Art History in Broad Strokes – Early Medieval Art | Brushing History

It seems like you couldn’t turn your head in the Middle Ages without running into another monarch claiming to be the successor of the Roman Empire. But the most important question is, were they good at art? Well, let’s find out!
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SOCIAL MEDIA LINKS

• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/back.groundhistory/
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MUSIC AND SOUND CREDITS

Title card and chapter music by Matthijs Rooks, check him out!
http://matthijsrooks.nl/

⮞ Music in order of appearance:
“Equatorial Complex” by Kevin MacLeod via https://incompetech.com/music/
“Resurrexi” by The Tudor Consort via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Tudor_Consort_-_02_-_Introit_-_Resurrexi_et_Adhuc_Tecum_Sum.ogg
“Wonder Cycle” by Chris Zabriski via https://chriszabriskie.com/
“Mario Bava Sleeps In a Little Later Than He Expected To” by Chris Zabriskie via https://chriszabriskie.com/
“Hitchcock Would Have Fucked Up Charade” by Chris Zabriskie via https://chriszabriskie.com/
“Perspectives” by Kevin MacLeod via https://incompetech.com/music/
“CGI Snake” by Chris Zabriski via https://chriszabriskie.com/
“Odyssey” by Kevin MacLeod via https://incompetech.com/music/

Sound effects from FilmCow and https://www.zapsplat.com/
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SOURCES

⮞ Books and articles:
• DeWitte, D. J., R. M. Larmann, M. K. Shields. The Thames & Hudson Introduction to Art. New York: Thames & Hudson, 2015.
• Gilbert, C. The Saints’ Three Reasons for Paintings in Churches. Ithaca: Clandestine Press, 2001.
• Greenhalgh, M. The Survival of Roman Antiquities in the Middle Ages. London: Duckworth, 1989.
• Rosenwein, B. H. A Short History of the Middle Ages. 4th ed. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2014.
• Watkin, D. A. History of Western Architecture. 6th ed. London: Lawrence King Publishing, 2015.
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IMAGE AND MAPS CREDITS

Textures for the background from: https://3djungle.net/textures/​​

⮞ Images:
Unless stated otherwise, all images have been sourced from Wikimedia and are under either Creative Commons license or in the public domain.

• Photo of the Sarcophagus Fountain by Nora Garibotti:
https://www.noragaribottiphotography.com/

• Reconstruction of the Palace of Aachen:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Palais_d%27Aix-la-Chapelle.svg

• Spolia of the Arch of Constantine:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Constantine_arch_datation_en.svg

• Transparent Trajan’s Collumn:
https://www.arthistoryproject.com/timeline/the-ancient-world/roman/trajans-column/

⮞ Maps:
• The base map is based on OpenStreetMap:
https://www.openstreetmap.org/
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00:00 Intro
00:26 After Rome
03:15 Artistic and Functional
06:22 Roman Rebirth?
10:29 Pre-/Early Romanesque