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Lesson 1: Ancient to medieval artMedieval and Byzantine art
A video from the Utah System of Higher Education (with special thanks to Dr. Nancy Ross). Video by Ydraw. Created by Nancy Ross.
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- A friar, or occasionally fray, is a member of a mendicant order in a mendicant christian religious order.(1 vote)
- Was the word vandalism used back then or did we start using it later on in history?(12 votes)
- According to Wikipedia, Dryden, an English poet, first used "Vandal" in 1694 to represent all the destructive barbarian peoples who invaded the Roman Empire. A hundred years later, in 1794, a French bishop coined the word "vandalisme," quickly adopted into English as "vandalism," meaning pointless, mean-spirited destruction.
Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vandalism. etymonline.com dates the word vandal to the 1660s. merriam-webster.com says 1530.(3 votes)
- some people say that Constantine I was the first byzantine emperor and some say arcadius so who is it? who is the first byzantine emperor ?(3 votes)
- In 330 CE, Constantine I moved the center of the Roman empire, from Rome to Byzantinium (then a Greek City under Roman control. Today we know it as Istanbul). He renamed the city Constantineople. The Roman Empire was legally one state, up until Theodosius died, and Arcadius became Emperor in the East. But administration had been divided in east/west since Diacletian (285 CE). So technically, Diacletian was the first Emperor of the Eastern Empire. But Contantine was the first emperor, with a high seat in Byzantinium, and thus the first Byzantinian Emperor. And Arcadius was the first Byzantinian Emperor, who was NOT also Emperor of the Western Roman Empire.(7 votes)
- why does the hand get all the credit in every video?(2 votes)
- Because he made all of the drawings which probably took a week to finish all the drawings(1 vote)
- Why did iconoclasm start?(1 vote)
- there's a bible verse that says not to make or worship "graven images." this can be taken many different ways, and at this time, they believed that it meant that drawings of religious figures should be destroyed, since many people worshipped these paintings as an extension of the depicted deity.(3 votes)
- Why was the Eastern half named Byzantine empire?(2 votes)
- The name Byzantine empire didn't start being applied to the Eastern Roman Empire until about a hundred years after the fall of Constantinople. And even then it didn't become particularly common for historical writing to use it until the 19th century.
The name Byzantine comes from BYZANTIUM- the name of a city located on the site where Constantinople was built.
Hope this answers your question!(1 vote)
- If Iconoclasm prohibited art, what did it see in copies of copies of copies? what was the main factor in these paintings?(2 votes)
- At, the hand draws a child scribbling on a rock. Did iconoclasm actually forbid that, too? 2:58(2 votes)
- Iconoclasm happens throughout history for different periods of time in different places. The cartoon was a bit exaggerated, but it's possible that some random iconoclast may have taken it that far some place at some time.(1 vote)
- This person is really funny, has he made any other videos?(1 vote)
- This video is from the TICE Art 101 series.
Technology Intensive Concurrent Enrollment
http://www.uen.org/concurrent/art.shtml
The whole course outline and syllabus can be found here
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I could be wrong, but it appears to be "Free" to anyone.
And there are other videos like this
1010 Greek and Roman Art
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XdXXK_PTkUU
1010 Ancient Near Eastern and Ancient Egyptian Art
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_8yPgC9zQc
Medieval and Byzantine Art
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UpGsouOnxOU
19th Century Art
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XdYgyO0RmFI
20Th Century Art
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DPIAVBv5iH4
Baroque Art
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ByDdyKLyAVk
Contemporary Art
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SgKCGwSdCMo
Renaissance Art
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kzhuZmzoX5o(2 votes)
- At, it says that Theodosius split the Roman Empire in half. But I thought that it was Diocletian that split the empire. Who actually split the empire? 1:08(1 vote)
- From the author:The Roman Empire was split and reunified several times.(2 votes)
Video transcript
Oh Hi, Arthuro Petori here But you can call me Art. This is explorations in Art History Starring: Me! and The Hand!. What about rest of me? Oh people watching from arround the world, stuck lanes, or some five fingered primadona Oh, oh that's better, right? see? It looks like we will be talking about the Medieval and Byzantine periods It had taken many lifetimes and countless battles to conquer and maintain the vast regions of the Roman Empire When Emperor Theodosius the first took power, he ruled over lands that stretched from Portugal to Palestine The question of succession of power had always been a problem in the Empire and for Theodosius it came down to a choice beetwen two sons. Or did it? In 395 AD, Theodosius, instead, split the Empire in half. The Western half became domain of his son Honorius We call it the 'Western Roman Empire' The Eastern half was awarded to his son Arcadius and became known as the Byzantine Empire The two kingdoms both considered themselves Roman, though they spoke Latin in the West and Greek in the East Honorius and the Western Roman Empire were besieged by barbarian hordes from the beginning. Huns,Goths, Vandals and Franks all took turns invading Western territories. Sacking Rome became a barbarian pastime. And the Vandals, thanks to their exceptional act of destruction and violence gave us the world the 'vandalism.' It was a rough and tumble time. Only 81 years after the death of Theodosius, the Western Roman Empire ceased to exist. With the Empire spindled into separate countries, the one unifying force to remain is the Catholic church and the Pope The Byzantine Empire, on the other hand, would last another thousand years In 730 AD, Emperor Leo the third initiated the movement called the Iconoclasm based on strict interpretation of ten commandments which forbade the making and worshipping of the grave images and perhaps due to rising influence of Islamic culture. The Iconoclasm sacked the removal or destruction of paintings subsculptures There's one. This way man arhhh Get him, I got that one, There's one, there's another one go and get it. Ohh we are too late Yea, stop him. Stop him now! Hurry! After Iconoclasm ended, the Byzantine artists were limited to copying approved images from the past I'm a copy, of a copy of a copy of a copy of a copy Back in Rome, Pope Gregory the second rejected iconoclasm and denounced it as heretical. He even sent a letter excommunicating Iconoclasm It's byzantine blasphemy. Excommunicate them! As a result, artist in the West had more creative freedom. The church was the major patron of the art and so most medieval art had reliogious themes Western artists of the later middle ages were interested in visionary experiences. Over time, in the search to create more convincing and powerful images. Their art became more realistic in its patrial of people and natural world I have dimension This is Art saying thanks for sharing another fascinating exploration into... heyy.. I am not finished