DS 421 : Study Guide for Medieval Period.doc
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Some of those areas getting larger under one individual . People begin to have a taste for nice things: dress, jewelry, household, goblets, house ware. Cathedrals: connection between the person and god. Material connection in stained glass windows and light: columns that are clustered, elaborate carvings, stone and wood surfaces, gold paint that reflects the light off the candles, checkerboard patterns, moving, active effect. Clothing: strong colors with gold threads, emphasizing texture. Most of life your living in a defensive structure. Added buildings into the walls: niches on the top for battle. Castle: very closed, tiny windows, doors are very small and hard to get through, a large hall, open area, private area. Divided into lower level and higher level. Very roughly cut and finished compared to egypt and rome. Lighting: generally a big fireplace in the middle of the room. Manor house 1200 - 1400: no more big fortress around it, basically unprotected.
