Important People and Artists

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Odo of Metz architect for Charlemagne *Early Middle Ages-> Carolingian period*
Dante -Vernacular writer-> wrote in it bcuz it's what ppl spoke & easier to read -Divine Comedy (Inferno) -> written in the vernacular w/ terza rima *Late Middle Ages*
Abbott Suger -1st patron of (started) Gothic Architecture -> Rebuilding of the church St. Denis where French monarchs are buried *High Middle Ages*
Justinian and Theodora -Byzantine Rulers (centered in Constantinople) -Justinian: 1st Christian (specifically orthodox) emperor -> Closed pagan temples bcuz Orthodox Christianity was "the only lawful religion" -Theodora: consort of Justinian -> High influence
Giotto -painter -> realism/ naturalism (naturalism= what's around you/ visible world is source of knowledge-> creating space) -realistic/ naturalistic aspects of his art= reflected in perspective paintings -> Madonna Enthroned *Late Middle Ages/ early Renaissance*
Pope Gregory -Gregorian chants named after him *early middle ages*
Benedict of Nursia -Benedictine monasticism *early middle ages*
Limbourg Bros. -artists -> Illuminated manuscripts, more specifically book of hours i.e.: Les Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry *Late Middle Ages*
Johannes Gutenburg -inventor of the printing press-> spread use of vernacular literature *invention out of the Late Middle Ages*
Bocaccio -wrote in the Vernacular (Italian) -The Decameron *Late Middle Ages*
Thomas Aquinas -tried reconcile reason & revelation -> Faith alone vs. rationalism -Summa Theologica *High Middle Ages*
Peter Abelard -Scholasticism: attempt to reconcile Christian theology w/ Classical theology -> faith w/ rational thinking -nominalism & realism *High Middle Ages*
St. Augustine -consideration of the absolute majestity of God (relflected in The City of God) -flawed state of human condition (both The City of God & Confessions) *early Middle Ages -> Fall of Rome*
Boethius -The Consolation of Philosophy -> consideration of troubles in the world and ppl's reactions (how Fate can be kind, but that when it's not it is also best to take it in stride) *Fall of Rome/ Early Middle Ages*
Geoffrey Chaucer -wrote in the vernacular (English) -The Canterbury Tales *Late Middle Ages*
Christine de Pizan -wrote in the Vernacular (French) i.e: The Book of the City of Ladies *Late Middle Ages*
Cimabue -painter -> realism i.e.: Crucifixion (musculature-> strain of body)
William the Conquer -Norsemen invade England (illustrated in Bayeux Tapestry-> reminiscent of Trajan's column) -will unite France & England during the time period *High Middle Ages*
Hubert and Jan Van Eyck -Flemish painters (brothers) -Flemish art often sought reality thru an accumulation of precise/symbolic details i.e.: Ghent Altarpiece *Late Middle Ages*
Petrarch -Vernacular writer (Italian) -> i.e.: Canzoniere -humanism -> pride in where you come from/ earthly fame
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