest ________________ to see between the two styles is that while
______________churches have________________, _____________ churches have
_______________________________.
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Buttress- __________________________________ of an arch or vault
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Rose window-__________________ window in _____________________________
The Gothic Style--•
The ________________ was invented by ________________ from St. Denis Church in ________
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Glory of Gothic cathedrals is their _____________________
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Their motifs included _______________________, ________________, signs of the zodiac, and
the _______________from every level of ______________________
Toward the Renaissance –
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Italian artist- _____________
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Maesta Altar- ______________________
Giott—
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______________and space
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________________________ a work depicting Mary, St. John, and others
_____________________________ of Christ
Middle Ages in Europe
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Name that historians gave to the _____________ the _____________ the last western
__________________and the ________________ of the __________________________.
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________________________ during this time as well as a __________________________
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Time of immense achievement
Early Middle Ages—
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______________ people
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What we would call today __________________________
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Romans called them “______________” (meaning foreigners) and
____________________________
Island of Britain- Sutton Hoo—
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__________________________ founded during this time
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_______________________ East Anglian __________was found
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Gold and enamel _____________ was found
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Animal style- often had ________________, patterns formed by interwoven
______________________
Christian Scriptures—
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Monks not only _________________ but also illuminated them with
_______________________________________
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Gospel of __________- used __________________ style and i___________________ to
announce this book of the bible
Carolingian Style—
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_____________
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________________________ had a _________________ built to be his personal place of
____________________
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__________________church- _____________________
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Massive _________________________ Roman
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End of early __________________________
High Middle Ages—
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__________________ preoccupation in Europe
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Great _________________, monasteries and ____________________ were built
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Historians divided the art and architecture into ___________:
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______________
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