Medieval Flashcards
2 periods during Medieval
Romanesque
Gothic
This period utilized forms, such as rounded arches and thick masonry walls.
Romanesque
These served as stops of pilgrims who journeyed king distances to visit holy Sites.
Churches
Replaced wooden roots to protect against fire
Stone masonry vaulting
Stone masonry vaulting, in the shapes of…
Barrel and Groin vaulting
Allowed visitors to Walk around the apse to view relics and other sacred objects.
Ambulatories
Western artists of the 11th and 12th centuries
decorated these structures with impressive
large-scale sculptural programs
Images in the Romanesque period did not serve
merely as ornamentation: they also __ __
depicted stories
a favorite site of churches for stone carvings
portals (doors)
paintings done directly on the wall surface
Wall painting
The illustration and decoration of books and written
documents
Manuscript Illumination
Important artistic products of the romanesque period.
enamelwork and ivory carving
The forms of all 11th and 12th-Century images were often quite __ and __
abstract, stylized
Gothic art developed in __
Ile-de-France
Art known for incredibly intricate forms
Gothic art