The purpose of wall and ceiling paintings inside medieval churches was twofold:
Another important aspect was simply about colour - most working people had little or no colour in their lives, since there were no magazines, posters, colourful clothes or television. Their lives were full of browns, greys and straw colour, so the impact of entering a very brightly-painted church building was immense.
There were a number of different types of paintings in churches.
In the chancel and on the altar would be small free-standing pictures of the Saints, which today are called icons - Alexander Neckham gives "A Little Mary and other images" in his list of contents of a church around 1180. The word "icon" was not used in England until much later, but this seems to be what he means.
The walls and ceiling of the church would be decorated with pictures of the Bible stories and the lives of the Saints. Neckham does not mention these paintings by name but we know that all medieval churches had them and there are even depictions from the time of wall-painters at work. It is likely that the Anglo-Norman word image was used to describe these paintings since it is the same one that Neckham uses for the free-standing icons.
Church interiors were also painted with brightly-coloured patterns and blocks of colour; the walls, arches and pillars at Rochester cathedral were originally painted in broad blue, green, yellow and red stripes (no trace remains today).
Yes. Almost all medieval art was made for the Church.
Church wall paintings covered a wide range of religious subjects: Heaven and hell, the lives of the Saints, Bible stories, the life and crucifixion of Christ, the Virtues overcoming the Vices and so on. The point of all of these was to illustrate these subjects for people who could not read; paintings of the Last Judgement helped the priest to communicate the Bible message to an audience who could not read about it for themselves. Very few original medieval wall paintings survive today, but thanks to the work of E W Tristram a large number have been recorded and published in his three books on the subject.
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They were usually fairly large and made of stone and black iron
Medieval bricks. Wooden base, covered by rocks.
I have never heard this term used, but if it has been it is because the churches contrained windows that told the stories of the bible. People couldn't read so the church to teach the bible stories used the church itself to teach the stories. They were in the stain glass windows and in the paintings as well using the "stations of the cross" to teach the bible.
W.W Lillie has written: 'Medieval Paintings on the Screens of the Parish Churches of Mid and South England'
There are lots and lots and lots and lots of medieval churches in Italy.
Churches are illustrative of the innovative architecture of medieval Europe.
Renaissance paintings show figures in earthly settings; figures in medieval paintings have heavenly gold backgrounds.
Doom paintings were used to warn people about living a sinful life by showing them heaven and hell.Read more: Why_were_medieval_doom_paintings_used
Medieval churches dominated peoples lives, it was oen of the most important events that people looked forward to. In every medieval church, each regions of Europe had their own chant to sing. Check out more info/facts at the website below:
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Yes, some of them do.
Church wall paintings covered a wide range of religious subjects: Heaven and hell, the lives of the Saints, Bible stories, the life and crucifixion of Christ, the Virtues overcoming the Vices and so on. The point of all of these was to illustrate these subjects for people who could not read; paintings of the Last Judgement helped the priest to communicate the Bible message to an audience who could not read about it for themselves. Very few original medieval wall paintings survive today, but thanks to the work of E W Tristram a large number have been recorded and published in his three books on the subject.
What churches were made out of depended on the time and place. Many, perhaps most, churches were built of stone. In places where there was no stone, churches were often built of brick. Some churches were built of wood with timbered construction, and some of these had the open areas filled with wattle and daub, which is mats woven from reeds and covered with daub.
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