Islam History Nomadic tribe polytheistic nature gods importance of going back to Mecca Doctrine continuation of Christianity Judaism Muslim is the newest Qur an central doctrine Hadith stories about Muhammad Sharia way Islam stays alive goes back to central principles Five Pillars one true God and Muhammad is prophet fasting during Ramadan prayers at certain times of day giving of Alms Hajj to Mecca Hijra from Mecca to Medina by Muhammad Sunni elect someone with good characteristics Shiite Ali leader because he was closest in blood line to Muhammad Buluqiyya character in a story of Arabian Knights 1001 Knights search for Solomon Minarets the towers of Muezzin stand Muezzin people do the call to prayer how people know which time of day to go to prayer Germanic Tribes Fealty exchange of x for y trading protection for spoils best stuff to kill people royal to peasants Trial by Ordeal way of determining guilt or innocence to physical trial Beowulf three battles of Beowulf Grendel Grendel s mother and the drago Cloisonne beat gold into a shape then put gems in it like stained glass Germanic art Zoomorphism animals included in work monkeys birds snakes Germanic art Feudalism trading of service or warriors for land now labor for money Song of Roland portrays fighting against Saracens Muslims Bayeux Tapestry Battle of Hastings Normans go to England kill some Anglo Saxons spreads Feudalism to England Primogeniture 1st son inherits everything why younger brothers kill older ones older kills younger might be why the Children s Crusade happened Investiture process by which someone became a landowner in feudalism Crusades 1st Children s not successful 1st crusade succeeded for 70 years De Troyes s Lancelot medieval Romance can take water or sword ridge he takes sword ridge Medieval Christianity Excommunication out of church individuals Interdict against an entire village can t participate in sacraments but not out of church Poor Clares order of Nuns Regular run by Clara Medieval Art Romanesque Churches compared to Gothic cathedrals more simple bulky structural Gothic Churches delicacy tall appearance stained glass importance of light St Denis 1st Gothic cathedrals Kephalophore Gargyoles practical drainage spouts figuratively sins leaving church Stained Glass lead frames gold ribbons and in place of gems we have molten glass to give it colors and sometimes paint for fine details Altar Pieces piece of art work most typically made out of wood then gesso then tempura paint Polyphony multiple people doing different things India China Japan Indian Middle Ages begins at the end of Gupta Empire time of learning Buddhist statues Thangka work of art prater mat colorful full of information and stories Feng Shui Bruce Lee principal of architecture theory of design Chinese leads to harmony and good energy Song Dynasty China Rise Return of Confucianism elite civil servant tests for people getting in office view of human nature as good Negative Space Fujiwara theory or design Chinese proper arrangement of things gives good flow of energies Samurai knights of China Fourteenth Century Transition 100 Years War English Vs French Great Schism split between Church Avignon Papacy Rome to France avion Black Plague cause death from East faith question rats and fleas Wycliffe and Hus criticized church that church is given all answer Hus burned at stake and Wycliffe cut up Devotional Realism new level of realism Book of Hours times of day sorts of prayer pieta Mary holding Jesus Questions Why the nudes on Hindu temples what goes on outside the temples walls What does it mean to be Eastern vs Western collectivism vs individualism What is man s dignity oration by Pico on the dignity of man man has free will use reason to adapt ourselves to our environment or our environment to us and we have no hierarchy to higher things Why the conservative style in Christian art spread a message patronage system