Midterm

Question 0

Abbasid Dynasty

Answer 0

750-1258

Capital Baghdad

Question 1

Dates of Umayyad dynasty

Answer 1

650-760

Capital Demascus

Question 2

Umayyad Presence in Spain

Answer 2

Cordoba

710-1500

Question 3

Fatimid

Answer 3

10th-12thcentury

Cairo

Question 4

Samanid

Answer 4

9th and 10th century
Persia
Sunni

Question 5

Seljuks

Answer 5

1055-1194

Isfahan

Question 6

Mongols

Answer 6

13th and 14th dynasty

Ilkhanid Dynasty

Question 7

Alkaline glaze

Answer 7

A glaze fluxes with alkali

Question 8

Earthenware

Answer 8

A ceramic body made from clay maturing

Question 9

Flux

Answer 9

A substance which determines melting and fusion point of a glaze

Question 10

Frit

Answer 10

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

Question 11

Glaze

Answer 11

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

Question 12

Lead glaze

Answer 12

A glaze fluxes with lead oxide

Question 13

Luster

Answer 13

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

Question 14

Minai ware

Answer 14

Pottery decorated I’m over glaze colors

Question 15

Slip

Answer 15

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

Question 16

Stone-paste

Answer 16

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

Question 17

Stoneware

Answer 17

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

Question 18

Tim glaze

Answer 18

A glaze opacified with tin oxide

Question 19

Silhouette ware

Answer 19

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

Question 20

Underglaze painting

Answer 20

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

Question 21

Over glaze painting

Answer 21

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

Question 22

Painting in reserve

Answer 22

Background receives the luster glaze while figures stay white

Question 23

Stucco

Answer 23

Plaster used for coating

Question 24

Iwan

Answer 24

An vaulted space that is open on one side

Question 25

Niello

Answer 25

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

Question 26

Tiraz

Answer 26

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

Question 27

Tesserae

Answer 27

Cubed pieces of glass to make design

Question 28

Mosaic

Answer 28

Cut up pieces of glass or hard material to make design

Question 29

Madrasa

Answer 29

Higher education Seljuks

Question 30

Muqarnas

Answer 30

Decoration

Question 31

Masquaras

Answer 31

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