Slide Identification
Art Movements
Christianity in Art
Breaking Things
Goth
100
This person is depicted in a Byzantine mosaic, said to represent Christ with his attendants.
Who is Emperor Justinian?
100
This art is characterized by a sense of flat, gold, spiritual space and gleaming, shimmering colors.
What is Byzantine?
100
These artworks told the story of the gospels in pictures alongside copied text.
What are illuminated manuscripts?
100
This group of people took the biblical ban on graven images literally, such that they opposed using images of Christ and saints in physical form.
Who are the Iconoclasts?
100
The term Gothic was first applied to this.
What is architecture?
200
This person is shown wrestling an angel in the Vienna Genesis illuminated manuscript.
Who is Jacob?
200
This art movement spreads a religious message through manuscript illumination and wall painting, relying on symbolism, Roman design inspiration, and stories of the Old and New Testament.
What is Early Christian?
200
These replaced manuscript illumination as a popular gothic Christian artform.
What is stained glass?
200
This group of people was led by the monks, and believed that the worship given to images was transferred directly to Christ and saints who resided within the images.
Who are the Iconophiles?
200
This was the driving force behind Gothic art.
What is depicting traditional Christian themes with emotional appeal?
300
This was an Early Christian painting in an underground sacred space.
What is the Catacomb of SS. Pietro e Marcellino?
300
This art movement is seated mainly in Germany and is innovative in its use of expressive emotion.
What is Ottonian?
300
This was created after Constantine endorsed Christianity as an official religion.
What is Christian church architecture?
300
This art form got around the ban on graven images by being smaller than life-size and less 3-dimensional.
What is Early Christian sculpture?
300
This was a combination of two iconic images, created by gothic artists, but never described anywhere in the Bible.
What is the Pieta?
400
This mosaic shows a stylized Christ with an arching stream of blood from his side.
What is the Crucifixion?
400
This art movement is all about height and light, lending emotion to a traditional Christian message.
What is Gothic?
400
These were a popular art form adapted from Roman times to lend a beautiful lighted effect to fittingly illustrate the Christian message.
What are mosaics?
400
This person led the Iconoclasts.
Who is Emperor Leo III?
400
This person used architecture and a bird's eye view to enhance and make more elaborate Christian scenes in his paintings.
Who is Duccio?
500
This was an elaborately carved final resting place.
What is the Sarcophagus of Junius Bassus?
500
This art style features geometric metalwork and intricate wood carvings.
What is Celtic-Germanic?
500
This new material allowed for vibrant colors and gold to be applied in a lasting way to illustrate Christian stories.
What is vellum?
500
This architectural wonder was rebuilt several times, including once after its dome collapsed during an earthquake.
What is the Hagia Sophia?
500
This person has a stage-like background in his paintings, puts the viewer "in" the scene, and uses incredible emotional appeal.
Who is Giotto?
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