Early Christian Architecture Flashcards

1
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WHERE CHRISTIANITY STARTED

A

JUDEA ISRAEL)

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2
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2 EVANGELIST

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ST. PETER AND ST. PAUL

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3
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_ WINDOWS FOR COLD AND _ FOR HOT CLIMATE

A

LARGE, SMALL

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4
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WHAT INSPIRED EARLY CHRISTIAN ARKI

A

ROMAN ART

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5
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UNIVERSAL RELIGION OF ROMAN EMPIRE

A

CHRISTIANITY

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6
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WHAT DOES CHRISTIANITY PROMOTED WHEN BECAME THE UNIVERSAL RELOGION

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EQUALITY (POOR, CLASS, GENDER, NATIONALITY)

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7
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WHAT IS THE USE OF CHURCHES

A

WORSHIP ONLY

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8
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FIRST CHRISTIAN ROMAN EMPEROR

A

CONSTANTINE THE GREAT

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9
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CONSTANTINE CHANGED THE CAPITAL OF ROMAN EMPIRE FROM ROME TO _

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CONSTANTINOPLE/BYZANTIUM

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10
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FOR WORSHIP, USUALLY BUILT WHERE PATRONS/ST. DIED

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EARLY CHRISTIAN BASILICA

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11
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TO ADMIT LIGHT

A

CLERESTORY WINDOWS

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12
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EARLY CHRISTIAN BASILICA USED WHAT TYPE OF ROOF

A

TIMBER ROOF/QUEEN AND KING TRUSS

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13
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TO GIVE RICHNESS TO INTERIOR, FOR DECORATION ONLY AND NOT TO REPRESENT EVENTS FROM THE OLD TESTAMENT

A

MOSAIC

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14
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OPEN FORECOURT SURROUNDED BY ARCADES

A

ATRIUM

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15
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USED BY PENITENTS

A

NARTHEX

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16
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SEATING AREA FOR WORSHIPPERS

A

NAVE

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17
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AREA ON BOTH SIDES OD THE NAVE

A

AISLE

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18
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LOW SCREEN WALL ENCLOSING THE CHOIR

A

CANCELLI/CHANCEL

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19
Q

WHERE PRIEST READS OR DELIVERS HOMILY

A

AMBO/PULPIT

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20
Q

CANOPY ON THE ALTAR/ERECTED COLUMNS OVER THE ALTAR

A

BALDACHINO

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21
Q

RAISED PLATFORM ON THE ALTAR

A

BEMA

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22
Q

SIDE PROJECTIONS OF CHURCH

A

TRANSEPT

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23
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CIRCULAR TERMINATION OF THE CHURCH

A

APSE

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24
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PORTRAIT GLORIFYING THE KINGDOM OF GOD BEFORE APSE

A

ARCH OF TRIUMPH

25
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WHERE THE PRIEST OFFICIATES THE MASS

A

ALTAR

26
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SEPARATED BLDG FROM THE CHURCH, PLACE TO BAPTIZE

A

BAPTISERIES

27
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WHEN CAN BE BAPTIZED

A

EASTER, PENTECOST, EPIPHANY

28
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3 EXAMPLES OF BAPTISERY

A

BAPTISERY OF CONSTANTINE, BAPTISERY OF STA. MARIA MAGGIORE, NEIONIAN BAPTISERY

29
Q

-BY SIXTUS III
-NATURAL SPRING

A

BAPTISERY OF CONSTANTINE

30
Q

-OLDEST IN ITALIAN
-2ND LARGEST IN ITALY

A

BAPTISERY OF STA. MARIA MAGGIORE

31
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-STARTED BY URSA, FINSHED BY NEONNE
-OLDEST IN RAVENNA
-OCTAGONAL
-CONTAINS SOME OF MOST BEAUTIFUL MOSAIC

A

NEONIAN BAPTISERY

32
Q

2 TYPES OF TOMB

A

MONUMENTALTOMB AND CATACOMB

33
Q

3 EXAMPLES OF MONUMENTAL TOMB

A

TOMB OF GALLA PLACIDIA
MAUSOLEUM OF STA. COSTANZA
TOMB OF THEODORIC

34
Q

-CHRISTIAN’S OBJECTION TO CREMATION LED TO BUILDING OF _
-EXPRESSED FAITH IN _ AND _

A
  1. MONUMENTAL TOMBS
  2. IMORTALITY, MEMORIAL
35
Q

BUILT FOR THE DAUGTHER OF EMPEROR THEODOSIOS I

A

TOMB OF GALLA PLACIDIA

36
Q

BUILT FOR THE DAUGTHER OF CONSTANTINE, CONSTANTIA

A

MAUSOLEUM OF STA. COSTANZA

37
Q

-FOR THEODORIC THE GREAT (KING OF ARIAN OSTROGOTHS)
-SYMBOL OF POWER

A

THEODORIC’S MAUSOLEUM/TOMB OF THEODORIC

38
Q

NETWORKS OF SUBTERRANEAN CHAMBERS FOR BURIAL

A

CATACOMBS

39
Q

CHAMBER FOR CORPSE

A

LOCULI

40
Q

AD CATACUMBAS

A

AT THE HOLLOWS

41
Q

3 EXAMPLES OF CATACOMBS

A

CATACOMB OF ST. CALIXTUS
CATACOMB OF ST. DOMITILLA
CATACOMB OF PRISCILLA

42
Q

-CREMETAED THEIR DEAD
-SCARED OF GHOSTS

A

PAGANS

43
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-LARGEST CATACOMB (19KM)
-FIRST OFFICIAL UNDERGROUND CEMETERY

A

CATACOMB OF ST. CALIXTUS

44
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-2ND LARGEST (15KM)
-BEST PRESERVED IN ROME

A

CATACOMB OF ST. DOMITILLA

45
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-3RD LARGEST (13KM)
-QUEEN OF CATACOMBS BECAUSE SOME OF MOST POPES WERE BURRIED THERE

A

CATACOMB OF PRISCILLA

46
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9 EXAMPLES OF BASILICAN CHURCHES

A

OLD BASILICAN CHURCH OF ST. PETER
CHURCH OF NATIVITY
CHURCH OF HOLY SEPULCHER
STA. SABINA
ST. APOLLINAIRE NUOVO
ST APOLLINAIRE CLASSE
SANTO STEFANO ROTUNDO
ST. PAOLO FUORI LE MURA
TORCELLO CATHEDRAL

47
Q

-BY CONSTANTINE
-30 YRS TO BUILT
-IN CIRCUS OF NERO

A

OLD BASILICAN CHURCH OF ST. PETER

48
Q

T OT F
OLD BASILICA OF ST. PETER IS THE SAME AS ST. PETER CATHEDRAL TODAY

A

FALSE

49
Q

-BY CONSTANTINE AND HIS MOTHER, STA. HELEN
-BIRTHPLACE OF JESUS

A

CHURCH OF NATIVITY

50
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-HOLIEST CHRISTIAN SITE IN THE WORLD
-BY CONSTANTINE
-WHERE JESUS WAS CRUCIFIED

A

CHURCH OF HOLY SEPULCHER

51
Q

AEDICULE

A

SHRINE TO SHELTER A HOLY OBJECT

52
Q

-DEDICATED TO A NUN THAT WAS RICH BUT PURSUED NUN
-MOTHER CHURCH OF PREACHER/DOMINICAN ORDER
-BY PETER OF ILLYRIA

A

STA. SABINA

53
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-HAS SIDE WALL MOSAICS
-RIGHT=MALE, LEFT=FEMALE
-BY THEODORIC

A

ST. APOLLINAIRE NUOVO

54
Q

-BY ARCHBISHOP URSINUS
-EXCEPTIONAL MOSAICS AND MARBLES, IMPRESSIVE EXAMPLE OF EARLY CHRISTIAN BASILICA

A

ST APOLLINAIRE CLASSE

55
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-LARGEST CIRCULAR CHURCH IN EXISTANCE
-ONE OF THE OLDEST
-BY POPE SIMPLICIUS

A

SANTO STEFANO ROTUNDO

56
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-IN GRAVE OF ST. PAUL
-LARGEST BASILICA UNTUIL ST. PETER
-HAS CLOISTER
-OUTSIDE THE WALL

A

ST. PAOLO FUORI LE MURA

57
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OPEN AREA IN ST. PAOLO FUOVI LE MURA SURROUNDED BY COLUMNS

A

CLOISTER

58
Q

-HOUSES THE BEST MOSIC IN NORTH ITALY
-DEDICATED TO AGSUNTA

A

TORCELLO CATHEDRAL