Arts+and+Architecture

By Lukas, Aidan, Lily, Maddie, James, Paavo and Sarah


 * Architecture and Arts were very important in the middle ages . There were two main architectures and two main pieces of art. The main pieces of art that existed were tapestries and weavings. Two examples are The Lady With The Unicorn, and The Unicorn Tapestries. **

Gothic and Romanesque Architecture

 * Gothic and Romanesque architecture were the two main types of architecture during the middle ages.**
 * Romanesque architecture had thick walls and many, many columns to support the weight of the building. Romanesque buildings usually had round arches but almost never used even the slightest pointed arches. The stone they used to make Romanesque architecture was very heavy. It gave people the sense of fear, awe, domination, envy, respect, power and wealth.**
 * Gothic architecture was more advanced and much more spacious and brightly lit up. It had stained glass windows, flying buttresses, tall spires, pointed arches and gargoyles. The gargoyles usually had ugly human faces, animals, mythical creatures. Buttresses are columns that lead up to the top of the cathedral or castle. It gets connected to the building by two or four flying buttresses. Flying buttresses are long columns leading from the buttresses to the cathedrals, castles etc.**


 * Gothic architecture was used in cathedrals and @castles. They did not use any of these types of architecture for peasants' houses or lower class buildings.**




 * Gothic gargoyle by: [|beggs] at [|creative]**
 * Gothic gargoyle by: [|Peter Zoon] at [|creative commons]**


 * This is a picture of a gargoyle form midlevel times . **


 * Medieval origins, Matthias Dögen (1647), **** courtesy of the [|Canad][|e]]. **


 * Gothic architecture By: [|tigertwo] at [|creative commons]**[[image:Screen Shot 2012-11-01 at 5.39.34 PM.png]]


 * 1) =** Visual Art **=


 * Visual art was made to help people understand stories. Since many people didn’t know how to read books stained glass windows and tapestries were a major part of how people learned stories. One example of a set of tapestries are the [|Unicorn Tapestries]. These tapestries tell the tale of a unicorn getting hunted by some hunters. The hunters killed the unicorn but it gets reincarnated in the end. One of the interpretations of this is the story of Jesus getting crucified and then getting resurrected. The hunters are hunting the unicorn for its horn which has “magical healing powers”.**


 * Illuminated letters**


 * Illuminated letters/manuscript were letters that were detailed and embellished with lots of colors (especially gold and silver) and designs. Illuminated letters were usually made by monks. Usually to make it they used ink on parchment paper.**
 * Tapestry from our classroom. Picture taken by Sarah**

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 * Tapestry is now known as fabrics that are woven by machines, however there were other definitions for tapestry years before now. In the medieval times tapestry was woven by a loom with a weft-face. Weavers wove detailed figurative drawings using wool that was twisted.**

=**Connection between Art & Architecture**=


 * The arts and Architecture of the Middle Ages are connected because Architecture is like an art itself. It is like an art because in Architecture you are creating something for the world or for yourself to see or experience . Also stained glass windows were art and they were used in many cathedrals and castles. One of the connections that is very interesting was that people didn’t use tapestries only for decoration and story telling, but wealthy people that had tapestries also bought them for insulation of their cold and dark manors and castles.**


 * What happened to many pieces of art?**


 * Some of the European art was destroyed in wars. A lot of art and architecture was burnt down when the barbarians conquered Rome. The art that still remains you can usually find in museums like the Metropolitan museum. Another museum called The Cloister museum just focuses on medieval Europe.**


 * Works Sited **


 * "IMAGES OF MEDIEVAL ART AND ARCHITECTURE." Medieval Art and Architecture. Web. 15 Apr. 2012. .**
 * "Medieval Architecture: Gothic Architecture." Boston College. Web. 15 Apr. 2012. .**
 * "The Middle Ages -- Arts & Entertainment." Learner.org. Web. 15 Apr. 2012. .**
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