Chapter 8-11

Question 1

narthex

Answer 1

entrance way into a church

Question 2

atrium

Answer 2

enclosed garden with no roof

Question 3

nave

Answer 3

axial longitudinal plan middle pathway of church

Question 4

clerestory

Answer 4

row of windows at the top for light

Question 5

Ambulatory

Answer 5

walking pathway in a circle, first seen in santa constanza

Question 6

mausoleum

Answer 6

indoor building as a grave cite for one or a family

Question 7

catacomb

Answer 7

underground network of burials

Question 8

Orants

Answer 8

raise the roof pose seen catacombs

Question 9

santa sabina

Answer 9

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

Question 10

Old Saint Peter’s

Answer 10

longitutanial related to santa sabina, nave, aisle, narthax

Question 11

Santa Costanza

Answer 11

Ambulatory, symbol of jesus and dinices, grapes

Question 12

Christian sarcophagi

Answer 12

Not Suffering, young christ, christian subject matter in roman

Question 13

Christ as Good Shepherd from Galla Placidia:

Answer 13

cross, sheep, Halo, purple gown,

Question 14

Common figure used as prefiguration of Christ:

Answer 14

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

Question 15

(UNKNOWN)Vienna Genesis:

Answer 15

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

Question 16

Catacombs of Priscilla:

Answer 16

She was a lady (questioned womens role)

Question 17

Squinch

Answer 17

Octagon that transfer into a dome

Question 18

Encaustic

Answer 18

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

Question 19

icon

Answer 19

an image used for private devotion

Question 20

Mosaics

Answer 20

artwork made out of small titles

Question 21

pendentive

Answer 21

kinda like a squish but served to hold a dome

Question 22

Pantokrator at Daphni

Answer 22

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

Question 23

San Vitale mosaics

Answer 23

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

Question 24

Hagia Sophia

Answer 24

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

Question 25

Hosios Loukas

Answer 25

held up dome with squinches

Question 26

(UNKNOWN) Virgin and Child Between Saints

Answer 26

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

Question 27

Common features of Byzantine mosaics

Answer 27

GOLD

Question 28

: hypostyle

Answer 28

Lots of columns

Question 29

calligraphy

Answer 29

art of writing

Question 30

Minaret tower

Answer 30

used to call muslims to pray

Question 31

Madrasa

Answer 31

A school

Question 32

mosque,

Answer 32

place of worship for muslims , different regions look different

Question 33

Mihrab

Answer 33

prayer niche in prayer wall

Question 34

Muqarnas

Answer 34

decorative vaulting, seen in column of the 2 sisters

Question 35

Alhambra

Answer 35

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

Question 36

Pyxis of al-Mughira

Answer 36

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

Question 37

Basin

Answer 37

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

Question 38

Folio from a Qur’an

Answer 38

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

Question 39

Mosque of Selim II

Answer 39

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

Question 40

Great Mosque of Cordoba

Answer 40

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

Question 41

Secular vs. religious art:

Answer 41

secular art gonna have images, religous wont

Question 42

Fibula

Answer 42

brochure

Question 43

Incipit

Answer 43

, page with big letter

Question 44

cloisonne

Answer 44

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.

Question 45

carpet page

Answer 45

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

Question 46

horror vacui horror vacui

Answer 46

fear of empty space

Question 47

transept

Answer 47

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

Question 48

Fibula

Answer 48

What was the most typical object people wore in

Question 49

animal style

Answer 49

In the Fibula whats the style called

Question 50

manuscripts

Answer 50

Where is animal style translated and showed up on

Question 51

Why make manuscripts-

Answer 51

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

Question 52

Author portraits what showed classical influence-

Answer 52

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

Question 53

Charles laball

Answer 53

- Inspired by marcus Arabias

Question 54

Whos behind reviving classical style

Answer 54

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