Architecture: Middle Ages

Byzantine
1. Icons and mosaics
2. Eastern Mediterranean art from A.D. 330
  1. Two kings
    1. Constantine
      1. Name of the city: Constantinople
    2. Justinian
      1. Name of the art: Byzantine
3. Combination of Chritian Art with the Greek Oriental taste
  1. Hagia Sophia
    1. The best representation of Byzantine art in architecture
Romanesque
1. Influenced by Roman culture
  1. Rounded arches and rounded colums
    1. Tympanum
      1. Its purpose is to teach religious doctrine
        Barred or groin vaults
        Small windows
        Massive, heavy walls
        St. Sernin
      2. Popular Themes
        Christ's ascension to heaven and Last Judgment
    2. Colums could be freestanding or engaged
2. They were based on Latin Cross
  1. Simbolizes Christ on the cross
Gothic
1. INNOVATIONS
  1. 2. Piers
  2. 1. Flying Buttresses
  3. 3. Stained Glass Windows
2. CHARACTERISTICS
  1. 1. TALL, HIGH ROOFS
    1. 2. STAINED GLASS WINDOWS
      1. 3. POINTED ARCHES
        Tapestry
        Ribbed Groin Vaults
        Tympanum
3. Notre Dame, Paris
November 14, 2013.
1. Art and culture, group 6 (305-1).
  1. Teacher José Victorino Maldonado Parra.
    1. Melissa Machado Fuentes, A01113318.

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