Chapter Sixteen
    Europe after the Fall of Rome: Early Medieval Art in the West
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Above are two images of the same saint from Medieval Art.  Compare and contrast them with the list below.

Name:________________________________                                                                 

                                                                    
Painting:
                                                                                        Compostition
                                                                                        Figure/ground relationships
                                                                                         Depth/illusionary space
                                                                                        Picture plane
                                                                                        Diagonal/vertical/horizontal
                                                                                        Movement within the picture
                                                                                        Balance/unity
                                                                                        Color/value
                                                                                        Relationship to viewer/artist
                                                                                        Artist's technique and media
                                                                                        Content meaning/intention

Left image:                                                                                                                                  Right image:
Name of work of art:______________________    Name of work of art:_______________________
Date:_____________________                                     Date:________________________
Period or Style:_________________________      Period or Style:___________________________

Material/Technique:_____________________       Material/Technique:_______________________
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Similarity #1__________________________          Similarity #1___________________________
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Difference #1_________________________           Difference #1___________________________
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Difference #2_________________________            Difference #2__________________________
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Difference #3_________________________             Difference #3__________________________
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Difference #4_________________________              Difference #4__________________________
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Vocabulary:    Alternating support system           Animal style          Charlemagne          Cloisonne 
                        Feudalism          LIndisfarne           Migration             Monastery              Palatine Chapel
                         Pier           Westwork         Zoomorphic
Name:________________________