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Byzantine Architecture Flashcards

1
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The three historical periods of Byzantine Art and architecture

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Early Byzantine,
Middle Byzantine,
Late Byzantine

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Byzantium is located where?

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At the intersection of the Black Sea and the Mediterranean

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3
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Local Materials for Byzantine are?

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Clay for bricks,
Rubble for concrete

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4
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Byzantine architecture has flat roofs combined with domes(T or F)

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True

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5
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Byzantine architecture has unbroken walls and arcade open courts(T or F)

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TRUE

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6
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What established Christianity as the state religion of the Roman Empire

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Edict of Milan

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7
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Disputes in the Church resulted in the division of the WESTERN Orthodox and Eastern Roman Catholic Churches called the GREAT SCHISM

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FALSE( Eastern Orthodox and Western Roman Catholic Churches)

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8
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What forbade statues in any form and made colored pictures flat and stylized?

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Iconoclastic Movement

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9
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Means “image breaking”

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Iconoclasm

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10
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Presbysters cannot marry(T or F)

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False(They can get married)

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11
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The Eastern Orthodox Church has the Patriarch(True)

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True

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12
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Byzantine churches are characterized by what?

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Cross in square plans with central domes

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13
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The 3 basic spaces of Byzantine churches:

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Narthex,
Nave,
Sanctuary

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14
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The wall of icons and religious paintings separating the nave from the sanctuary in a church

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Iconostasis

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15
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A triangular curved overhanging surface that supports a circular dome over a square or a polygonal compartment.

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Pendentive

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16
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The 3 types of domes

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Simple dome,
Compund dome
Special dome

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17
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Type of dome where the dome and pendetive are parts of the same sphere

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Simple Dome

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18
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Type of dome where the dome is constructed separately from the pendentive

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Compound dome

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19
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How many types of compound domes are there?

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Two

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20
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3 types of special domes

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Ribbed dome,
Serrate dome with jagged edges,
Bolbous dome

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21
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A decorative art created by assembling small pieces of glass, tiles, or other materials.

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Mosaic

22
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A piece of glass, tile or other material used in a mosaic.

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Tessarae

23
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The ornament mentioned and given symbolic meaning in the Gospels. It also symbolizes Jesus.

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Fish (Ikhthus)

24
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Symbol of peace and unity

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Dove

25
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Emblem of of immortality and resurrection

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Peacock

26
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Refers to Jesus’ role as a sacrifice atoning for the sins of an in Christian theology

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Lamb (Good Sheperd)

27
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The idea of a the vital union of the believers with Christ and among each other

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Grapevine

28
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In the grapevine ornament, who is the vine and who is the branch?

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Jesus as the vine,
the people as the branches

29
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Emblem of eternity

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Endless Knot

30
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Formed by superimposing the first two letters of the word “Christ” in greek

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Chi Rho

31
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Art of painting on fresh, moist plaster with pigments dissolved in water

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Fresco Painting

32
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What are the three types of floor pavements?

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Opus Alexandrinum,
Opus Sectile,
Oppus Tessellatum

33
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Type of floor pavement that utilizes tiny, geometrically shaped pieces of colored stones and glass that are arranged in geometric patterns dotted with large disks of semiprecious stones

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Opus ALEXANDRINUM

34
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Floor pavement that is made from larger, specially cut pieces, usually tile or stone.

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Opus Sectile

35
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Floor pavement that is usually used for backgrounds consisting of tiny pieces of tesserae

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Opus Tesselatum

36
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Massive cubiform capitals that are often with dosseret block to support the voissoir of an arch

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Columns

37
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The capitals of columns were carved with what?

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Incised foliage,
Animal forms

38
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What structure was a former Orthodox patriarchal basilica, which later became an Imperial Mosque, and then a museum, and now a mosque again?

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Hagia Sophia

39
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First significant
church of the middle Byzantine period in Athens.

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Church of the Holy Apostles

40
Q

It has 2 churches: the Theotokos (cross-in -square plan)
and the Katholikon (domed-octagon plan). The wall is faced using the
cloisonne technique where the stones are framed all around with
bricks

A

Monastery Church of Hosios Loukas

41
Q

Three structures that dates to late 13th or
early 14th century in date, have an attenuated cross-in-square
core enveloped by a pi-shaped ambulatory.

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  • H. Panteleimon,
    H. Aikaterini,
    H. Apostoloi
42
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Combines a basilican ground plan with a cross-in-square, fivedomed gallery, the whole enveloped by porticoes, a belfry, and
additional subsidiary spaces

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Hodegetria Church

43
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The only Serbian monastery in Greece

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Hilandar Monastery, (Mt. Athos, Greece)

44
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Meteora means what?

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suspended in air

45
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The oldest meteora monastery

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Holy Monastery of the Great Meteoron

46
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The 6 Monasteries of Meteora are:

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Great Meteoron
Varlaam Monastery
Rousanou Monastery
Holy Trinity Monastery
St. Stephen Monastery
St. Nicholas Anapafsas Monastery

47
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Two churches that are most distinctive for their colorful exteriors, combining brick and stone decoration with glazed ceramic disks and rosettes.

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Pantokrator Church
St. Ivan Aliturgetos

48
Q

Valued for its internal decoration of frescoes, one of the most
exquisite painting masterpieces of the European art of the 13th
century

A

Sopoćani Monastery, (Serbia)

49
Q

Tetrastyle cross-in-square church with side choruses invented by Saint Athanasios

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Athonite type

50
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Structure that has a double octagonal shell with a domed octagonal core and is one of the finest Byzantine examples in Western Europe.

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Basilica di San Vitale

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