European Medieval Art Flashcards
Middle ages is also known as the
Medieval Period
Medieval Period
476 CE to 1400
the Medieval period ranges from
the fall of Rome in 476CE to the early Renaissance
Early Christian means ____ and is ______ by medieval
before 476 and followed
Renaissance was a passing ______ on their predecessors
negative judgement
two subdivisions of later medieval in Western Europe
- Early medieval
- Medieval Romanesque
- Medieval Gothic
Medieval Gothic
1150 to 1400
Medieval Romanesque
1000 to 1150
Early Medieval saw Europe being
less united and less weathly
where does the term medieval come from
Western Europe
Medieval is increasingly being used as a
global term
medieval as a global term allows for better
comparisons
______ could be considered a subcategory of Medieval time frame
Byzantine
the power of the Catholic church in Rome was dependent on
region and time period
When did Western Europe become increasingly Christian
from the 6th C through the 12th C
Pope rules politically in
areas around ROME
in the early part of the Medieval time period, Europe was
- small regional
- non-christian
- fragmented
Ireland and Scotland Chritianzied in
550s
Ireland and Scotland are considered
secluded monasteries
what happened in Western Europe around 800
briefly re-united by Emperor Charlemagne
What was Emperor Charlemagne known as
the Holy Roman Emperor
Why was Charlemagne known as the Holy Roman Emperor
he was Christian
______ became the biggest supporter of art in later medieval Western Europe
Christianity
what was destroyed when regions Christianised
pre-Christian culture
interlace
complex geometric patterning seen in frame that often combines geometric and figural
Insular or Hiberno-Saxon style
characteristic of post-Roman British Isles and is known for its interlace.
4 authors of the Gospel Books called the
4 Evangelists
Matthew Gospel Symbol
Winged man
Luke Gospel symbol
Ox
Mark Gospel symbol
Lion
John Gospel symbol
Eagle
medieval manuscripts commonly have
few illustrations
medieval manuscripts commonly illustrate ONLY
the beginning of each gospel
carpet page
illuminated page of medieval manuscript that is entirely abstract image
what is often used to start the gospel
carpet page
First three letters of the word CHRIST in Greek
Chi-Rho-Lota
What would have been used to keep the pages in books, like the Book of Kells, flat
a heavy cover or box
Eucharist
miracle that follows the last Supper, after Jesus’ death
At the time, what was mass seen as
transforming bread and wine into body and blood of Christ to consume
Carolingian Renaissance
Charlemagne comes to power around 786 and becomes Holy Roman Emperor around 800
Who was the first uniting power in W Europe in hundreds of years
Charlemagne
Who did Charlemagne look to when tyring to revive Roman forms
Constantine
Carolingian Revival
return of many Roman inspired forms including flat, more 3D imagery
What was happening across Europe
lots of turmoil
Without the support of the central state and wealth, what happened to art in Europe
art production decreases and shifts into isolated religious communities
Monasteries focused much attention on
preserving information and copying texts
vellum
prepared animal skin
Gospel books
4 books of the New Testament
The Gospel books each tell of
Jesus’ life, death and teachings in slightly different ways
A gospel book can be ______ but is usually _____
one of the 4 books AND all 4 books
book production is ______ before the arrival of paper
difficult
books used to be ______ and prepared on ______
handwritten and vellum
illuminated manuscript means
hand-illustrated
manuscript
hand written
Durrow
Irish missionary St Columba founded remote monasteries in Ireland and Scotland
