Pregunta | Respuesta |
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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