In the beginning of the Middle Ages, this group of people destroyed what had taken 3,000 years to create.
What are Barbarians
100
This is the most well know Byzantine cathedral. Its name means 'holy wisdom.'
What is Hagia Sophia
100
These were considered sacred objects, containing the word of God. They were decorated lavishly, with covers made of gold and studded with precious gems.
What are illuminated manuscripts.
100
Weavers in the Middle Ages created highly refined ___________, detailed with scenes of contemporary life.
What are tapestries
200
This religion became the main religion of the time and influenced and control Medieval artisans.
What is Christianity.
200
This man was the ruler of the Byzantine empire when it moved from Rome to Constantinople.
Who is Constantine.
200
People would go on these to visit shrines of sacred bones, garments or splinters from the True Cross brought back by the crusaders.
What is a pilgrimage.
200
This is the circular window filled with stained glass.
What is a rose window.
300
Name the three different styles in order of the Middle Ages.
What are Byzantine, Romanesque, and Gothic.
300
These people were called 'image-smashers' because they believed icons were idols and false gods and wanted to destroy them.
What are Iconclasts
300
Romanesque churches were in this shape to symbolize the body of Christ on the cross.
What is the cruciform.
300
Name two of the three forms of decorations in Gothic cathedrals.
What is sculpture, stained glass, and tapestries.
400
This form of art orientated towards the spiritual and became lighter and more airy.
What is architecture.
400
This was a common theme in churches throughout the Byzantine empire. Christ as ____________, usually applied to Christ in his role as Last Judge of humankind.
What is the Pantokrator.
400
These were all that stood between Western Europe and the total chaos of the barbarians.
What are barbarians.
400
A ______________ is a painting made of two hinged panels.
What is a diptych.
500
Nudes were banned, and artists look to represent the soul in the after life instead of this.
What is realistic representations of people and objects.
500
This contains 498 illustrations of plants, first created by a Greek physician Dioskorides, and later recreated during the Byzantine era.
What is the Vienna Dioskorides.
500
Bas-relief sculptures were concentrated in this, the semicircular space beneath the arch and above the lintel of the central portal.
What is the tympanum
500
These two engineering breakthroughs made it possible to create the soaring Gothic cathedrals.