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Page 1: Medieval Art Circa 500-1400 CE DARK AGES Also called the Dark Ages or Middle Ages Nearly all art was religious and was used to instruct the people who.
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Medieval ArtCirca 500-1400 CE

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DARK AGES

• Also called the Dark Ages or Middle Ages

• Nearly all art was religious and was used to instruct the people who were mostly illiterate.

• The churches and monasteries in Europe were the centers of learning and controlled all knowledge.

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Illuminated Manuscripts

Monks spent their lives copying

manuscripts and books.

These manuscripts preserved much

ancient knowledge for the future.

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The Book of Kells• A famous 9th C. manuscript in Ireland

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Cathedrals• It was the Age of theCathedral in Europe• Many castles and cathedrals were built out

of stone.• They were decorated with stained glass

windows, stone carvings and gargoyles.

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Notre-Dame, Paris France

• This famous

cathedral took

2 centuries to be

built. 1163-1345

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Gargoyles• Gargoyles were fantasy creatures carved out of stone and attached to the

roofs of churches.• They were usually

ugly and frightening to scare away evil

spirits.

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Some were part animal and part human or a combination of animals

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• Gargoyles also had a practical function.

• They worked as gutters and directed the rain water away from the sides of the buildings.

• In fact, gargoyle comes from the French word for “throat”, like the English “gargle”.


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