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Chapter 8-11 Flashcards

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narthex

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entrance way into a church

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atrium

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enclosed garden with no roof

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nave

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axial longitudinal plan middle pathway of church

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clerestory

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row of windows at the top for light

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Ambulatory

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walking pathway in a circle, first seen in santa constanza

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mausoleum

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indoor building as a grave cite for one or a family

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catacomb

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underground network of burials

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Orants

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raise the roof pose seen catacombs

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santa sabina

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axial/longitudinal, told us what old st peters looked like

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Old Saint Peter’s

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longitutanial related to santa sabina, nave, aisle, narthax

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Santa Costanza

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Ambulatory, symbol of jesus and dinices, grapes

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Christian sarcophagi

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Not Suffering, young christ, christian subject matter in roman

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Christ as Good Shepherd from Galla Placidia:

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cross, sheep, Halo, purple gown,

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Common figure used as prefiguration of Christ:

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Jonah the whale seen in catacomb of pricilla
Symbols of the Eucharist

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(UNKNOWN)Vienna Genesis:

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made of animal skin: parchment(cow or sheep), written in liquid silver ink, multiple images of same person, images were for the illiterate

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Catacombs of Priscilla:

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She was a lady (questioned womens role)

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Squinch

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Octagon that transfer into a dome

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Encaustic

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pigment mixed with wax, ,used in icons like the virgin and child one

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icon

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an image used for private devotion

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Mosaics

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artwork made out of small titles

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pendentive

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kinda like a squish but served to hold a dome

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Pantokrator at Daphni

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judgy jesus on the ceiling, greek dome, italian apse, lots of gold

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San Vitale mosaics

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frontal, flat, formal, floating, justinian and theodora. Showed allegiance to their poer

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Hagia Sophia

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plan central and somewhat longitudinal invented the pendentives, square with dome

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Hosios Loukas

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held up dome with squinches

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(UNKNOWN) Virgin and Child Between Saints

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icon, mary wearing blue, god’s hand on the top, incostic on wood, lots of icons

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Common features of Byzantine mosaics

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GOLD

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: hypostyle

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Lots of columns

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calligraphy

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art of writing

30
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Minaret tower

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used to call muslims to pray

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Madrasa

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A school

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mosque,

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place of worship for muslims , different regions look different

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Mihrab

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prayer niche in prayer wall

34
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Muqarnas

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decorative vaulting, seen in column of the 2 sisters

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Alhambra

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Hall of the Two Sisters
Court of the Lions: lions, on the central part and water fountain

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Pyxis of al-Mughira

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cosmetic holder, box in the shape of cylindrical, not religious included animals

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Basin

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Baptistere of St. Louis: gold bowl, geometric designs, signed 6 times, calligraphy, silver, not used for religious reasons only used for handwashing

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Folio from a Qur’an

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Caligraphy, gold bars, kosif form, decor in gold band, no figure

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Mosque of Selim II

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4 minerats, looked like hagia sophia but made it bigger to show power built by sinan,

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Great Mosque of Cordoba

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showed power if islam in spain, church was their original, doble arched columns,

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Secular vs. religious art:

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secular art gonna have images, religous wont

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Fibula

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brochure

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Incipit

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, page with big letter

44
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cloisonne

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technique of creating designs on metal vessels with colored-glass paste placed within enclosures made of copper or bronze wires, which have been bent or hammered into the desired pattern.

45
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carpet page

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at the beginning of of each of the gospel in gospel books

46
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horror vacui horror vacui

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fear of empty space

47
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transept

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  • A rectangular area which cuts across the main axis of a basilica-type building and projects beyond it
48
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Fibula

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What was the most typical object people wore in

49
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animal style

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In the Fibula whats the style called

50
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manuscripts

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Where is animal style translated and showed up on

51
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Why make manuscripts-

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attracts people and teaches them. Also for people who couldn’t read

52
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Author portraits what showed classical influence-

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Drapery, not frontal, not flat, hes writing, looking like philosopher

53
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Charles laball

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  • Inspired by marcus Arabias
54
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Whos behind reviving classical style

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sharlamn he created alot of monasteries
The front of the manuscript- carpet page

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