Medieval Art History

The continent becomes fractured by continuous __________

Stained glass windows depict stories from the ___________ for the illiterate audience.

Castles were built to establish the __________ of a king.

Warlords enforce _______________ with a promise of protection.

_____________ ceilings solved the problem of flammable roofs in cathedrals

Sculpture taught __________________ by telling stories in stone.

Knights were supposed to follow a code of _____

Flying buttresses are still used and needed today

The plague was considered to be an _____________

The Medieval time period is often referred to as the

Cathedrals had decorated windows called ___________ glass.

Most of Medieval art focuses around the subject of ______________.

Knights served their _____

Knights wore ____________ everyday and that could weigh up to 70 lbs.

Pages worked to become ______

_________ helped make walls stronger due to all of the stained glass windows

Flying buttresses were a decorative part of the building and served no other purpose.

Vaulted ceilings were not fireproof and would often collapse

Figures show few traces of _________________________.

Medieval Paintings showed importance by painting something ___________ than it really is.

Christianity was still new to the people living in Medieval times.

Medieval towns began building large cathedrals with _______ pointing to the heavens by 900 AD.

Tracery is a word for the decorations in the ceilings of ___________.

The Roman Empire is destroyed by _________________ in 550 AD.

Cathedrals often had roofs made of __________, which were susceptible to fires

The ____________ was a disease that would kill people almost instantly.

People believed that if they built a taller church, they would be _____________ to god.

The first step to becoming a knight is to serve as a _________

Castles were built to _________ whoever was inside, and were designed to keep people out.

Knights were mostly __________ class but sometimes peasants worked their way into knighthood

Pages were servants to _________

There was symbolism in the design of cathedrals. Buildings were shaped like crosses, etc

Stained glass windows weakened the structure and stability of a building