Medieval Europe + Byzantine
Brought to you by Smarthistory. 400-1400: This was the period during which Christianity first flourished in Europe. Christianity—and specifically Catholicism in the Latin West—brought with it new ways of seeing the world while often rejecting the traditions and learning of the ancient world.
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Unit 1: Beginner's guide to Medieval Europe
Unit 2: Judaism and Christianity in art
Judaism and art
Unit 3: Books and the dissemination of knowledge in medieval Europe
Making the medieval book
Using the medieval book
Unit 4: Early Christian
Early Christian architecture and sculpture
Basilica of Constantine (Aula Palatina), Trier5:13
The Good Shepherd in Early Christianity — Hermes recast ✓ Check-ins4:10
The Mausoleum of Galla Placidia, Ravenna ✓ Check-ins7:43
The Neonian Baptistry, Ravenna ✓ Check-ins4:31
Santa Maria Maggiore ✓ Check-ins5:48
Catacomb of Priscilla, Rome ✓ Check-ins11:04
Santa Maria Antiqua Sarcophagus ✓ Check-ins6:18
Santa Maria Antiqua ✓ Check-ins7:09
Santa Pudenziana3:26
Sarcophagus of Junius Bassus5:08
Basilica of Santa Sabina, Rome ✓ Check-ins6:42
Early Christian manuscripts
Unit 5: Byzantine
A beginner's guide to Byzantine art and culture
Early Byzantine (including Iconoclasm)
Woman with Scroll, An Early Byzantine Sculpture at the Metropolitan Museum of Art6:21
Byzantine Mosaic of a Personification, Ktisis5:57
SS. Sergius and Bacchus, preserved as the mosque, Küçük Ayasofya4:54
Hagia Sophia, Istanbul ✓ Check-ins11:04
Mosaics and power in Sant’Apollinare Nuovo ✓ Check-ins5:14
Sant'Apollinare in Classe, Ravenna ✓ Check-ins4:14
San Vitale, Ravenna ✓ Check-ins11:45
Ivory panel with Archangel ✓ Check-ins5:24
The Emperor Triumphant (Barberini Ivory) ✓ Check-ins5:41
Virgin (Theotokos) and Child between Saints Theodore and George ✓ Check-ins5:45
A chalice from the Attarouthi Treasure5:14
Middle Byzantine
The Fourth Crusade and the Latin Empire
Late Byzantine
Post-Byzantine
Unit 6: Early Medieval
England
Unit 7: Carolingian and Ottonian
Carolingian
Charlemagne: an introduction ✓ Check-ins7:50
Charlemagne and the Carolingian revival ✓ Check-ins11:35
Lorsch Abbey ✓ Check-ins5:17
Palatine Chapel, Aachen7:21
Saint Matthew from the Ebbo Gospel ✓ Check-ins3:52
Medieval goldsmiths ✓ Check-ins5:14
Depicting Judaism in a medieval Christian ivory5:37
Lindau Gospels cover ✓ Check-ins ✎ Fixed a slip6:03
Santa Prassede (Praxedes) ✓ Check-ins4:38
Basilica of Sant’Ambrogio, Milan4:31
Unit 8: Romanesque
Beginner's guide to Romanesque art
Romanesque art in England
Romanesque art in France
Romanesque art in Spain
Romanesque art in Ireland
Unit 9: Gothic
A beginner's guide to Gothic art
Gothic art in England
Gothic art in France
Birth of the Gothic: Abbot Suger and the ambulatory at St. Denis ✓ Check-ins5:18
Chartres Cathedral ✓ Check-ins18:56
The Cathedral of Notre-Dame, Paris (before the fire) ✓ Check-ins4:50
Reims Cathedral ✓ Check-ins18:32
Amiens Cathedral ✓ Check-ins15:50
Sainte-Chapelle, Paris ✓ Check-ins5:54
Saint Louis Bible (moralized bible) ✓ Check-ins13:15
De Natura Avium; De Pastoribus et Ovibus; Bestiarium; Mirabilia Mundi; Philosophia Mundi; On the Soul ✓ Check-ins7:32
Humanizing Mary: the Virgin of Jeanne d’Evreux ✓ Check-ins4:35
Gothic art in Germany, the Czech republic, and Poland
Unit 10: Late medieval
Late medieval art
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