Guidelines for English 3 project on medieval art and literature
Define “Middle Ages” time period, styles
Choose a general topic on medieval art
For topics # 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9, choose your illustrations from the collections at
Metropolitan Museum of art and The Cloisters in NYC. (some of these medieval objects
are from France, Italy, or Spain).
1. Armor- See armor collection at main branch of Metropolitan Museum of art)
2 Swords- See sword collection at main branch of Metropolitan Museum of art)
3. Stained Glass- history, color symbolism, religious symbolism, method of fabrication
4. Architecture— Roman Arch (Fuentidueña Chapel; Gothic arch (Gothic chapel)
5. Sculpture— history, material, symbolism.
6. Tapestries- (Unicorn tapestries); (Hall of heroes: “Nine Heroes tapestries”)
7. Paintings- history, materials, symbolism
8. Tombs- history, composition, symbolism, social purpose
9. Monasteries— . St. Michel de Cuxa Cloister; St. Guilhem Cloister
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For topics 10,11,12,13,14,15, choose your illustrations from British sites and objects
only.
10. Universities Oxford University, Cambridge University
11.Castles— Focus on a distinct castle, with its history, floor plan, architectural names
of castle components, social purpose. One English castle, one Scottish castle, one Welsh
castle.
12. Churches— Canterbury Cathedral; Westminster Cathedral
13. Manors- Focus on a distinct British manor, with its history floor plan, architectural
names of components, social purpose (English or Scottish manors)
14. Weapons- (exclude swords); group weapons like catapults, siege engines; personal
weapons like cross-bows, and long-bows
15. Medieval Music— names, shapes, materials, and sounds of the instruments. Create a
website linking the instruments you describe to their sounds, as recorded in A Guide to
Medieval and Renaissance instruments.
research texts and images on your topic; note urls’ and bibliographic info
compose a plan to arrange your material
home page //art works page/texts from literature page; critics’ page; hot potatoes quiz
page (they do not have that software yet)
set up plan in Front Page
choose a theme
banner
navigation bar
email link
updated on, and by
links from one page to more info or sources
thumbnails of photos and drawings
image map geography of the place; map of castle; map of weapons; map of insignia
map of a tapestry; add bulleted hints at top of map page so that one knows where to
mouse over and click for more info
links back to home page on every page
dynamic html: image swaps; image slide show; background
preview site; open site in Netscape
check previous guidelines for web pages in word for hints on fonts, background etc.