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1
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The Celts were located in the East/West

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West

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The Germanic people were located around the _____ sea

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Baltic

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Why was Rome so attractive to the barbarians?

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It offered security, land, and stability

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True or False: The barbarians first started attacking Rome by going straight to the heart of the empire

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False; they went after the outer territories

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Most of Constantine’s troops end up being from where?

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Germany

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It was because of these barbarian “invaders” that mediterranean art starts to spread to the Roman terriroties, including ______.

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masonry

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Describe early Roman art

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Classical, simple, formal regularity

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Describe Germanic art

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Based on nature, geometric forms (spirals & knots)

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The Holcombe Mirror is a good example of Roman art combined with _____ art

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Germanic

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What were the foederati?

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tribes that were bound by a treaty (foedus /ˈfiːdəs/) to come to the defence of Rome but were neither Roman colonies nor beneficiaries of Roman citizenship

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During this time, ______ and _____ motifs become very common.

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animal; natural

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The Goths settled in the former _______ territory in the 2nd and 3rd century, displacing the Celts

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Scythian

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The Goths are known for the ______ they make

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jewelry

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What are fibulae?

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Safety pins

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The Celts incorporated ____ in their jewelry and fibulae

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gems : )

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What’s nice about gemcutting?

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You can fit a gem wherever you like!

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In 345 AD, the Goths abandoned the pagan gods for ______

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Arianism

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What innvasion scatters everybody in the 5th century?

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The Hunnic invasion

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The Hunnic invasion ended in 453 ad, leaving _____ and _____ devastated

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France; Germany

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True or False: Overall, central and northern Europe used separate but occasionally interdepended motifs

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True! Examples include geometric forms, spirals, animals, natural motifs

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After the Hunnic invasinos, the ostrogoths settle in _________ ____

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northern Italy

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When the Ostrogoths settled in Northern Italy, _______ was named vice regent of the empire and turns ______ into an Arian stronghold

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Theodoric; Ravenna

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Who was the leader of the Visigoths who captured and sacked Rome?

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Alaric

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The Visigoths, after sacking Rome, moved to _____

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France

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The Burgundians are located in _______ and __ ____
Switzerland; east France
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Where are the Franks situated?
Germany, France, Belgium
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Who was the ruler of the Franks who accepted Christianity on behalf of all Franks in 496 AD?
Clovis
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The ______ move through France and Spain and settle in Africa around Carthage
Vandals
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The Vandals sacked _____ in 455AD.
Rome
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Although Justinian regains some of the mediterranean Roman territories for Byzantium, the unity did not last as the _______ invade Italy in 568, setting in North Italy
Langobards / Lombards
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True or False: Christianity was not especially accepted and the pope's authority was questioned
False
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The ostrogoths attempted to imitate and adapt Christian _________
iconography
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In 587, the Visigoth King Reccared converted from Arianism to ________
Christianity
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Why did King Reccared make crowns?
He copied Justinian and the Hagia Sophia (which used crowns to symbolize piety and authority)
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The Langobards invaded Rome in ___, ruining it
568
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Queen Theodelinda ruled the ______ in the 7th century
Langobards
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True or False: Queen Theodelinda of the Langobards followed the Roman church and Pope Gregory the Great
True
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Queen Theodelinda permitted Celtic monks to establish a monastery, which will become centers of ______ and ____ production
scholarship; book production
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The Langobards during the reign of King Luitprand were skilled ______ and ______
architects, masons
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After King ____ dies, the Langobard kingdom doesn't last long.
Luitprand
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True or False: The Franks became kindhearted and generous Christians
...Nah, they were RUTHLESS and GREEDY
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Who converted the Franks?
Clovis
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The Franks converted to Christianity in order to _____ ________ _____
ensure military victory
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Early Frankish art reflects their _____ origins. The jewelry and weapons are _______ and _____ styles are principle objects
tribal; polychrome; animal
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Cloisonné
A technique for decorating metalwork objects with colored material held in place or separated by metal strips or wire, normally of gold
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Enamel lends itself to these _____ styles of the times
abstract
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What colors is enamel limited to?
Green, blue, red, yellow, white
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Which barbarian tribe began building churches, including the Crypt of St. Paul under the Jouarrer Abbey?
The Merovingians
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With the Merovingian scriptoria, there was a natural desire for a scribe to _______
glorify text with art-words and eleborate letters
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It was common for scribes to turn words and letters into _____ and _____, probably copying the romans
birds; fish
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Who introduced the Agnes Dei symbol to Christian Iconography in late 7th century AD?
Pope Sergius
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The trade and raiding of the Vikings brought Mediterranean influence to _______
Scandinavia
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True or False: Eventually, the Scandinavian artists would give in to the Roman styles of art
False; they never lost their abstract animal forms or gave into Christianity
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What did the Vikings do differently with their fibulae?
Chip-carving technique to catch and refract light
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True or false: The vikings would create new birds and beasts in their art.
True.
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Symbolically, the Viking ship is a huge ____ _______
sea serant
57
Vikings were considered instruments of ___ ____
God's wrath
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What three cities/countries did the Vikings discover and colonize?
Dublin, Iceland, Greenland, Newfoundland
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Conversion of the Vikings was very fast/slow
Slow
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When did the Vikings finally convert to Christianity?
960 AD with Harald Bluetooth
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The picts in ____ made crosses from boulders, adding engraved crosses and symbols
Scotland
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Durrow
Development of a specifical Irish, Scottish, northing English style
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The style of Durrow is called _____
hibero-saxon
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The Goths, Franks, Norse, Celts, Anglosaxons, and other tribes brought a preference for ________, _______ art to the North/South/East/West
Dynamic, abstract North
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The tribes create forms in motion, full of energy, through the use of _____ and ______.
line; color
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Color and line are employed in the use of the media _____, ______, and ______, with complex engraved, painted, or filigree interlacing
gold, jewels, enamel
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When the tribes came into contact with the Meditteranean world, they adopted _____ motifs and static ___________
human; architecture
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One thing that the barbarian tribes did NOT adopt from the Mediterranean world is the observation of ______
reality
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__________ artists wanted to create art with stability and clarity to nature, while the __________ recreated the complexity and constantly shifting diversity
Classical Germanic and celtic tribes

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