What was the Romanesque and Gothic era?


       Art was split into two over lapping eras, the Romanesque era(1050-1180) and the Gothic era(1150-1550). Obviously the Romanesque era came first and happened to focus on simple things, such as human figures and animals with mostly color block backgrounds. Even though the dates say Romanesque era art died out in the year of 1180 it really didn't die out until the end of medieval times. Many people were shocked by this but, some forms of art just get passed down longer then others and that makes it harder to get rid of or for it to die out quickly. In this art era there were also monumental sculptures that were huge and the fine arts influenced the architecture of the Romanesque, as well as the opposite. Romanesque art was also very classically done which is so very different from Gothic, or so you would think.

         The Gothic era in art all started with down right architecture, which had spread from Paris originally. The buildings built during the Gothic time were incredibly large! This was so that the room or rooms could be filled with God's spirit and seemed to beg to be filled with breath taking artwork! The people of medieval also called the Gothic movement in art the "opus modernum" or "modern work" because the Gothic movement was seemed to be a phenomenon by the people. Nobalty though was known for having stain glass windows and other stain glass objects. This alone was a huge deal because the stained glass seen today was even inspired by what had been done in the Gothic era. The most steller stain glass windows in the world are the rose windows in the Cathefral of Notre Dame.