Chapter 8-11 Flashcards
narthex
entrance way into a church
atrium
enclosed garden with no roof
nave
axial longitudinal plan middle pathway of church
clerestory
row of windows at the top for light
Ambulatory
walking pathway in a circle, first seen in santa constanza
mausoleum
indoor building as a grave cite for one or a family
catacomb
underground network of burials
Orants
raise the roof pose seen catacombs
santa sabina
axial/longitudinal, told us what old st peters looked like
Old Saint Peter’s
longitutanial related to santa sabina, nave, aisle, narthax
Santa Costanza
Ambulatory, symbol of jesus and dinices, grapes
Christian sarcophagi
Not Suffering, young christ, christian subject matter in roman
Christ as Good Shepherd from Galla Placidia:
cross, sheep, Halo, purple gown,
Common figure used as prefiguration of Christ:
Jonah the whale seen in catacomb of pricilla
Symbols of the Eucharist
(UNKNOWN)Vienna Genesis:
made of animal skin: parchment(cow or sheep), written in liquid silver ink, multiple images of same person, images were for the illiterate
Catacombs of Priscilla:
She was a lady (questioned womens role)
Squinch
Octagon that transfer into a dome
Encaustic
pigment mixed with wax, ,used in icons like the virgin and child one
icon
an image used for private devotion
Mosaics
artwork made out of small titles
pendentive
kinda like a squish but served to hold a dome
Pantokrator at Daphni
judgy jesus on the ceiling, greek dome, italian apse, lots of gold
San Vitale mosaics
frontal, flat, formal, floating, justinian and theodora. Showed allegiance to their poer
Hagia Sophia
plan central and somewhat longitudinal invented the pendentives, square with dome
Hosios Loukas
held up dome with squinches
(UNKNOWN) Virgin and Child Between Saints
icon, mary wearing blue, god’s hand on the top, incostic on wood, lots of icons
Common features of Byzantine mosaics
GOLD
: hypostyle
Lots of columns
calligraphy
art of writing
Minaret tower
used to call muslims to pray
Madrasa
A school
mosque,
place of worship for muslims , different regions look different
Mihrab
prayer niche in prayer wall
Muqarnas
decorative vaulting, seen in column of the 2 sisters
Alhambra
Hall of the Two Sisters
Court of the Lions: lions, on the central part and water fountain
Pyxis of al-Mughira
cosmetic holder, box in the shape of cylindrical, not religious included animals
Basin
Baptistere of St. Louis: gold bowl, geometric designs, signed 6 times, calligraphy, silver, not used for religious reasons only used for handwashing
Folio from a Qur’an
Caligraphy, gold bars, kosif form, decor in gold band, no figure
Mosque of Selim II
4 minerats, looked like hagia sophia but made it bigger to show power built by sinan,
Great Mosque of Cordoba
showed power if islam in spain, church was their original, doble arched columns,
Secular vs. religious art:
secular art gonna have images, religous wont
Fibula
brochure
Incipit
, page with big letter
cloisonne
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.
carpet page
at the beginning of of each of the gospel in gospel books
horror vacui horror vacui
fear of empty space
transept
- A rectangular area which cuts across the main axis of a basilica-type building and projects beyond it
Fibula
What was the most typical object people wore in
animal style
In the Fibula whats the style called
manuscripts
Where is animal style translated and showed up on
Why make manuscripts-
attracts people and teaches them. Also for people who couldn’t read
Author portraits what showed classical influence-
Drapery, not frontal, not flat, hes writing, looking like philosopher
Charles laball
- Inspired by marcus Arabias
Whos behind reviving classical style
sharlamn he created alot of monasteries
The front of the manuscript- carpet page
