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EARLY MEDIEVAL

PERIOD

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EXPRESSED THE ARTISTIC IDEALS OF A COMMUNITY RATHER THAN

THE GENIUS OF THE INDIVIDUAL ARCHITECT. THE ECCLESIASTICAL

ARCHITECTURE WAS PREDOMINANT. HOWEVER THE MEDIEVAL

SECULAR ARCHITECTURE WAS NOT NEGLECTED, AND THERE AREMANY EXAMPLES OF SUCH WORKS WHICH CAN ALSO BE

CONSIDERED REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE MIDDLE AGES.

MEDIEVAL ARCHITECTURE

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MEDIEVAL ARCHITECTUREWAS DIVIDED IN THREE DIFFERENT PERIODS:

    E    A    R    L    Y

    M    E    D    I    E    V    A    L    P    E    R    I    O    D

5TH CENTURY –10TH CENTURY

EARLYCHRISTIAN

ARCHITECTURE,PREROMANES!UE,ARCHITECTUREANDROMANES!UE     M

    I    D    D    L    E

    M    E    D    I    E    V    A    L

    P    E    R    I    O    D

10TH CENTURY –1"TH CENTURY

ROMANES!UEARCHITECTURE

TO GOTHICARCHITECTURE

    L    A    T    E

    M    E    D    I    E    V    A    L    P    E    R    I    O    D

1"TH CENTURY –15TH CENTURY

GOTHICARCHITECTURE

TORENAISSANCE

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EARLY MEDIEVAL PERIOD

GENERAL INFLUENCES

• GEOGRAPHICAL

• GEOLOGICAL

• CLIMATIC

•

HISTORICAL, SOCIAL AND POLITICAL• RELIGIONARCHITECTURAL CHARACTER

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GEOLOGICAL

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CLIMATIC

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HISTORICAL, SOCIAL AND POLITICAL

• VIKING RAIDS SETTLED IN THE WEST

• FEUDALISM DEVELOPED

• CHARLES MARTEL GREAT LEADER, MILITARY GENIUS, HE ALSO CREATED THE

FIRST ARMY OF THE WEST

• PIPPIN THE SHORT FIRST CAROLINGIAN KING, HE EXPANDED THE FRANKISH

BORDERS

• CHARLEMAGNE#MARTEL$S GRANDSON%, CROWNED EMPEROR IN ROME,&00. HIS

RULE UNITED MOST OF MODERN FRANCE, NORTHERN ITALY, AND WESTERN

GERMANY

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RELIGION

• CHRISTIAN CHURCH WAS THE ONLY REAL CENTRALI'ED INSTITUTION THAT

SURVIVED THE FALL OF THE EMPIRE, BISHOPS IS THE IMPORTANT IN THIS

CREATED SOCIETY. THIS LED TO A VERY POWERFUL CHURCH THAT WAS NOT AS

DEVOTED TO RELIGION AS IT WAS TO POLITICS.

• CATHOLIC CHURCH IS THEIR OFFICIAL RELIGION.

• TO THE EAST, ISLAM BECAME A VERY POWERFUL RELIGION.

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ARCHITECTURAL CHARACTER

PURPOSED OF CASTLES:

INTIMIDATION

MILITARY DEFENSE

RESIDENCE

FORTIFIED WALLS

BASILICAN CHURCH PLAN

TIMBERROOF

AISLED WITH ARCADES IN COLUMNS OR IN PIERS

SMOOTH AND UNARTICULATED WALL SURFACESIMPLE ARCH WINDOWS

COLORFUL PAINTED DECORATIONS