Art

= Art =

//**What was the significance of this topic during the Middle Ages?**//

Artwork from 400-1100 in the middle ages time, was not just done for the fun of it, but was based on the traditions many cultures had. It went from literature to painting and drawing, to what we can still see today, castles. Celtic, Saxon, and Irish-Saxon art was mainly based from the most important book to them, the Book of KELLS. People from those cultures made there art personal, but decorative from metal, manuscript illumination to make sculptures of their thoughts. When Scandinavian Vikings attacked the Irish-Saxon traditions, people became more focused on painting and drawing natural looking things, other then something abstract. Drawing and painting in zigzag lines was not the only important thing, carving beautiful things on churches, and church towers showed how great the architecture was to the people of the new culture of art. Normans made a lot of forts and fortresses in their time, and one of there most memorable things that the made was on of the first castles. But during the 1100'sGothic Architecture from France began to show on some of England's buildings,with amazing curved lines,and exotic vertical and horizontal figures that continued to be the most popular art in England until the Middle Ages were over. Even though there were many arts in the Middle Ages in England, one seemed to last the longest which was the Gothic Architecture. In the beginning people focused on personal things to them to embrace their art, then it turned to things that we do today like drawing and painting, but the most important one to the Middle Ages people, was the architecture of the castles. LC

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 * “British Isles, Art and Architecture.” The Middle Ages. Ed. William Jordan. Vol. 1. New York: Charles Scribner’s Son, 1996. 108 - 110. Gale Virtual Reference Library. Web. 5 May 2010.

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//**How did this topic influence life and events of the time period?**// Celtic and Germanic tribes of Angles Saxon and Jutes invaded England in the 400s. Animals were loved greatly and were a favorite theme.Celtic and Germanic artistic traditions were starting to blend in the end of the 600s.The blending was influenced by art from the Roman church.Ireland and parts of England produced the Saxon art. Some pieces are unbelievable intricate, but only the finest.Spirals and geometric patterns are piled on top of each other used as a pile of vibrating visual energy. o.s Works Cited
 * British Isles, and Architecture. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1996. N. pag. Gale Virtual Reference Library. Web. 3 July 1996.

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//**Describe, define or explain this topic.**//

Spain's art and architecture made a difference on the country's mixture of Islamic, Christian, Jewish, and other traditions. Since the Spanish were being conquered by the Muslims, eventually they combined their artistic styles and made Islamic Spanish art called Hispano-Mauresque art. The most original artwork in medieval Christian Spain was a text called the //Commentary on the Apocalypse.// Also in Christian art,a man that ruled Leon, named Ferdinand I the Great had connections with the abbey of Cluny. Because of this new styles appeared in Spanish art, like...Romanesque. Romanesque it was a certain type of artistic style that was very popular in Europe. In Jewish medieval art there were synagogues and that were considered their most beautiful artwork. Those were a couple of things about different types of medieval art in the middle ages. OD

Works Cited
 * “Spanish Art and Architecture.” The Middle Ages: An Encyclopedia for Students. Ed. William Chester Jordan. Vol. 4. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1996. 89-90. Gale Virtual Reference Library. Web. 3 May 2010.

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