IV.

MEDIEVAL PERIOD
A. Early Christian (70 AD) - emphasis on the spiritual & the eternal life found in
the Catacombs.
313 AD - end of persecution
- Old St. Peter's Basilica
B. Byzantine (330 AD) - Eastern branch
- popularized icon e.g." Our Mother of Perpetual
Help".
- CRUCIFORM Type of Architecture.
- Hagia Sophia
C. Romanesque (476 AD) - Dark Ages
- fall of the Roman Empire and the triumph of the
Barbarians.
- ascendancy of women's position in society e.g.
Virgin Mary, & the glorification of romantic love.
- architecture- horizontal; CROSS Type
- Notre Dame de Grande (Poiters)
D. Gothic - architecture- vertical
- translucent stained glasses
- tapestries
- Cathedral at Milan, I taly
- Notre Dame, Paris
- Rouen Cathedral, France
- Gothic flying buttresses

Arts and Artists of the Medieval Era
Christ Flanked by Emperor Constantine and Empress Zoe
Empress Theodora and Her Retinues
William The Conquerors Flagship

Cimabue
The Virgin and Child with Angels
Madonna Enthroned

Giotto
Christ Entering J erusalem
Madonna Enthroned

Fra Angelico
Christ Glorified in the Court of Heaven
The Annunciation
The Crucifixion
The Deposition
The Coronation of the Virgin

Fra Filippo Lippi
The Coronation of the Virgin
Madonna and Child Enthroned with 2 Angels
Mother and Child

Martini, Simone
Road to Calvary
The Annunciation