Glossary
Germanic Kingdom
Byzantine Empire
Art in History
100

Visual instrument that helps to show the order in which events happened in a chronological order.

Timeline

100

When did the Germanic tribes begin to create independent kingdoms?

5th Century

100

Capital city of the Empire

Constantinople

100

5 purposes of art

Narrative

Ceremonial

Persuasive

Functional

Artistic Expression

200

Period in European History that comprehends between the 5th and the 15th century AD.

Middle Ages

200

Where were located the Visigoths?

Southern Gaul and Hispania

200

What's the name of the process in which Greek culture overshadows Latin Culture?

Orientalisation

200

Types of first artistic remains

Portable Art

Cave Paintings

300

Name the three parts in which the Middles Ages can be divided

Early

High

Late

300

Which peoples lived in nowadays Italy?

Ostrogoths
300

What happened in the Schism of 1054?

Christians divided their rites creating the Orthodox and Latin Church.

300

Objects that can be move and contain artistic expression, usually made out of stone, bone or ivory

Portable art

400

Who was the famous Byzantine emperor from 527 to 565 a.D. known for his achievements.

Justinian

400

Who held more power, soldiers or merchants?

Soldiers

400

In which century does the Empire start its decline?

11th Century

400

Type of art that has been created to help in a celebration, mainly related to religion or culture. 

Ceremonial Art

500

What's the new name of the continuation of the Eastern Roman Empire.

Byzantine Empire

500

Why social class was the only one known massively to be able to read and write?

The monks (Church)

500

Date in which Constantinople was conquered by the Ottoman Empire?

1453

500

Something created with imagination and skill that represents feelings or ideas.

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