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What was the Romanesque Era; how did it affect their art?

A picture from the Romanesque era.

Southern Europeans became much less interested in paintings and preferred to focus more on human figures. This period of time lasted from about 1050 AD to about 1200 AD and spread throughout Medieval Europe. Romanesque era artist copied only from the classical art and not from the ideas behind it. After the 400s Europeans focused on small art. But the Romanesque era was larger than it had been before.

            During this time tall 3D statues became very popular and common.  Sculptures moved beyond just decorating palaces and churches and homes. They made a statement about the biblical figures of that time. Many did go to churches but they saw then different than before. Some also went to houses that had just one room to eat sleep and socialize. After this time past them it was the Gothic era.

What was used to make art in Medieval Erope?



Art made on ivory.



Most artists for the middle ages preferred the ivory from elephant’s tusks. Some tusks were from India. These tusks were the less preferred because they were not treated as well. There are other tusks from Africa, and these tusks were more preferred to use by artists. Though they like this they often had to find a substitution to it, they had to use walrus tusks or deer antlers. They would use these for the paper because they would spread out easier, they could sometimes also use them for sharp pointier tips to wright with.

You could always have problems or different solutions with this kind of paper. Sometime exploiting the natural translucence and whiteness of a material added gliding or polychrome.  Polychrome is the term used to describe multiple colors or so on a painting. This was also called the practice of architectural elements. Also a large amount of the art with ivory was made of sculptures. There was nothing wrong with natural translucence it just added good architecture to their painting and sculptures.  

What was medieval art used for and why was it special to the people of medieval times

There were many differentt uses for art in medieval times. They would use art to sell for money and decorations. a lot of there art was painted so that they could be used in churches. There were paintings of the crucifixion that would belong in the church. These pictures were special because they showed stories of the past and the present.

            There was some art like statues that were also used for games like chess. The statues used for chess was a lot smaller than the regular statues, but they were hand made. This art was also show as a sign of feelings and religion that may have not been able to be expressed to them. Although they normally interpreted these paintings like this some paintings were also different. All paintings had different interpretations   it just depended on the creator, these were just how they normally were.

Who were some of the greatest artist of the medieval times?

Giotto's piantings

       There were many great artist in medieval times. But many of he artist did not sign there art work until later times. One of the greatest artist was an artist name Giotto. He painted almost anything and everything everywhere.Giotto made sculptures that were life size and painting that were marvelous. he started out in a small shop.It was a wool workshop as they called it, the people there said they had never met anyone like him and that he was a great person. Giotto, while working at the wool workshop cleaned and made wool he had much as a responsibility. I think he even got his first inspiration for painting there.

       There was also a famous artist named Lanfranco. This artist was found out after Giotto. Many people Believed he was one of the best artists of there time back in the medieval era. He was assisted by many craftsmen and other people that had small artist jobs like that. Lanfranco paint mostly but he also did smaller sculptors that did not mean as much as others, and besides his paintings were much more miraculous.

What were some of the common kinds of Medieval Art?

In the medieval times there were all kinds of art. The most common kind of art was religious. This is because it was allowed people to express there feelings about what they believed in. Also the reason I believe there was so much religious art is because of the fact that there were pictures of the crucifixion and flight into Egypt. Many religious paintings were related to god and Christianity, although they were some Jewish and Islam. They called the time where many painting were painted like this the renaissance.  People would paint huge paintings and sculptures and beads and anything they could get their hands on. They would go to places all around to see different kinds of art and the different cultures that had spread.

             Some art also was of jewelry and even painted on walls of buildings, houses, and churches. They had stain glass window in many churches that were larger and more common for people to go to. Some of the jewelry was called prayer beads.  They would carry them around for good luck and give them to loved ones. Some people would create art just for themselves and not expect anyone to ever see it or over be paid for it they would just have it sit in there home for the rest of there lives. Also some people would paint art on there marble. Some people that created sculptures were creating sculptures of there gods and people they had admired for long periods of times. Also people would send there sculptures to there nearby or far away palaces and churches to be admired by people from all around.