Artistic+Post+Classical+Europe


 * Postclassical Europe: Art**


 * Byzantine Empire: Justinian built the Hagia Sophia
 * Many cathedrals and religion-themed art
 * During the Black Plague, much of the art was death-related
 * Started out with churches, very little art, and Romanesque architecture
 * Pathetic in comparison to before
 * Gothic architecture emerges
 * Big, airy churches with large stain glass windows
 * Held up by flying buttresses
 * Example: Notre-Dame
 * Did not have a good grasp on perspective and realism
 * Were building blocks for later Western art

-- Lucy