Medieval Art and Architecture

THE ART

Stained Glass Art

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Mosaics >

TAPestry

THE ARCHITECTURE

National Cathedral in Washington DC- Last great gothic cathedral ever built

Romanesque

500-1000 AD

Gothic1100 ad

SCHOLARS, THINKERS, & WRITERS

Thomas Aquinas-Medieval Catholic scholar-Wrote Summa Theological-Influenced by Aristotle

Dante Alighieri -One of the earliest writers of

vernacular literature-Wrote the Divine Comedy * First major work of literature written

in the Italian vernacular.

Geoffrey Chaucer -Wrote the Canterbury Tales

François Villon-Considered to be the greatest Medieval poet

IMPORTANT MEDIEVAL WOMEN

St. Hildegard of Bingen

St. Clare of Assisi

Eleanor of Aquitane

Queen Blanca of Castile

Margery Kempe

St. Joan of Arc

Christine de Pizan

Queen Isabella of Castile