HoA Week 9 Flashcards
Rosslyn Chapel
15th-century Episcopal chapel in Midlothian
Patronage
Financing and influencing art or architecture.
Purgatory
Intermediate state between Heaven and Hell.
Iconoclasm
Destruction of religious images for doctrinal reasons.
Triptych
Artwork consisting of three panels.
Censing
Dispersing incense using a thurible.
Ductus
Movement through a work of art.
Book of Hours
Private prayer book for individual use.
Host
Wafer representing Christ’s body in communion.
Chancel
Eastern part of the church with the altar.
Nave
Main area of the church for congregants.
Transepts
North and south extensions of a church.
Cruciform
Architecture shaped like a cross.
Portal
Decorative doorway and its surroundings.
Pier
Support structures
Vault
Arched stone ceiling in a church.
Buttress
External support structure for a church.
Crypt
Lower floor of a church
Rood Screen
Barrier separating chancel from nave.
Hans Holbein the Younger
German painter known for portraits and religious art.
Erasmus
Scholar who patronized Holbein in Basel.
Memento Mori
Artistic reminder of human mortality.
Anamorphic Skull
Distorted skull image symbolizing death.
Symbolism
Use of symbols to represent ideas.
Cult of Glorianna
Idealization of Queen Elizabeth I.
Allegory
Representation of abstract ideas through characters.
Transience
Concept of impermanence in life and art.
Psychological Insight
Understanding character through visual representation.
Realism
Artistic focus on accurate depiction of life.
Elizabethan Portraiture
Symbolic representation over naturalism in art.
