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Flying buttress

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Helps support the glass walls of gothic cathedrals

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Verticality

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Being closer to God

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3
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Pointed arches

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Redirect the weight of the building

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General design of gothic cathedrals

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Vertical
Thin walls
Force of ceiling goes out at an angle but is stopped by the buttresses

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5
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Stained glass windows

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The bible told in light.

A story for those who couldn’t read

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6
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Rounded arch

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Famous in Romanesque churches

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7
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Qualities of Romanesque cathedrals

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Blocky, looks like a castle
Tiny windows
Force goes down to the thick walls

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8
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Jesuits are most at home in which movement

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Baroque

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9
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Why could Bach or Brukner not have written as many Marian hymns as Dvorak

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Dvorak = more religious, sticks to liturgical texts

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10
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What month is for Mary

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May

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When should a song about Mary be included in a liturgy

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If the song can support the word and text of the mass then it is good to go

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12
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What Marian hymn is appropriate to sing year round .

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Magnificat

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13
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Whoopie Goldberg played a nun in this

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Sister act

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14
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Lily

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Purity Mary

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15
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Peacock

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Resurrection

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16
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Dove

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Holy Spirit

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17
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Keys

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St. Peter

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18
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Butterfly

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Resurrection

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19
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Painting in plaster

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Frescoe

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20
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Picture with tiles

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Mosaic

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21
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Most popular figured depicted in catacombs

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Moses and Jonah

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22
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Sacraments depicted in the catacomb art

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Eucharist and baptism

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23
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What do the Greek letters A and W mean

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Alpha and omega

Beginning and end of all things

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24
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Prayer position, hands out and up

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Ouranta

25
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Fish thingy name

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Icthys/fethy

26
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Hermanutics defenition

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The study of theory and interpretation

27
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World of the text

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The text itself

28
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World behind the text

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The artists intentions

Context required

29
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World in front of the text

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Our response to the art.

What we bring

30
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What to look for

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Light and darkness
Position of people
Hands
Objects

31
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Fish

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Jesus Christ, son of God

32
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Phoenix

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Symbol of the resurrection of the bodies

33
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Monogram of Christ

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Placed on tomb to signify a buried Christian

34
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How was Jesus depicted in the catacombs

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Ambiguously because of commandment which specified false idols

35
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Saints depicted in catacombs and why

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St Cecelia
St urban
Both existed at the time

36
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How is art in catacombs different

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It’s pained on the wall.

37
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Why are the majority of Christian churches built after the 4th century

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Because Christianity was illegal before Constantine

38
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Atrium

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Gathering, sanctuary

39
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Narthex

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Pentendo, official entry way to the church

Not part of community

40
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Nave

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Mid line

41
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Bema (transept)

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gathering place for priests

Curved structures

42
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Apse

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curved backside of the church

43
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Catedra

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Chair

44
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Portico

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Entrance to porch

45
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Plainchant

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The same tone over and over

46
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Drone

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An instrument with a single note

47
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Neumes

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Squiggles, notes which go up and down. Original music taking

48
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Gregorian chant

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Chants with various harmonies and notes

49
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Guido overeto

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Creator of musical notation

50
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Poliphony

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Harmony with 3 or more people

51
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When were illuminated manuscripts written

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6-16th century

52
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Why are illuminated manuscripts valuable

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Took time to make
Precious metals
Lapis lasuli

53
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What were illuminated manuscripts made on

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Sheep skin called velum

54
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Why are IMs like comic books

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There are photos

55
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Often the first_____ of IMs were illuminated along with the _____

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Letter, margins

56
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What metals were used in IMs

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Gold and silver

57
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What was more precious than gold and was used in IMs

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Lapis lasuli

58
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What did a monk do if he made a mistake in the IM

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Turned it into art called marginalia

59
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Book of hours

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Collection of texts concerning Mary, given to girls. How they learned to read

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