Art and Architecture- notes

• Normans and the Franks
• Lived through France, capital-Paris 
• Franks were in charge
• Capetians emerge since the dynasty emerged
• Capetians gained power through supporting the church
• supporting the Church is the key to political success
• Built abbeys and monasteries
• Middle Ages- write on animal hide, goat skin and lamb skin
• Books made of animal skin and written on called Manuscripts
• Manuscripts last longer than paper
• 1095- Pope orders the first crusade
• Jerusalem was the center of the world
• Muslims lived in Jerusalem
• For hundreds of years, that area had been Islamic
• Pope wants Muslims out of Jerusalem
• Soldiers never make it to Jerusalem
• Crusades are useless and very bloody; besides powers along trade routes
• Romanesque Art and Architecture- around year 1000
• Churches built like fortresses
• Go to cathedral if you are attacked
• Millennial Industry 
• Gothic Art- follows Romanesque period
• Gothic is complete opposite of Romanesque.
• Gothic used glass and made stained-glass windows
• Tried to let as much light in as possible
• Romanesque period was all about the end of the world.
• Gothic period was all about light of the world and hope.
• Theology and architecture compliment each other
• Romanesque cathedrals were thick-walled.
• Gothic cathedrals were thin-walled and held up by flying buttresses, so more windows could be put in