Art History

Name : _________________ Chapter 16 Early Medieval Vocabulary animal style - The Angles, Saxons, Norse and Franks did works of art in intricate, complex patterned forms. ribbon interlace - A linear decoration made up of interwoven bands, often found in Celtic and northern European art of the Medieval period. gadrooning - notched, convex molding bosses - in architecture is a raised piece of ornamentation - a knob, a hemisphere or occasionally a block - used to conceal the join in a vaulted ceiling. vellum - Fine animal skin for writing and painting. Highest grade than parchiment parchment - Writing surface made from animal skin (cheaper than vellum) Cloister - A monastery courtyard, usually with covered walks or ambulatories along its sides.