Q1: Lesson 3 | Medieval Art

Question 1

Is the name for the artistic products if the Eastern Roman empire

Answer 1

Byzantine art

Question 2

Byzantines spoke _______ over Latin

Answer 2

Greek

Question 3

Principal church of diocese, a type of church where a bishop has an official seat

Answer 3

Cathedral

Question 4

A manuscript book

Answer 4

Codex

Question 5

A devotional panel depicting a sacred image

Answer 5

Icon

Question 6

A screen decorated with icons

Answer 6

Iconostasis

Question 7

Decoration using pieces of stone, marble, or colored glass called tesserae, that are cemented to a wall or floor

Answer 7

Mosaic

Question 8

Literally “ruler of the world” - a term that alludes to a figure of Christ placed above the altar

Answer 8

Pantocrator

Question 9

A construction shaped like a triangle that transitions the space between flat walls and the base of a round dome

Answer 9

Pendentive

Question 10

A book of the Psalms or scared sung poems from the Bible

Answer 10

Psalter

Question 11

The polygonal base of a dome that makes a transition from the round dome to a flat wall

Answer 11

Squinch

Question 12

A three-paneled painting or sculpture

Answer 12

Triptych