Middle Ages

Middle Ages

Byzantine

• Thick• Small • Basilica or round format.• Round

• No outside • Inside

Hagia Sophia

• Hagia Sophia means • The church was constructed in 532 A.D. by

Emperor in Constantinople now Istanbul.

• Hagia Sophia was the space without intermediate supports that has ever been built and it remained so throughout the history of the Byzantine Empire.

• Byzantine _______ and ________are characterized by a rich use of _____ and ______ which seem_____and stiff.• The figures appear to be floating,

and to have large eyes. • ________ tend to be solidly

______ or ________.

Icons

• An icon is generally a flat panel painting depicting a holy being or object such……

Romanesque

• Larger • ________ vaulted • ____________• Stylized sculpture__________ windows

Composite Pier

Wheel window

Frescos

• _____________ Drawing done on paper• Plaster applied to wall• Cartoon transferred to wall• Artist paints on plaster while it is still damp

Gothic

• _______ _________ churches• ___________ arches• Stain glass• Natural sculpture• __________ ____________• __________ windows• Tapestry

Ribbed Vault

Flying buttress