WEEK 6
“Cathedral Architecture” Please respond to the following, using sources under the Explore heading as the basis of your response:
Identify the key functions of stained glass windows in the Gothic
style. Identify two (2) differences between the Romanesque and Gothic
cathedral structures, and discuss which you prefer and the reasons why.
Identify one (1) existing structure (the closer to your home the better)
that is Romanesque or Gothic, and explain the features that support
your identification.
Explore
Gothic Style of Cathedral Architecture
Chapter 12 (pp. 405-9), Stained glass windowsStained glass windows at .youtube.com/watch?v=9727p6ozlYo”>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9727p6ozlYoKey differences between Romanesque and Gothic cathedrals at .youtube.com/watch?v=D20tG65TWic”>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D20tG65TWicWEEK 6 DISS B
“Art, Literature, and Plague” Please respond to the following, using sources under the Explore heading as the basis of your response:
Quote a one (1) or two (2) line section that you enjoy from
Petrarch, Chaucer, Boccaccio, or Christine de Pisan, and provide your
reason(s) for the choice. Next, describe the historical significance of
the writer whose work you have chosen. Comment on the degree to which
the Black Death epidemic (1347-1350 CE) impacted that writerâs work.
Compare the writer you chose to a specific writer (whether prose writer
or poet or lyricist) of modern times.
Explore
Early Renaissance Writers
Chapter 13 (pp. 443-7, 450, 455-7), Boccaccio; (pp. 447-8), Petrarch; (pp. 448-450), Chaucer; (pp. 447-451), Christine de PisanChapter 13 (pp. 443-44), The PlagueThe Plague at .historylearningsite.co.uk/black_death_of_1348_to_1350.htm”>http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/black_death_of_1348_to_1350.htm
