Islamic Art
Northern European Art
Manuscripts
Monastaries
Ottonian Period
100
The primary architectural expression of Islam.
Mosque
100
These structures provided a haven for European scholars and theological studies.
Monastaries
100
This is the typical use of Pagan interlace in Christian art.
Illuminated Manuscripts
100
The monastery during the middle ages was particularly important to him.
Charlegmane
100
This refers to the three rulers named Otto who stabilized the Holy Roman Empire after disruptions following Charlemagne's death.
Ottonian
200
The enclosed courtyard within all Mosques.
Sahn
200
He halted the Muslim invasion of Europe at Tours in Central France.
Charles Martel
200
The Illuminated manuscripts were predominantly produced by monks in these monasteries.
Irish and English
200
Monks and monasteries played an important in these medieval aspects
cultural life and education
200
The major architectural work of this period.
Benedictine Abbey
300
Mosques frequently have this niche set into it, indicating the direction of Mecca.
Mihrab
300
This Anglo-Saxon epic describes the lavish burials of kings with armor and other valuable objects.
Beowulf
300
A Carolingian Gospel book includes the saints symbols set in a landscape indicated by rolling hills.
The four Evangilists
300
These particular monks isolated themselves individually from society and devoted themselves to prayer.
Hermits
300
The Benedictine Abbey church of St. Micheal's in Hildeshein was destroyed during this war
World War II
400
He was the first Muslim ruler of Spain in the eighth century who built a Mosque in his capital at Cordoba.
Abdar-Rahma-nI
400
This cover of a purse which contained gold coins and demonstrated Anglo-Saxon metal work comes from this location.
Sutton Hoo in East Anglia on the coast of England
400
A more apocalyptic approach to manuscript painting became the norm after this event
Charlemagne's death
400
These were a series of regulations devised by St. Benedict of Nursia in the 6th Century
Benedictine rule
400
The Holy Roman Empire included this country, and parts of this country
Germany and Italy
500
In the thirteenth Century this Spanish king gained control of the Cordoba Mosque.
King Charles I
500
This was the purpose of pleasurable designs that the artists gave to their works and to illuminate this.
Word of God
500
In Christian art the four Evangilists are often represented as these four symbols
a man, an eagle, a lion and a bull
500
This is a way of religious life in which individuals take vows of chastity, obedience and poverty and serve God in relaative seclusion.
Monasticism
500
The metal work at Hildeshein may show the impact of Roman influence on these two people.
Bishop Bernward and Otto III
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