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Midterm Flashcards

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Abbasid Dynasty

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750-1258

Capital Baghdad

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Dates of Umayyad dynasty

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650-760

Capital Demascus

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Umayyad Presence in Spain

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Cordoba

710-1500

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Fatimid

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10th-12thcentury

Cairo

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Samanid

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9th and 10th century
Persia
Sunni

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Seljuks

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1055-1194

Isfahan

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Mongols

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13th and 14th dynasty

Ilkhanid Dynasty

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Alkaline glaze

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A glaze fluxes with alkali

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Earthenware

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A ceramic body made from clay maturing

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Flux

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A substance which determines melting and fusion point of a glaze

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Frit

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A pulverized, insoluble glass formed by the fusion of the various materials being used

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Glaze

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Vitreous coating applied to the surface of a pot to make in impermeable or for decorative effect

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Lead glaze

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A glaze fluxes with lead oxide

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Luster

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A metallic sheen on the surface of a glaze used for its decorative effect

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Minai ware

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Pottery decorated I’m over glaze colors

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Slip

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A semi-fluid colored clay used either for coating a pot or decorating it before glazing

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Stone-paste

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An artificial ceramic body made from ten parts of ground quartz, one part ground glass fruit and on part of fine white clay.

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Stoneware

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A ceramic body made from clay, harder and heavier than earthenware

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Tim glaze

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A glaze opacified with tin oxide

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Silhouette ware

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Black slip applied thickly then carved say to reveal lighter color underneath, then can be glazed with a clear or colored glaze

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Underglaze painting

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Blue and black both stable under a transparent alkaline glaze so applied first after which glaze applied

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Over glaze painting

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Paint enamel colors onto a cold glade and do a final firing at a lo temperature

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Painting in reserve

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Background receives the luster glaze while figures stay white

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Stucco

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Plaster used for coating

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Iwan

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An vaulted space that is open on one side

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Niello

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Metallic that’s been melted and rub it over surface of medal and wipe it off so that the black gets in the engraving and highlights it

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Tiraz

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Long band of embroidered cloth with the rulers name and praise of the ruler

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Tesserae

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Cubed pieces of glass to make design

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Mosaic

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Cut up pieces of glass or hard material to make design

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Madrasa

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Higher education Seljuks

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Muqarnas

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Decoration

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Masquaras

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