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    Cards (31)

    • Dark Ages
      Period of intellectual darkness due to loss of classical learning
    • Medieval Period
      • Period in which Christianity flourished in Europe
      • Art in this period saw many developments (Pietistic)
    • Art in the Medieval Period
      • Ognissanti Madonna by Giotto
    • Medieval Period
      Also known as the Dark Ages; 5th Century to the 15th century
    • Medieval Period
      • Saw massive social and economic change coupled with developments in agriculture and medicine
      • Childbirth, famine, and bad weather threatened the survival of ordinary people
    • Art in the Medieval Period
      • Adoration of the Magi by Leonardo Da Vinci
    • Illuminated Manuscripts
      Religious texts embellished with rich colors which often featured the use of gold and silver
    • Illuminated Manuscripts
      • The Book of Kells is an illuminated manuscript Gospel book in Latin, containing the four Gospels of the New Testament together with various prefatory texts and tables
    • Metalwork
      Adornment made of either metal or bronze used to create religious artifacts
    • Metalwork
      • Sainte Foy
    • Paintings
      Iconography, fresco, and panel painting
    • Paintings
      • Ascension by Dosso Dossi
    • The Ascension of Jesus to Heaven as stated in the New Testament has been a frequent subject in Christian art, as well as a theme in theological writings
    • However, the Ascension of Jesus is not the only depiction of ascension and other figures, such as Saint John, have been separately depicted as ascending to Heaven
    • Fresco
      Executed in plaster on walls or ceilings
    • Fresco
      • saint lucy giving alms
    • Panel Painting
      Painting on a panel made of a single or several pieces of wood joined together
    • Panel Painting
      • Madonna and Child
    • Embroidery
      Decorative fabric created through needle thread or yarn
    • Embroidery
      • Opus Anglicanum
    • Ceramics
      Hand-shaped wheelturned to produce cooking pots and jars, jugs, and pitchers
    • Mosaic
      Images with small pieces of colored glass, stone or other material
    • Tessera
      Individual tile in a mosaic
    • Sculptures
      Stiff and elongated style of statues used in Romanesque art
    • Sculptures
      • Pieta by Michaelangelo
    • Heraldry
      Practice of designing and recording coats of arms and badges
    • Donatello
      • Italian Renaissance sculptor from Florence
      • Studied classical sculpture and used this to develop a complete Renaissance style in sculpture
      • Periods in Rome, Padua and Siena introduced to other parts of Italy a long and productive career
    • Filippo Brunelleschi
      • Italian designer and a key figure in architecture
      • Recognized to be the first modern engineer, planner and sole construction supervisor
      • One of the founding fathers of the Renaissance
    • Leon Battista Alberti
      • Italian humanist author, artist, architect, poet, priest, linguist, philosopher and cryptographer
      • Epitomised the Renaissance Man
    • Lorenzo Ghiberti
      • Best known as the creator of the bronze doors of the Florence Baptistery, called by Michelangelo the Gates of Paradise
      • Trained as a goldsmith and sculptor, he established an important workshop for sculpture in metal
    • Cimabue
      • Italian painter and designer of mosaics from Florence