CLASS OVERVIEW
When you hear the word GOTHIC, you might immediately begin to think of something dark, black, sober, and even creepy... Though the Gothic Art Period began to expand outside of religious topics and into mythology, and included some art that was morbid, it actually began to get brighter in it's colors.
A large part of Gothic art was architecture: it grew quite tall and was very symmetrical. A huge type of art that came from the Gothic period was STAINED GLASS. This was much more then a mere piece of art- A lot of these were massive works that took years to complete!
While students created their own stained glass using colored pasta as our "glass", they learned the basics of how stained glass would have been created during Gothic time.
ASSIGNMENTS
-Look up your family crest/coat of arms (Depending of surname origin, feel free to use other family names to find one that has a family crest.) If possible, bring in an image of your family crest, and be prepared to explain some of the meaning behind it.
A good source to began at is:
