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Doom paintings were used to warn people about living a sinful life by showing them heaven and hell.
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∙ 12y agoDoom paintings were used to warn people about living a sinful life by showing them heaven and hell.
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∙ 14y agoDoom painting were used so the churches could scare people into worshipping God and make them want to go to Heaven with God and not Hell with the Devils.
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∙ 11y agoto show what heaven and hell looked like
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Where do pattern appear in some Medieval Japanese paintings?
As clothing fabrics
What is the difference between medieval and renaissance?
The renaissance came a few hundred years after the medieval times also greater discoveries were made in the renaissance such as artists who drew non religious paintings.
What materials were used to build a medieval knight's manor house in the medieval times?
mud bricks
How did this painting differ from most other medieval art?
It depicts Christ as a Human Figure firmly embedded into the earthly world
What are the finest example of surviving medieval paintings?
Huge numbers of very fine paintings on the walls of English churches were sadly destroyed under Henry VIII and (later) Oliver Cromwell, and even during Victorian and later "restoration work". Thanks to the endeavours of the historian E W Tristram during the early 20th century we have his published drawings of many surviving examples of these wall paintings from the 12th, 13th and 14th centuries - many of which have been subsequently destroyed and no longer exist. Similarly, domestic paintings on wooden panels from the medieval period were often destroyed during later eras under "improvement" and "updating" work. We know that English churches before Henry VIII's "reforms" contained icon paintings and elaborate shrines to the Saints, all of which were destroyed in the period 1538 - 1541. The loss of medieval art in this way is incalculable. Surviving examples in England are therefore rare and all are extremely precious, although many are perhaps not of the finest quality - their mere survival is a thing to be treasured. Continental medieval paintings did not suffer in the same way and many very fine examples are to be found in France, Germany, Spain, Italy and Greece. See links below for some surviving examples:
What are the names of doom paintings?
You would find a Doom painting in a Medieval church
Why were doom paintings use?
Doom paintings were used to warn people about living a sinful life by showing them heaven and hell.
Why was it important to have doom paintings if the service was in Latin?
It was important to have doom paintings if the service was Latin because not many people back then in medieval England knew latin, so paintings would help the congregation understand the message the preist was trying to get across.
How did Doom paintings help the church keep control?
doom paintings helped the church keep control because they told horrible stories about hell and why you should be good.
Where would you find a doom painting?
You would find a Doom painting in a Medieval church
How do renaissance and medieval paintings of religious subject differ?
Renaissance paintings show figures in earthly settings; figures in medieval paintings have heavenly gold backgrounds.
In contrast with medieval paintings renaissance paintings are less likely to emphasize what?
religious themes
In contrast to medieval paintings renaissance paintings are less likely to emphasize what?
religious themes
Medieval paintings usually had what meaning?
Symbolic meaning
Why did churches have doom paintings in medieval times?
Church wall paintings covered a wide range of religious subjects: Heaven and hell, the lives of the Saints, Bible stories, the life and crucifixion of Christ, the Virtues overcoming the Vices and so on. The point of all of these was to illustrate these subjects for people who could not read; paintings of the Last Judgement helped the priest to communicate the Bible message to an audience who could not read about it for themselves. Very few original medieval wall paintings survive today, but thanks to the work of E W Tristram a large number have been recorded and published in his three books on the subject.
Are there ancient drawings of Hebrews?
No. The earliest paintings of Jews are from Medieval times.
Did Giotto's paintings differ from those of previous medieval European artists?
His paintings showed emotional intensity and his figures seemed to have volume.
