Islamic, Early Medieval, Romanesque, and Gothic Flashcards
Dome of the Rock
7th Century; Jerusalem, Isreal
Islamic
The Great Mosque of Cordoba
786 CE; Spain
Islamic
Early Medieval Art
6th - 9th Century
Sutton Hoo Purse Cover
630 CE; England; gold with garnets and Cloisonne;
Northern European Art, Early Medieval
Animal Head Post
800 CE; Norway; hardwood
Northern European Art, Early Medieval
The Book of Kells (Chi Rho Iota page)
8th-9th Century; Ireland; tempera on vellum
Hiberno-Saxo, Early Medieval Art
Lindisfarne Gospels (Cross Page)
700 CE; Ireland; tempera on vellum
Hiberno-Saxon, Early Medieval Art
Charlemagne’s Palace Chapel
800 CE; Germany
Caroligian Art; Early Medieval Art
St. Matthew
800 CE; France; from the Gospel Book of Charlemagne
Caroligian Art; Early Medieval Art
Romanesque Art
1050-1200 CE
Santiago de Compostela
1100 CE; Spain
Romanesque
Saint Sernin
1100 CE; Toulouse
Romanesque
Saint-Pierre Moissac
1100 CE; France; Cloister and portal
Romanesque
The Bayeux Tapestry
1070-1080 CE; France; wool on linen
Romanesque
Gothic Art
1140-14th Century
Abbey Church at St. Dennis
1140 CE; Paris, France
Gothic Art
Notre Dame de Paris
1163-1250 CE; Paris, France
Gothic Art
Chartres Cathedral
13th Century; Chartres, France
Gothic Art
Sainte Chapelle
1243-1248 CE; Paris, France
Gothic Art
Qur’an
Sacred text of Islam
Minaret
A tower on or near a mosque, varying extensively in form throughout the Islamic world, from which the faithful are called to prayer fivet imes a day.
Mosque
A building used as a center for community prayers in Islamic worship; it often serves other functions including religious education and public assembly.
Muhammad
Islamic musiah
Mecca
Promise land of the Islamic religion
Caliph
The cheif muslim civil and religious reader.
The 5 Pillars of Faith
are five basic acts in Islam, consideredmandatory by believers and are the foundation of Muslim life.
Cloisonne
An enameling method in which the hallows created by wires joined to a metal plate are filled with enamel to create a design.
Sutton Hoo
Sutton Hoo, near Woodbridge, in the English county of Suffolk, is the site of two 6th- and early 7th-century cemeteries.
Manuscript Illumination
Decoration of handwritten documents, scrolls, or books with drawings or paintings.
Charlemagne
Charlemagne, also known as Charles the Great or Charles I, was the King of the Franks from 768, the King of Italy from 774, and from 800 the first emperor in western Europe since the collapse of the Western Roman Empire three centuries earlier.
Reliquaries
A container used for storing or displaying relics.
Feudalism
Social system in which the nobility held lands from the Crown in exchange for military service, and vassals were in turn tenants of the nobles, while the peasants (villeins or serfs) were obliged to live on their lord’s land and give him homage, labor, and a share of the produce, notionally in exchange for military protection.
Tympanum
An arched area between an arch and the lintel of a door or window, frequently carved with relief sculpture.
Flying Buttresses
An arch or series fo arches on the exterior of a building to detached pier butresses so that the thrust from the roof vaults is offset. (Buttress = A projecting support built against an external wall, usually to counteract the lateral thrust or a vault or arch within.)
