Art In The Middle Ages

Most of the art in the medieval times was based off of the Christian religion and made for churches, cathedrals and monasteries. As an artist in the middle ages there was many different kinds of art you could make. There were ceramics, which is handmade pottery, sculptures of gothic people and stained glass windows. Also, there was mosaics, little pieces of colored glass. Some artists designed and recorded coats of arms called heraldry. The tools that they used were different depending on which kind of art that they were doing and it took more than just a couple of tools. Some paintings even used eggs to make the pigments such as the Egg Tempera. The Egg Tempera used wood to create a permanent bond between the wood and the gesso. The used

at that time, were considered a lower class so they did not live the luxury life. They ate a lot of things that were made out of rye grain. A popular food at that time that people ate was pottage made of peas, beans, onions and other food from their gardens. The only sweet food that they would eat was nuts, honey and fruit. Some of the lower class people owned a pig but they did not have enough money to kill it. Others would hunt a rabbit or hare but they could get in trouble by their king or lord. Homes in the medieval ages were typically cold, damp and dark. At times the house could be even colder inside than it was outside. The windows were very small so that the person could see out of it but nobody could see in. They had a thatched roof and could easily be destroyed. Only the very wealthy lived for a while because there houses were made out of stone opposed to the lower classed people whose houses were made out of straw, sticks and mud. Clothing in the middle ages was similar to the food and houses, the higher the person is on the social pyramid the better food, houses and clothing you get. The lower class artist who were men would wear stockings and tunics. Women would wear sleeveless tunics and wimples to cover their hair. In the winter they would wear sheepskin cloaks, woolen hats and woolen mittens. Outer clothes were never really washed but the underwear was washed quite frequently. All of the clothing was homemade and the women spun wool in order to make the thread for the