religion and culture Flashcards
What is the significance of doves in christianity?
Represents the holy spirit that descended like a dove
What is the significance of peacocks in christianity?
Peacocks were thought to not decay, so they represented eternal life in Christ.
What is the significance of the Ithycus/fish in christian art?
represents Christianity/oppression
What is the significance of ΧΡ/chi ro in christian art?
Like saying CR, first two Greek letters of christ.
What is the annunciation?
An image of Mary finding out she will give birth to Christ?
What is the visitation?
Mary and her sister, origin of dove symbolism
What is the nativity?
A depiction of the birth of Christ
What is the crucifixion?
A depiction of the death of christ
What is the deposition?
Christ’s burial
What is the lamentation?
people grieving jesus
What is the pieta?
Mary holding her son’s body
What is a Christ Pantocrator image?
Byzantine, Christ with an invisible cigarette
What is depicted in the Sacrifice of Issac fresco in the Catacombs of Priscilla?
Abraham almost sacrificing issac, depiction of devotion and obedience.
What is the significance of Abraham to christians?
What is the significance of Issac to christians?
Issac was almost sacrificed by his father, Abraham
What is the significance of Jacob to christians?
What is the significance of Noah to christians?
Noah survived the flood
What is the significance of Moses to christians?
Split the red sea and freed the Jewish people
What is the significance of Mary to christians?
She is the mother of jesus
What is the significance of Jesus to christians?
Final prophet/messiah figure
What is the significance of Paul to christians?
Why doesn’t Muslim art depict people?
It is viewed as idolatry
How many surahs are there?
When was Mohammed born?
What happened to Mohammed’s father?
Who took care of Mohmammed after his mother’s death?
Who took care of Mohmammed after his grandfather’s death?
How many kids did Mohmammed have?
Who did Mohammed marry?
a forty year old merchant
What city was Mohammed born in?
Mecca
What did Mohammed flee from?
persecution in mecca
Where did Mohammed flee to?
medina
What were the contents of Mohammed’s vision?
that the trinity was false
What is a caliphate?
A ruler
What was the first caliphate?
rashidun (632-661)
What was the second caliphate?
Umayyad (661-750)
What was the third caliphate?
Abbasid (750-1517)
What was the fourth caliphate?
Fatimid Caliphate (909-1174)
What was the fifth caliphate?
Ottoman Caliphate/Empire (1517-1924)
Who did the Abbassid caliphate overthrow?
The Umayyads
Why did the Abbassid caliphate overthrow the Umayyads?
perceived corruption
Who were the visigoths?
What were pilgrimages?
What were pilgrimages churches?
Who was Theodora?
Who was Justinian?
