This course will survey the flowering of art and architecture following the end of the Viking
invasions of Europe.  The medieval pilgrimage, the cult of relics, the crusades, feudalism, the
investiture crisis, and the growth of female patronage all contributed to the appearance of new
types of artwork in the period between 1000 and 1200.  Heresy, medieval views of sin and vice,
and the writings of mystics guided the invention of new subjects in art.  The recovery of Roman
building techniques and the innovations of medieval builders led to the development of new kinds
of church architecture, complementing the economic recovery of the 11th century.  Lectures and
class discussion will seek to put phenomena such as the growth of the great monastic church, the
emergence of the Giant Bible and the appearance of apocalyptic portal sculptures in their
historical context.