Early Christian& Byzantium; middle ages & the renaissance Flashcards
this emporer renamed Byzantium to Constantinople (after himself) and he legalized Christianity.
emp. justinian
1st a Christian church built by Emperor Justinian
* 2nd a Muslim Mosque
* and now (3rd) a state museum since 1935
hagia Sophia
During the Middle Ages, _____ was the only theme for art, architecture, music, thought.
religious, specifically, Christian.
paintings that decorate manu-
scripts; used for those who could not read but understood symbolism.
illuminated manuscripts
Ancient Egyptian in origin; originally used as water
spouts on top of temples; made to appear to be evil spirits fleeing a sacred place in order to scare away
other evil spirits.
gargoyles
the center or the capital of the Italian Renaissance in the beginning.
Florence
a slight twisting of the body to suggest action.
contrapposto
who was interested in everything; more inventor that painter yet
more known for his painting of the Mona Lisa than anything else. A true Renaissance man.
leonardo da Vinci
who was the greatest man ever known to the arts; preferred to
sculpt than to paint; influenced artists beyond his lifetime; painted ceiling of the Sistine Chapel.
michelangelo
