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Arts and Culture in the Middle Ages

Arts and Culture in the Middle Ages. 14.3. Objectives. Identify the major achievements of the visual arts during the Middle Ages Explain the great literary works of the Middle Ages Analyze the developments made in medieval thinking and learning. Visual Arts. Cathedrals Notre Dame de Paris

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Arts and Culture in the Middle Ages

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  1. Arts and Culture in the Middle Ages 14.3

  2. Objectives • Identify the major achievements of the visual arts during the Middle Ages • Explain the great literary works of the Middle Ages • Analyze the developments made in medieval thinking and learning

  3. Visual Arts • Cathedrals • Notre Dame de Paris • Types of Architecture • Roman • Gothic • See Handout

  4. Gothic Architecture • Taller and Brighter than Romanesque • Engineering advantages • Flying buttress – exterior support • Growth of windows in cathedrals • Columns removed • Ornate decorations • Exterior ornamentation • Gargoyles

  5. Sainte Chappelle

  6. Illumination and Tapestry • Religious Texts highly decorated • Decorations enhanced the text that was written • Normally the first letter on a page • Bayeux Tapestry

  7. Religious Texts • Focal point of Medieval literature • 1200 – turning point for literacy • Hildegard of Bingen – medieval nun/poet • Poems with music

  8. Epics and Romances • Stories of Heroes and Villains • The Song of Roland • Charlemagne’s fight against the Moors • Romances • Chivalry – honor code • Troubadours – wandering signers • Written in the vernacular

  9. Major Literary Works • The Canterbury Tales • Geoffrey Chaucer • Pilgrims traveling to Canterbury • Swapped stories with one another • Characters backgrounds • Provides information about life in the Middle Ages • Use of English as opposed to French

  10. Sample of Printed Text from The Canterbury Tales

  11. Major Literary Works • The Divine Comedy • Dante Alighieri • Three Parts (Cantos): • Inferno (Hell) • Purgatorio(Purgatory) • Paradiso(Paradise) • Dante takes trip through the afterlife • Written in Italian • Political undertones?

  12. Domenico di Michelino, 1465

  13. Alchemy • Expansion of scientific experiments • Early form of chemistry – alchemy • Search for Gold • Use of other materials

  14. Universities • Flow of Greek learning • Science • Philosophy • Mathematics • Latin translations • Theology • Medicine • Law

  15. Thomas Aquinas • Teacher at the University of Paris • Works of the ancient philosophers • Aristotle • Challenge from the Church • Faith and Reason • Scholasticism

  16. Summa Theologica • Proving the Existence of God in 5 ways

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