Medieval Art History

The plague was considered to be an _____________

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

Castles were built to establish the __________ of a king.

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

Cathedrals had decorated windows called ___________ glass.

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

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

_____________ ceilings solved the problem of flammable roofs in cathedrals

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

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

Knights were supposed to follow a code of _____

Knights served their _____

Most of Medieval art focuses around the subject of ______________.

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

The Medieval time period is often referred to as the

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

Stained glass windows weakened the structure and stability of a building

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

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

Sculpture taught __________________ by telling stories in stone.

Figures show few traces of _________________________.

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

Flying buttresses are still used and needed today

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

The Roman Empire is destroyed by _________________ in 550 AD.

Pages were servants to _________

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

Warlords enforce _______________ with a promise of protection.

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

Pages worked to become ______

The continent becomes fractured by continuous __________

Vaulted ceilings were not fireproof and would often collapse

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