57 Quiz #1: Week 2 Vocabulary

Question 1

Trinity

Answer 1

Christian God is Triune or tripartite: God the father, God the Son, God the Holy Spirit

Question 2

Crucifixion

Answer 2

The killing of Jesus Christ [by nailing or binding them to a cross]

Question 3

Transubstantiation

Answer 3

The wafer and wine change their substance but not their appearance at consecration; substance changes into the body and blood of christ; at the altar where mass takes place

Question 4

Eucharist

Answer 4

Moment of Consecration/Elevation of wafer & wine of communion = literal transubstantiation into body & blood of Christ

Question 5

Duomo

Answer 5

Cathedral

Question 6

Campanile

Answer 6

From the Italian world for bell (campana). A bell tower, either attached to a church or freestanding.

Question 7

Baptistery

Answer 7

Either a separate building or a part of a church in which the Sacrament of Baptism is administered

Question 8

Piazza

Answer 8

Italian word for public square

Question 9

Ground Plan

Answer 9

plan of a building at ground level as imagined seen from above

Question 10

Elevation

Answer 10

a particular side of a building; a drawing/diagram made by projection on a vertical plane

Question 11

Nave

Answer 11

the central part of a church, intended to accommodate most of the congregation.

Question 12

Side Aisles

Answer 12

Aisles adjacent and parallel to nave; on either side of the nave, separated from it by an arcade or colonnade

Question 13

Transept

Answer 13

In a Basilican church, the crossarm, placed at right angles to the Nave, usually separating the latter from the Chancel or the Apse.

Question 14

Apse

Answer 14

A large semicircular or polygonal niche. In a Roman basilica it was often found at both ends of nave; in Christian church usually placed at the end of nave after the choir

Question 15

Altar

Answer 15

The table in a Christian church at which bread and wine are consecrated in communion services

Question 16

Chapel

Answer 16

A small part of a large church or cathedral with its own altar an dedication

Question 17

Bay

Answer 17

A compartment into which a building may be subdivided, usually formed by the space bounded by consecutive architectural supports

Question 18

Crossing

Answer 18

The part of the church where the transept crosses the nave; sometimes emphasized by a dome or by a tower

Question 19

Altarpiece

Answer 19

A painted/sculptured work of art that stands as a religious image upon and at the back of an altar, either representing in visual symbols the doctrine of the mass or depicting the saint to whom a particular church or chapel is dedicated, together with scenes from his/her life.

Question 20

Tempera

Answer 20

Ground colors mixed with yolk of egg, instead of oil, as a vehicle; a medium widely used for Italian panel painting before the sixteenth century.

Question 21

Predella

Answer 21

A pedestal of an altarpiece, usually dedicated with small narrative scenes that expand the them of the major work above it.

Question 22

Diptychs

Answer 22

A pair of wood, ivory, or metal plaques usually hinged together with the interior surfaces either painted or carved with a religious or memorial subject, or covered with wax for writing

Question 23

Triptychs

Answer 23

Altarpiece or devotional picture consisting of three panels joined together. It is frequently hinged so that the center panel is covered when the side panels are closed.

Question 24

Polyptych

Answer 24

Altarpiece or devotional picture consisting of more than three wooden panels joined together

Question 25

Fresco

Answer 25

Italian word for fresh. A painting executed on wet plaster with pigments suspended in water so that the plaster absorbs the colors and the painting becomes part of the wall. Fresco a secco (painting on dry plaster) is a much less durable technique; the paint tends to flake off with time. The method involves the application of color in a vehicle containing some organic binding material (egg, oil, wax) over the still-damp plaster

Question 26

Relief Sculpture

Answer 26

Sculpture that is not freestanding but projects from the background of which it is a part; high relief or low relief describes the amount of projection

Question 27

Narrative Sculpture

Answer 27

sculpture that tells a story; emotions, variety of people, movements

Question 28

Figural Sculpture

Answer 28

human body sculpture

Question 29

Frontal

Answer 29

direct, facing directly on the front

Question 30

In the round

Answer 30

standing free with all sides shown, rather than carved in relief against a ground; treated fully and thoroughly with all aspects shown or considered

Question 31

Freestanding

Answer 31

view in the round; not relying or linked to anything else