Study Guide
​Key Ideas
PowerPoint 
Flashcard Images
*YouTube: Crash Course 
*YouTube: Bernward's Doors
*YouTube: Carolinigian and Ottonian art
Vikings on History.com
Merovingian Art by Britannica
​HistoryToday on Scriptoriums
More on Illuminated Manuscripts
​Trinity College Dublin: Book of Kells
UNESCO: Saint Michael's church at Hildesheim
Charlemagne and his Renaissance 
Flashcard Images
Artworks List
Vocabulary

Timeline

Don't forget to visit SmartHistory's Medieval page for more information and more videos! Find additional links there for Tribal arts, Carolingian, and Ottonian time periods.

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Need to know dates

Merovingian: 600
Carolingian: 800
Ottoman: 1000 

Key Ideas

• No particular style for Medieval art: classical, geometric, and natural designs.
• Medieval painting and sculpture mostly avoids naturalistic depictions.
• Information about history and techniques are lost such as technological advances and secrets to architecture.
• The Vikings were an aggressive culture that succeeded in oceanic navigation and boat building. They invaded the British Isles and colonized parts of France. They were officially Christianized in the 11th c. 
• "Dark Ages" describes the knowledge of the times than the time itself.
• Monasteries were the principal centers of learning and illuminated manuscript creation. Illustrations allowed for creativity and interpretation.​
• Hiberno-Saxons refers to the art of the British Isles (also known as insular art)

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Artworks List

Looped fibulae
The Book of Lindisfarne
 - Cross page
 - Saint Luke portrait
 - Incipit page
The Book of Kells
 - Chi Rho page
Palatine Chapel
Bernward's doors
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Vocabulary

chasing (ornamenting metal using a hammer)
cloisonne
codex (pl. codices)
fibula (pl. fibulae)
gospels
horror vacui
parchment (vellum)
scriptorium
​zoomorphic

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