Chapter 7- Jewish, Early Christian, Byzantine, & Early Medieval Art

Question 1

A picture that recounts an event drawn from a story, either factual or fictional

Answer 1

narrative image

Question 2

A picture that expresses or embodies an intangible concept or idea.

Answer 2

iconic image

Question 3

The Vestibule or entrance porch of a church

Answer 3

narthex

Question 4

An unroofed interior couryard in Roman house, sometimes having a pool.

Answer 4

atrium

Question 5

Any structure designed with a rectangular shape.

Answer 5

longitudinal plan

Question 6

Aisles next to the nave

Answer 6

side aisles

Question 7

The topomost zone of a wall with windows in basillica, extending above the aisle roofs.

Answer 7

clerestory

Question 8

The arm of the crucifrom church, perpendicular to the nave.

Answer 8

transept

Question 9

Any Structure designed with a primary central space surrounded by symmetrical areas on each side.

Answer 9

central plan

Question 10

Arcs that separate the side aisles

Answer 10

nave arcade

Question 11

The concave triangular section of a vault that forms the transition between a square or polygonal space and the circular base of a done.

Answer 11

pendentives

Question 12

A Church or Chapel built over the grace of a martyr.

Answer 12

martyrium

Question 13

a title of Christ represented as the ruler of the universe, especially in Byzantine church decoration.

Answer 13

Pantokrator

Question 14

An almond-shaped area in whcih a sacred figure, such as Christ is represented.

Answer 14

mandorla

Question 15

a representation, in Byzantine art, of Christ harrowing hell.

Answer 15

anastasis

Question 16

A handwritten book or document.

Answer 16

manuscript

Question 17

A painting on paper or parchment used as illustration and/or decoration for manuscripts or albums

Answer 17

illumninated

Question 18

A manuscript page

Answer 18

folio

Question 19

The banning and/or destruction of icons and religious images.

Answer 19

iconoclasm

Question 20

A screen covered with icons that separates the sanctuary (where the altar is located) from the congregational space in an Orthodox church.

Answer 20

iconostasis

Question 21

A technique for decorating gold in which tiny balls of the precious metal are fused to the main surface in a pattern.

Answer 21

granulation

Question 22

A technique in which powdered glass is applied to a metal surface in a decorative design.

Answer 22

enamel

Question 23

A type of linear decoration in which ribbonlike bands are illusionistically depicted as if woven under and over one another.

Answer 23

interlaces

Question 24

A room in a monastery housing a workshop for writing or copying manuscripts.

Answer 24

scriptorium

Question 25

Characteristic feature of insular that illuminated manuscripts.

Answer 25

Carpet Pages

Question 26

What was Luke's image?

Answer 26

Ox

Question 27

What was John's image?

Answer 27

Eagle

Question 28

What was Mark's image?

Answer 28

Lion

Question 29

What was Matthew's image?

Answer 29

Man

Question 30

The combining of different, often contradictory beliefs, while blending practices of various religions

Answer 30

Syncretism

Question 31

When was the fall of the Western Empire?

Answer 31

476

Question 32

When was Iconoclam & the Middle Byzantine?

Answer 32

726

Question 33

When was Christianity divided into two Parts? AKA The Schism

Answer 33

1054

Question 34

When did the West occupy Constantinope?

Answer 34

1204

Question 35

When was Constantinople Captured?

Answer 35

1453

Question 36

This year was the end of Byzantine art?

Answer 36

1453

Question 37

The late Byzantine empire fell to who?

Answer 37

The Ottoman Turks

Question 38

Who was Justinians Wife?

Answer 38

Theodora

Question 39

What 3 roles do the men in the Mosaics in San Vitale represent?

Answer 39

-Church -Military -Emperor

Question 40

What does Purple Symbolize?

Answer 40

Byzantine Royalty

Question 41

What does not from human hands mean?

Answer 41

Acheriropoieta

Question 42

Who built the first Temple?

Answer 42

Solomon

Question 43

Where is the Ark of the Covenant?

Answer 43

Under the Dome of the Rock

Question 44

Which Edit made Christianity the offical Religion?

Answer 44

380 Edit of Thessalonica

Question 45

Hagia Sophia means?

Answer 45

Holy Wisdom

Question 46

Which two buildings did Justinian Comission?

Answer 46

-Hagia Sophia -San Vitale

Question 47

Answer 47

**Menorah's and the Ark of the Covenant** - Object in the Middle is the Ark of the Covenant - Found in Catacombs

Question 48

Answer 48

**Mosaic Floor of the Beth Alpha Synagogue** - Rounded structure at the top is the apse. - The Torah would go in the apse

Question 49

Answer 49

**Golden Haggadah** - Pigments of Gold Leaf on Vellam - Depicts Parting of the Red Sea - Made for Passover - Audience was a wealthy family in Spain.

Question 50

Answer 50

**Catacomb of Priscilla** - Rome, Italy - Entrance to Catacomb

Question 51

Answer 51

**Church of Hagia Sophia** - Emperor that comissioned was Justinian I - Made of Brick and Ceramic - The First one was destroyed and the second one was burned - It was first a Chruch, then a mosque, and is now a museum.

Question 52

Answer 52

**Hinged Clasp** - Sutton Hoo - Gold Plaques - Inayed

Question 53

Answer 53

**Anastasis** -Figure behind Christ is a Mandorla (A Mandorla is an Almond shaped area for a holy person)

Question 54

Answer 54

**Christ Pantocrator, Monastary St. Catherine** - Gift from Justinian to Monastary - Encaustic Painint on Wood