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"middle" culture and art from the medieval ages. started 400
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enamel work in which the different colors are separated by strips of flattened wire placed edgeways on a metal backing.
ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: French, literally ‘partitioned,’ past participle of cloisonner, from cloison ‘a partition or division.’ |
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| old testament of Bible, hebrew, Pslams, word to music genesis, story of creation |
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| Anglo-Saxon British/irish. refer to art that has been christianized on islands. |
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| 1st. person after fall of roman empire to recreat a great state. he unified much of Northern Europe together officially crowned self in 800. could not read. named his empire, " The Roman Empire" |
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| 1st. person after fall of roman empire to recreat a great state. he unified much of Northern Europe together officially crowned self in 800. could not read. named his empire, " The Roman Empire" |
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| safe places, where life was struckted. folloed rule of St. Benedict. life stable enough to promote the arts=paintings, music. 1st college of fine arts, st. myrids largest benedictine order in indiana. |
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| face of church on the west. esp. the towers that go with it. |
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| ST. Michael's Church ( his churhc) lot of influence over emperor, tudor to his sons. art patron. Bronze Doors, his idea. teaches from old & new testament. |
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| where the monk were when they chanted. also an architecture design. |
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| north and south. makes a 't' shaped. also a cross like letter. |
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| balcony, 2nd floor space on side aisles, provides extra support for walls, beef up upper wall. |
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| ravel for religious purposes. went because you had a desperate need. |
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| sacred object. physically associated w/a saint. objects a saint owned: box, clothing, usually a bone: skull |
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| where the relic is housed. kept it safe. |
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| on center access, little bumbs. on st.-sernin, in toulosse france |
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| does not exist anymore. destroyed during french revolution wealthiest and most monastery thin in Europe. Biggest church in Europe- Pilgrimage power house of the arts. |
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| makes them lighter on edges and corners of vault they add ridges, makes it stable with much reduced wait. solves so many problems. absolutely central in gothic period. |
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| side of the doorway. still used today. a place where you can put sculpture. |
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a band of molding, resembling an architrave, around the lower curve of an arch.
• the lower curve itself from impost to impost of the columns. |
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main feature of sculpture. most important story.
Architecture a vertical recessed triangular space forming the center of a pediment, typically decorated.
• a similar space over a door between the lintel and the arch. |
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| capitals that tell a story with sculpture |
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| cloth stitches made from colored thread weaving not tapestry. needlework. |
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| take over england and bring with them their talent for engineering |
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| (St. Denny) patron saint of France. missionary who first brought Christianity to france. executed- tomb in church. monastery. of st. denis benidicting. had to build a new church |
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| (St. Denny) patron saint of France. missionary who first brought Christianity to france. executed- tomb in church. monastery. of st. denis benidicting. had to build a new church |
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| (St. Denny) patron saint of France. missionary who first brought Christianity to france. executed- tomb in church. monastery. of st. denis benidicting. had to build a new church |
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| Head monk of monastery of St. Denis. king's sons went to school here. unique royal. connection . put in power when king was on crusades (2-3 yrs) wants to build a new church wrote a book describing it. |
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| a combination of apse/ambulatory and radiating chapels |
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| an arch with a pointed crown, characteristic of Gothic architecture. |
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| about god. in . st.-denis through st. denis wrote " god is like light" abbot suger came up with the idea. highly saturated colors |
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| tower part buttress meant to be enormous. reaches over top -a buttress slanting from a separate pier, typically forming an arch with the wall it supports. |
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| fake gallery, decoration on the wall |
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| devout christian. church porclaimed him a saint. had Sainte-Chapelle built. loved book. psalter of St. Louis |
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| no basic geometry, total fantasy of lines. screen of lines in front of church. flamelike. arch. out of control. wild. |
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| ribs come down into the vault. very late english. very excessive decoration |
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