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Romanesque and Gothic

MEDIEVAL CHRISTIANITY
URBAN CULTURE

A ROMANESQUE CHURCH

THE BIRTH OF THE UNIVERSITIES

ROMANESQUE ARCHITECTURE

Romanesque
art

GOTHIC SCULPTURE

ROMANESQUE SCULPTURE

ROMANESQUE PAINTING

Gothic art

GOTHIC PAINTING

GOTHIC ARCHITECTURE
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A Romanesque church

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educational
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unrealistic
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rigid clothes
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The birth of universities

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religious and educational purpose

independent figures
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position of giving blessings

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Christ in Glory

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evangelist

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