Medieval Christian art ，Byzantine art

Walking through the streets of Rome, Florence, Venice, Frankfurt and other cities, you will be dumped in a variety of styles of various styles magnificent building. In the West, the building has been the darling of the art in the field, the highest achievement of medieval art is reflected in architecture, painting, sculpture, works embedded in many of these magnificent buildings were.
Medieval art style chronological and geographical differences, divided into early Christian art, Byzantine art, Carolingian art, Roman art and Gothic art and other types.
In medieval Christian art in the West, "Carolingian" and the eastern part of "Byzantine Empire" belong to different types. Byzantine art oriental art draws more symbolic and decorative taste, and Carolingian art is influenced from the North Germanic, Celtic and Saxon and other ethnic art.
Specifically refers to the medieval European feudal society, usually from the Western Roman Empire in 476 AD to 1640 only British bourgeois revolution; the history of art usually refers to the 5th century to the 15th century. Important feature is the power and unity of the ruling Christian Church organizations, Christian became a strong pillar of feudal rule and people's spiritual life sustenance.
1st century AD, Christianity in Jewish Palestine under the rule of the Roman Empire. Christian doctrine that Jesus and his disciples have founded. Jesus rose from the three-year-old began propaganda of God "Gospel" and received his twelve disciples. They are shepherds, fishermen and poor people who have no reliable, chasing around with Jesus sermon preached Christ come to earth to save mankind, build a happy paradise. They also want to preach God's final judgment and punish the wicked and reward the righteous.
Christianity, once it has a tendency to produce strong against the Roman Empire, and therefore subject to harsh repression. 4th century AD Christianity as the state religion, has become the spiritual pillar of feudal society。Since Christianity was declared the state religion after it gradually merged with the secular regime in Western society enjoys supreme power. Pope is considered the highest levels of the church is God's representative, and secular society is the Pope's servant king, secular regime has become a servant of the religious right.
Overall, this period of Western social reality that the status and function of religion in the life of society as a whole, determines the general direction of the development of art and culture of this historical period; art activities and the Christian one, devotion . So, people in this period full of Christian thought and content of art called "Christian Art."

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