SWH Cathedrals and Illuminated Manuscripts Web Quest
Instructions: Please use the PowerPoint provided on the class website to find the majority of
your answers. Otherwise research the Internet. Please type or copy and paste your answers
and thumbnail sized pictures into this MS Word document. Print this answer document
before leaving the Media Center.
1. The main theme of Medieval Art was
.
2. Medieval paintings and stained glass often told the stories of Christ’s life. This
suggests that many people could not
.
3. Cathedrals were built to look as though
.
4. It could take
to build a Cathedral.
5. G
was an architectural style of Medieval Cathedrals.
6. Copy and paste a thumbnail picture of your favorite cathedral. The name of the
cathedral is
.
7. Gargoyles were
and believed to be
.
8. Find a cool looking gargoyle from a cathedral and copy a thumbnail picture of it.
9. Find a neat looking arch from a Cathedral. Copy a thumbnail picture of it.
10. A flying buttress is used to
. Copy a thumbnail picture of a flying buttress.
11. Cathedrals had stained glass windows to
.
12. Illuminated manuscripts were
.
13.
created and wrote illuminated manuscripts in the Middle Ages.
14. A
usually had many illuminated manuscripts in it during the Middle Ages.
15. Find an image of an illuminated manuscript you like and copy a thumbnail picture of
it.