ART HIS 21 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Suger, Consecration, Simple Church
Document Summary
There"s a new intellectual movement where ancient authors in greek and arabic have been translated into latin. Chansons de geste pagan best sellers. Proliferation of manuscripts called books of hours; john the duke der"hy; Rise of the guild systems-association of artisans or merhcants who control the practice of their craft in a particular town. Looking at churches linked to urban settings and large towns flourishing in trade. Gothic style is known as an urban style in the center of city life and important grounds for trade fairs; used for marriage and baptism. Lutetia is the known of roman paris. St denis was beheaded by roman soldiers around 250 in paris in the company of his two friends rusticus and eleutherius. Dionysios the areopagite is one of the witnesses to christ"s crucifixion. The pseudo st denis is a writer who wrote about the hierarchy of angels.
