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3 PERIODS

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EARLY 330-730
MIDDLE 843-1204
LATE 1261-1453

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2 LOCAL MATERIALS
1 IMPORTED

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CLAY FOR BRICK, RUBBLE FOR CONCRETE
MARBLE FOR IMPOTANT BLDGS ONLY

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-BY CONSTANTINE
-LAW THAT TOLERATED THE PRACTICE OF CHRISTIANITY

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EDICT OF MILAN

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WHERE IS BYZANTIUM/CONSTANTINOPLE LOCATED

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BETWEEN BLACK SEA AND MEDITERRANEAN SEA

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-LAW THAT FORBADE STATUES
-BY LEO III
-BECAUSE AFRAID PEOPLE MIGHT WORSHIP THE STATUES

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ICONOLASTIC MOVEMENT

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“IMAGE BREAKING”

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ICONOCLASM

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DIVISION OF EASTERN ORTHODOX AND WESTERN ROMAN CATHOLIC

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GREAT SCHISM

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T OR F
BOTH WESTERN ROMAN CHURCH AND EASTERN ORTHODOX BELIEVE IN ONE GOD (FATHER, SON, HOLY SPIRIT)

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TRUE

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T OR F
BOTH RECOGNIZES VIRGIN MARY AS THE MATHER OF CHRIST

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TRUE

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T OR F
PRESBYTERS IS USED IN WESTERN AND PRIESTS ARE USED IN EASTERN

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FALSE (PRIEST=WESTERN, PRESBYTERS=WESTERN)

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T OR F
PRESBYTERS CAN MARRY AND PRIESTS DO NOT

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TRUE

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T OR F
EASTERN HAS ONLY ONE CHURCH

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FALSE
EASTERN HAS THREE DEPENDING ON WHERE IT IS LOCATED
-RUSSIAN
-GREEK
-COPTIC (EGYPTIAN)
WESTERN ONLY HAS ONE: ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH

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-BYZANTINE ARKI USED WHAT KIND OF PLAN

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CROSS IN SQUARE

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3 SPACES OF BYZANTINE CHURCHES

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NARTHEX, NAVE, SANCTUARY

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T OT F
BYZANTINE ACCOMODATED A SEATED MASS

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FALSE (STANDING MASS)

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WALL OF ICONS AND RELIGOUS PAINTINGS

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ICONOSTASIS

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TRIANGULAR CURVE TO SUPPPORT DOME

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PENDENTIVE

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3 TYPES OF DOMES

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SIMPLE
COMPOUND
SPECIAL

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DOME AND PENDENTIVE IS PART OF SAME SPHERE

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SIMPLE DOME

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2 TYPES OF COMPUND DOME

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-DOME ON TOP OF PENDENTIVE
-DOME ON A DRUM ON TOP OF THE PENDENTIVE

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3 TYPES OF SPECIAL DOMES

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-RIBBED DOME
-SERRATED DOME
-BULBOUS DOME

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8 ORNAMENT MOTIFS

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-IKHTHUS/FISH
-DOVE
-PEACOCK
-LAMB
-GRAPEVINE
-ENDLESS KNOT
-CHI RHO
-SYMBOLIC GROUPS OF SAINTS

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A DECORATIVE ART CREATED BY ASSEMBLING SMALL PCS OF GLASS OR TILES

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MOSAIC

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A PC OF TILE OR GLASS IN A MOSAIC

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TESSARAE

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SYMBOL FOR CHRISTIANITY OR JESUS
FISH OR IKHTHUS
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SYMBOL FOR UNITY AND PEACE
DOVE
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SYMBOL OF SACRIFICE FOR THE GREATER GOOD
LAMB (THE GOOD SHEPHERD)
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SYMBOLIZES VITAL UNION, VINE=JESUS, BRANCH =PEOPLE
GRAPEVINE
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ETERNITY ENDLESS NATURE OF GOD, CHRIST, HOLY SPIRIT
ENDLESS KNOT
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-CRUCIFIXION -1ST TWO LETTERS OF CHRIST IN GREEK
CHI RHO
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ART OF PAINTING ON FRESH/WET PLASTER
FRESCO PAINTING
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3 TYPES OF FLOOR PAVEMENT
OPUS SECTILE OPUS ALEXANDRINUM OPUS TESSALLATUM
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USED FOR BACKGROUND HORIZONTALLY OR VERTICALLY
OPUS TESSALLATUM
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TINY GEOMETRICALLY SHAPED PIECES
OPUS ALEXANDRINUM
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LARGE PIECES, SPECIALLY CUT
OPUS SECTILE
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W DEEPER ABACUS
DOSSERET BLOCKS
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MASSIVE W CUBIFORM CAPITALS OFTEN W DODDERET BLOCKS TO SUPPPORT THE VOISSOIR OF AN ARCH
BYZANTINE COLUMN
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7 PLACES FOR BYZANTINE ARCHITECTURE EXAMPLES
TURKY GREECE BULGARIA SERBIA ROMANIA ITALY RUSSIAN AND UKRIANE
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4 EXAMPLES UNDER GREECE
CHURCH OF HOLY APOSTLES DAPHNI MONASTERY MONASTERY CHURCH OF HOSIOS LOUKAS METEORA MONASTERIES
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-FIRST SIGNIFICANT CHURCH IN MIDDLE BYZANTINE -BY CONSTANTINE, REBUILT BY JUSTINIAN IN CROSS IN SQUARE -BURIAL PLACE OF SOME OF BYZANTINE EMPERORS
CHURCH OF HOLY APOSTLES
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-KNOWN FOR GLASS MOSICS W BLACK AND GOLD BACKGROUND -CROSS IN SQUARE PLAN
DAPHNI MONASTERY
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-DEDICATED TO VENERABLE LUKE, NOT ST LUKE -HAS 2 CHURCHES -USED CLOISONNING TECHNIQUE
MONASTERY CHURCH OF HOSIOS LOUKAS
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2 CHURCHES OF MONASTERY CHURCH OF HOSIOS LOUKAS AND PLAN
THEOEOKOS=CROSS IN SQUARE KATHOLIKON=DOOMED OCTAGON
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-ORIGINALLY HAS 24 MONASTERIES -NOW HAVE 6 (4 MONKS 2 NUN)
METEORA MONASTERIES
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WALL FACING TECHNIQUE WHICH SURROUNDS THE BRICKS W STONES (USED IN MONASTERY CHURCH OF HOSIOS LOUKAS)
CLOISONNE/CLOISSONING TECHNIQUE
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"METEORA"
SUSPENEDED IN AIR
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6 REMAINING IN METEORA MONASTERIES
GREAT METEORON -OLDEST VARLAAN RUSANOV HOLY TRINITY ST. STEPHEN ST. NICHOLAS
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2 EXAMPLES IN BULGARIA AND SIMILARITIES
PANTHOKRATOR & ST. IVAN -COLORFUL EXTERIOR USING BRICKS AND STONE -ARCHES OR ROSETTE
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SIMILARITIES OF EXAMPLES IN SERBIA
-DOMES -USED CLOISONNE
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2 EXAMPLES UNDER ROMANIA AND SIMILARITIES
SUCEVITA MONASTERY & VARONET MONASTERY -COLORFUL PAINTINGS IN EXTERIOR -POINTED ROOFS BECAUSE OF WINTER
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2 EXAMPLES UNDER ITALY
BASILICA DI SAN VITALE ST. MARK'S BASILICA
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-HAS DOUBLE OCTAGONAL SHELL W DOOMED OCTAGONAL CORTE -LARGEST AND BEST-PRESERVED BYZANTINE MOSAICS OUTSIDE THE WALL
BASILICA DI SAN VITALE
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-CHIESA D'ORO -REPRESENTATION OF INCIDENTS FROM OLD TESTAMENT -FLOOR IS ENTIRELY COVERED IN MOSAIC IN GEOMETRIC AND ANIMAL PATTERN
ST. MARK'S BASILICA
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"CHIESA D'ORO"
CHURCH OF GOLD
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2 EXAMPLES FROM RUSSIA AND UKRAINE
-CHURCH OF ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST -ST. BASIL; THE BLESSED CATHEDRAL
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-KNOWN FOR CANDY STRIPING IN ITS FACADE
ST JOHN THE BAPTIST
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-HAS 9 DIFFERENT CHURCHES -HAS 9 UNIQUE DOMES -BY IVAN IV IN 555 -ARKI: POSNIK YAKOLEV -"HEAVENLY JERUSALEM" -MOST RECOGNIZABLE SYMBOL OF RUSSIA
ST. BASIL THE BLESSED CATHEDRAL
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ALSO KNOWN AS "CATHEDRAL OF THE PROTECTION OF MOST HOLY THEOTOKOS ON THE MOAT"
ST. BASIL THE BLESSED CATHEDRAL
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"HEAVENLY JERUSALEM"
ST. BASIL THE BLESSED CATHEDRAL
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1 EXAMPLE FROM TURKY
HAGIA SOPHIA
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-BY ISODORUS AND ANTHEMIUS -1ST WAS DEDICATED TO CONSTANIUS AND GOT DESTROYED DURING RIOT -2ND DEDICATED TO THEODOSUS II, BURNED DOWN -3RD BY JUSTINIAN, DESIGNED BY ISODORUS AND ANTHEMIUS -MINARETS WERE ADDED -FELL INTO OTTOMAN -TURNED INTO A MOSQUE -TURNED INTO MUSEUM 1935 -BROUGHT BACK TO MOSQUE JULY 2020
HAGIA SOPHIA
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-MOST IMPORTANT EXAMPLE OF BYZANTINE ARKI
HAGIA SOPHIA
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"HOLY WISDOM"
HAGIA SOPHIA

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