AP Art History Ch. 14 Early Medieval art in Europe

Animal Style

A medieval art form in which animals are depicted in a stylized and often complicated pattern, usually seen fighting with one another

Cloister

a rectangular open-air monastery courtyard with a covered arcade surrounding it

Gospels

the first four books of the New Testament that chronicle the life of Jesus

Codex (Codices)

A manuscript book

Horror Vacui

"fear of empty space" a type of artwork in which the entire surface is filled with objects, people, designs, and ornaments in a crowded, sometimes congested way

Scriptoorium (scriptoria)

a place in a monastery where monks wrote manuscripts

Westwork

a monumental entrance to a Carolingian church in which two towers flank a lower central entrance

Cloissonne

enamelwork in which colored areas are seperated by thin bands of metal, usually gold or bronze