Key Characteristics of Art: Age of Faith

Identify and describe key characteristics and defining events of art from the Age of Faith

Learning Activities

The learning activities for this section include:

  • Reading: The Medieval and Byzantine Eras
  • Reading: Early Christian Art
  • Reading: Church Architecture
  • Reading: Arts of the Islamic World: the Early Period
  • Reading: Introduction to Mosque Architecture
  • Reading: Romanesque
  • Reading: Gothic Architecture
  • Reading: Neo-Confucianism and Fan Kuan’s Travelers by Streams and Mountains
  • Reading: Shiva As Lord of the Dance (Nataraja)
  • Reading: Classic Maya Portrait Stelae

Take time to review and reflect on each of these activities in order to improve your performance on the assessment for this section.