Ancient Through Medieval

Question 1

Answer 1

Great Mosque, Damascus, 705 -15

Question 2

Answer 2

Dome of the Rock, Jerusalem, completed 691/2

Question 3

Answer 3

Church of the Dormition, Daphne (Middle Byzantine, c. 1100)

Question 4

Answer 4

Church of the Dormition, Daphne (Middle Byzantine, c. 1100) MOSAICS

Question 5

Answer 5

Theotokos and Child aka Vladimir Virgin (Middle Byzantine, late 11th-early 12th c. )

Question 6

Answer 6

Theotokos and Child with Saints Theodore, George, and Angels

(Early Byzantine, 6th c.)

Question 7

Answer 7

Justinian and attendants, San Vitale, Ravenna

(Early Byzantine, 546)

Question 8

Answer 8

San Vitale, Ravenna (Early Byzantine, 526-546)

Question 9

Answer 9

Anthemius of Tralles and Isidorus of Miletus,

Hagia Sophia, Constantinople (Istanbul) (Early Byzantine, 532-537, dome rebuilt 562)

Question 10

Answer 10

Mausoleum of Galla Placidia, Ravenna (425-50, Late Antique)

Question 11

Answer 11

Mausoleum of Galla Placidia, Ravenna (425-50, Late Antique)

Question 12

Answer 12

Mausoleum of Constantia (Santa Costanza), Rome

(c. 350, Late Antique)

Question 13

Answer 13

Basilica of Saint Peter (Old Saint Peter’s Basilica), Rome

(324-330, Late Antique)

Question 14

Early Christian (Late Antique) Art

Answer 14

200 – 527

Question 15

Early Byzantine period

Answer 15

527 – 730

Question 16

Period of Iconoclasm

Answer 16

730 - 848

Question 17

Middle Byzantine period

Answer 17

848 – 1204

Question 18

Late Byzantine period

Answer 18

1262 – 1453

Question 19

What type of architectural element is this?

Answer 19

Apse

Question 20

What type of architectural element is this?

Answer 20

Propylon

Question 21

What type of architectural element is this?

Answer 21

Narthex/Atrium

Question 22

What type of architectural element is this?

Answer 22

Transept

Question 23

What type of architectural element is this?

Answer 23

Nave and Side Aisles

Question 24

What type of architectural element is this?

Answer 24

Gabled Facade

Question 25

What type of architectural element is this?

Answer 25

Clerestory Windows

Question 26

What type of architectural element is this?

Answer 26

Nave arcade

Question 27

What type of construction is this?

Answer 27

Double Shell Construction

Question 28

What is the Ambulatory?

Answer 28

A space for walking around the Inner shell of a double-shell construction

Question 29

What type of construction plan is this?

Answer 29

A Cruciform plan

Question 30

What types of technology are being used in this image?

Answer 30

Dome and pendentives with clerestory windows. Gives the illusion that the dome is heavenly and floating

Question 31

What type of construction is this?

Answer 31

Pendentives

Question 32

What type of architectural element is this?

Answer 32

Buttresses (buttressing); semi- domes or half-domes

Question 33

Theotokos=?

Answer 33

Mary

Question 34

Virgin Eleousa=?

Answer 34

Virgin of Tenderness

Question 35

Pantokrator =?

Answer 35

Christ, the ruler of all

Question 36

Qibla

Answer 36

direction of Mecca Mihrab

Question 37

Umayyad dynasty

Answer 37

The Umayyad Caliphate was the second of the four major Islamic caliphates established after the death of Muhammad.

Question 38

Caliph/caliphate

Answer 38

successor, next in line

Question 39

Islam

Answer 39

Islam:‘Submission to God’ * Youngest of the three Abrahamic faiths, and the fastest growing * Shares reverence for many of the Old Testament Prophets with Christianity and Judaism

Question 40

iconoclasm

Answer 40

the action of attacking or assertively rejecting cherished beliefs and institutions or established values and practices.

Question 41

Exedra (plural exedrae)

Answer 41

a room or covered area open on one side, used as a meeting place

Question 42

Eucharist

Answer 42

the Christian ceremony commemorating the Last Supper, in which bread and wine are consecrated and consumed.