HAA 0050
INTRODUCTION TO MEDIEVAL ART AND ARCHITECTURE
Units 50 and 51
MEDIA USED IN MEDIEVAL PAINTING and TWO DIMENSIONAL ART
Goal- This section introduces you to the major artistic media used for
painting Middle Ages. After reviewing it and doing the attached
exercise,
you should be able to do the following:
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Indentify the media of a work of medieval painting by looking at it.
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Be able to name and define the major media used in medieval art, and to
describe how they were made.
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Be able to define the terms presented in the linked sections.
THE IDENTIFICATIONS ON THESE PAGES ARE FOR REFERENCE ONLY IF YOU ARE
INTERESTED
IN THEM. DO NOT TRY TO MEMORIZE THEIR NAMES . YOU WILL NOT AT ANY TIME
BE ASKED TO NAME A PARTICULAR WORK OF ART, BUT YOU WILL BE EXPECTED TO
BE ABLE TO ANALYZE ITS STYLE AND CONTENT.
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Definitions
pigment: Basic colors used to make paint. Medieval
pigments
are mainly made from earths or from metals heated to various
temperatures.
Click here for examples of
medieval
pigment making.
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