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Big dome in the middle with flanking half domes and Arabic calligraphy

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Name: Hagia Sophia Place: Constantinople Time period: Early Byzantine

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haloed head of state with purple robe flanked by 5 men in white robes and 3 soldiers to the left(looking at pic) says Maximianvs at the top below border

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Name:Emperor Justinian and his Attendants Place:

San Vitale, Ravenna Materials: mosaic Time Period Early Byzantine

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Half dome with a gold back drop, Christ in the middle with a halo, 2 men on the left, two men on the right and one laying beneath him.

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Name: The Transfiguration of Christ Place: St. Catherine, Mt. Sinai Materials: mosaic Time Period: Early Byzantine

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woman with halo flanked by men with halos and crosses with baby that looks like tiny grown up with halo with two angel behind them all.

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Name:Virgin & Child with Saints & Angels Place:St. Catherine, Mt. Sinai Materials encaustic on wood Time Period: Early Byzantine

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8-21 Central dome and squinches, Christ in the middle with halo, gold background but most of if flaked away to show white plaster, Christ is wearing blue

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Name:Christ Pantokrator Place:Church of the Dormition, Daphni Material: mosaic Time Period: Middle Byzantine

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8-22 Christ on the cross, gold back ground, skull at his feet flanked by a woman in a halo and a man in a halo

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Name: Crucifixion Place:Church of the Dormition, Daphni Material: mosaic Time Period: Middle Byzantine

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8-31 Big colorful mural, Christ is in all white, dark blue sky

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Name:Anastasis Place:Monastery of Christ in Chora, Material: Fresco Time Period: Later Byzantine

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15-12 Boat front for a viking ship

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Name: Gripping Beasts, Oseberg Ship Material: wood Timeperiod: Scandinavian Vikings (Norse)

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15-1 Book from the beginning of chapter elaborate illuminated text that lools like XPL

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Name: Chi Rho Iota page, Book of Kells Place: Iona Material: Oxgall inks…vellum* Time Period: Celtic Britain and Ireland

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15-4 jewelry in red and blue inlays

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Name Hinged clasp, Sutton Hoo Burial Ship Material: Gold plaques with inlays of garnet and checked millefiori glass, Time Period: Celtic Britain.

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15-15 the bald crowned mustached man on a small horse statue

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Name:Equestrian Portrait of Charles the Bald (?) Material:bronze Time Period:Carolingian Period

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15-16 Octagonal marble church palace

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15-16 Palace Chapel of Charlemagne(interior) Place:Aachen Time Period Carolingian Period

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15-20 Book with Matthew writing in a book and a L on the opposite illuminated page

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Name: St. Matthew, Ebbo Gospels Material: Ink, gold, and colors on vellum Time Period: Carolingian Period

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15-24 dark Jesus on gold cross

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Name: Gero Crucifix Place:Cologne Material: Paint and gilded wood. Time Period: Ottonian Period

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15-25 Doors with scence of Jesus’ life and lion door handles all black

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Name:Doors of Bishop Bernward Place:Hildesheim Material: bronze time Period: Ottonian Period

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16-5 interior of Romanesque chruches with rows of tall arches all grey stone

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Name:Transept interior, Cathedral of Saint James Place: Santiago de Compostela Time Period Romanesque

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16-7 gold king statue

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Name Reliquary State of Sainte-Foy Place:Conques Material Silver gilt over wooden core with gems and cameos and various dates. Romanesque

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16-10 leaning tower or Pisa and surroundings

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Name:Cathedral Complex Place: Pisa Time Period: Romanesque

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16-18 Romanesque church with rib vaulting on rose window

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Plan and Interior of Durham Catherdral Time Period: Romanesque

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page 483 relief carving with arch around it and many many scenes on with side of Christ in the top center

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Name: The Last Judgment Tympanum place: Autun Time period: Romanesque

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detailed medieval embroidery

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Name:Bishop Odo Blessing the Feast, Bayeux Embroidery time period: Romanesque

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17-4 Gothic Church with mismatched columns and rose window

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West facade Chartres Cathedral Gothic time period

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17-5 the tri doors with pointed arches and three columns on either side of each entry so 18 columns total

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Royal Portal Chartres Cathedral Gothic time period

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17-13 super fancy big rose window and two square tours and tri enties with pointed arches

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West facade of Reims Catherdral Gothic time period

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17-14 four statues on is an angel talking to a woman and one is woman talking to an older woman

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central portal right side west facade reims cathedral gothic time period

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17-15 the inside double rose windows

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Interior looking west reims cathedral gothic time period

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17-19 tall skinny window in room with rib vaulting and hardly any wall

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Upper Chapel Interior with Sainte-Chappelle in the gothic time period Place is Paris

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17-26 interior with rib vaulting and stain glass and boring chairs

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salisbury cathedral gothic time period

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17-31 looks like a gold coffin

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Name:NICHOLAS OF VERDUN, Shrine of the Three Kings Place: Cologne Material Silver & gilded bronze with enamel and gemstones gothic time period

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17-32 the black knight

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Name St. Maurice Place:Magdeburg Material:Sandstone with traces of polychromy time: Gothic

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Iconoclasm

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banning and or destruction of images

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icon

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an image representing a sacred figure or even in the byzantine Church.

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scriptoria

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rooms in a monastery for writing or copying manuscripts

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animal style

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decoration made of interwoven animals or seperants

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Rule of St. Benedict

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The Rule of Saint Benedict (Regula Benedicti) is a book of precepts written by Saint Benedict of Nursia (c.480–547) for monks living communally under the authority of an abbot.

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reliquary

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a container, often elaborate and made of precious material used as a repository for sacred relics.

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Theotokos

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mother of Jesus or God Bearer

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throne of wisdom

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In the Roman Catholic tradition, the epithet “the Seat of Wisdom” or “Throne of Wisdom” (a translation of the still-used Latin sedes sapientiae) is identified with one of many devotional titles for the Mother of God.

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westwork

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the monumental westfacing entrance section of a carolingian, ottonian, or Romanesque church.

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Pantokrator

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Christ Pantocrator is an icon of Christ represented full or half-length and full-faced. He holds the book of the Gospels in his left hand and blesses with his right hand.

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flying buttress

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is an arched bridge above the aisle roof that extends from the upper nave wall , where the lateral thrust of the main vault is greatest, down to a solid pier.

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mandorla

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light encircling or emanating from the entire figure of a sacred person

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the portrait like sculptures Ekkehard and Uta were commissioned for

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a funerary chapel

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what provided inspiration for the round towers in gothic period

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muslim and byzantine structures in the middle east

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what detail of Coppo de Marcovaldos painted crucifix help identify it as historated crucifix

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the narrative scenes next to the primary figure

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what was the primary purpose of Sainte-Chapelle in Paris

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it housed the Kings relics

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Why was rib vaulting an important innovation?

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it provided strong skeletal support for light weight masonary work.

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all of the following were reasons for Abbot Suger’s design of the choir at St. Denis except

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his desire to improve acoustics at the church. he could have cared less!

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why were the narrative images not often used in the clerestory windows at chartres?

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narrative scenes were difficult to see from the nave

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the influence of muslim castles and Byzantine fortifications brought back by the crusaders can be seen in the

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crenellations on the tower tops

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What architectural feature distinguishes pilgrimage churches

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aisled transepts leading to the ambulatory

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Why did the old testament figure of Jesse emerge as a popular subject in the romanseque period

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his ancestral connection to jesus

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the painting christ in majesty in san climent in Taull demonstrated mozarbic influence in its

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flat bands of color and heavy outlines

Art History 101-001 (3 decks)

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