Dates and Hard Flashcards
1206
sacking of Constantinople by Crusaders;
brought end to Byzantine period
1054
Pope and Patriarch simultaneous excommunicated eachother
the Russian Church
Fundamental mainstay why Russia didn’t collapse
4th Century
Nicene Creed
basic statement of Holy Trinity - Father, Son, Holy Spirity
main promulgator is St. Nicholas
6th century
Justinian build Hagia Sophia - St. Sophia - Divine Wisdom
St. Sophia is not a person but rather a concept
305
Death of Diocletian
330
founding of Constantinople
863
founding of Rurikovich Dynasty with Rurik
accepted power in Novgorod
988
Grand Prince Vladimir accepted Christianity in Kiev
Dnieper River
connects North Sea to Black Sea
has Kiev on it
valuable because Mediterranean was dangerous becuase of pirates
313
Edict of Milan
proclamation of Christianity as iofficial religion of Roman Empire
Most Russian nativity are dedicated to
nativity of Mary
Iconostasis
- local row
- deesis
- festival row
- prophets row
- patriach row
Deesis
St. Peter; Archangel Michael; Virgin Mary
Christ in Throne
John the Baptist; Archangle Gabriel; St. Paul
St. Peter
St. Paul
head full of hair - of the people
high forehead - intellectual
prophet row
Elija, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Isaiah
patriarch row
Abraham, Isaac, Jacob
opus mixtum
flat bricks held together by mortar made of crushed stones and field stones
1147
Yury Dolgoruky found Moscow
Mosaics
place known for this
image made by combining thousands of fragments of opaque glass
smaltose - fragments of opaque glass
St. Sophia Cathedral at Kiev
frescoes
place known for this
- apply first level of ground
- apply level of plaster
- outline subject with charcoal
- apply tempura paint
Mirozhsky Monastery in Pskov
What was center of icon painting and why?
Novgord
because Mongols didn’t attack it from negotiation with Alexander Nevsky
Mongol attack medieval Russ
1237-1241
takes Vladimir
1380
Dmitry Donskoy; first great victory over Mongols
1453
fall of Constantinople by Ottomans
1436
Council of Florence; Russia rejects
1505
Ivan the Great dies
1533
Basil III dies
1584
Ivan IV dies
1552
Ivan IV’s victory over Kazan
1598
Theodore dies, ending the Rurikovich Dynasty
1605
Boris Godunov dies, and family massacred