Final Review: Byzantine

Question 1

• Know the importance of Constantine and the 1000 + years of the Byzantine Empire.

Answer 1

• In which ways did the Byzantine Empire adhere to and project the idea of a New Rome? In which ways was it a continuation of the Roman Empire?
• Early Byzantine – who were the main figures, what is the message of their monuments?
• Know the importance of the Emperor Justinian and his reign.
• Hagia Sophia – be able to analyze this building. What does it tell us about the period and their motivations?
• Know the message of San Vitale – Architectural design & mosaics.
• Middle Byzantine – RETURN OF THE ICON – Why is this such a big deal?
• Know the importance and basic elements of the Byzantine Icon as well as Iconoclasm.
• In which ways did the style of Byzantium influence the Western World?
• Know the importance of the Late Byzantine – What changes (artistically, politically, geographically. . . )?

Terms to Know:
Constantinople, pendentive, squinch, exedra, Ravenna, Ostrogoths, Empress Theodora, The Purple, ivories, vellum & parchment, Illuminated Manuscripts, The Gospels & their Symbols, Pantocator, Theotokas, Anastasis, Greece, The Venetian Republic, William the Conqueror, Sicily, The 4th Crusade, Russia (“The New Rome”), Moscow, Ottoman Turks, May 29, 1453, The Great Schism (1054).

Question 2

slide list

Answer 2

Abbey Church of St. Denis (Interior)
God as Architect of the World (manuscript page)
Cathedral of Notre Dame (Paris)
Chartres Cathedral
Rose of France, Chartres (stained glass)
Reims Cathedral
Annunciation and Visitation (Reims)
Sainte-Chapelle
Jean Pucelle, page from the Hours of Jeanne d’Evreux
Salisbury Cathedral
Dormition of the Virgin, Strasbourg Cathedral
Vesperbild (Pieta)
Lorenzo Maitani, Orvieto Cathedral
Cimabue, Virgin and Child Enthroned