L1061

Middle Ages Art and Architecture
Questions and Bibliography

Questions for Architecture

Middle Ages Architecture

Facts

1) What is the name of the first type of building used in Christian Churches?

2) What is a nave?

3) What feature is unique to the Hagia Sophia?

4) Why did the walls of Romanesque Churches have to be so thick?

5) What part of the church would pilgrims go around to see the holy relics of that church?

6) Why were the Gothic Churches able to have large stain glass windows?

7) What is a buttress? How is it different from a flying buttress?

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8) What was your favorite pictures in the architecture of the Middle Ages? Why?

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9) Why was it important to have large stain glass in the Gothic Cathedrals? How did these churches help the Catholic Church meet it's goals?

Questions for Middle Ages Art

Middle Ages Art

Facts

1) Where were the centers of learning and art in the Early Middle Ages?

2)What was the Iconoclastic Crisis?

3) Painting in Early Middle Ages was done in what form?

4) What were the steps to putting together a stain glass window?

5) Why were sculptures not popular until around the 11th Century?

6) Renaissance Sculptures were similar to what earlier type of sculpture?

7) What were characteristics of Leonardo Da Vinici's paintings?

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8) What is your favorite painting or sculpture? Why?

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9) What effect do you think economic and social changes had on Renaissance Art?

Link to Other Sites

Architecture

Byzantine Art and Architecture by Berger Foundation

Glossary of Medieval Art and Architecture

Durham Castle and Cathedral

Art

The New York Metropolitan Museum Medieval Collection

Creating French Culture

Koninklijke Bibliotheek

Web Gallery of Art

Bibliography

Adato, Perry Miller (1989). From Ancient Greece to Post-Modernism Vol 1 and 2, Educational Broadcasting Corporation (Video)

Beazley, Mitchelle (1988). The World Atlas of Architecture, Chancellor Press

Govingnon, Brigitte (1995). The Beginner's Guide to Art, Harry N. Abrams, Inc.

Hume, Helen (1992). Art History & Appreciation, The Center for Applied Research in Education

Hume, Helen (1998). The Art Teachers Book of Lists, Prentice Hall

Marceau, Jo (1997). Art a World History, DK Publishing

Norwich, John Julius (1975). Great Architecture of the World, Mitchelle Beazley Publishers Limited

Romei, Francesca (1995). The Story of Sculpture, Peter Bedrick Books

Silvers, Larry (1993). Art in History, Abbeville Press

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