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RUSSMIDTERMS Flashcards

1
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Slavic prince who accepted Christianity as the official religion

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Grand Prince Vladimir

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2
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Year that Grand Prince Vladimir accepted Christianity

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988

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3
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Roman emperor who persecuted Christians

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Diocletian

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4
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Roman emperor who declared Chrisianity as official religion

Who was his mother?

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Constantine

Helen

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5
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Document that proclaimed Christianity as official religion and when

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Edict of Milan

313

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6
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Basic plan of the Orthodox Church

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Cross Inscribed Plan

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7
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City founded by the Roman Emperor that accepted Christianity

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Constantinople

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Main central city of early medieval Eastern Slavs

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Kiev

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9
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Event that brought the end of the middle Byzantine Period

When

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sacking of Constantinople by Crusaders

1204

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10
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What do we see at the very top of the dome?

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Christ Pantocrator

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11
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What miracle do we see pportrayed on the east piers?

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The Annunciation

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12
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Name of the two people who are in the Annunciation

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Gabriel and Mary Theotokos

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13
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Give name of four figres at the top of the piers

Who were they?

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Mark, Matthew, Luke, John

write of the life of Christ

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14
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Name of structural space that contains the altar

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apse

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15
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Name of Prince who built the largest Cathedral in Kiev

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Yaroslav Vladimirovich

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16
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What figures do we see beneat the uppermost image?

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archangels

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17
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Name the archangels

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Michael, Gabriel, Raphael, Uriel

18
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In the traditional scheme of the icon scheme, what is the fifth uppermost row?

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patriarchs row

19
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Name two males from the book of Genesis

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Abraham and Isaac

20
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What is the name of the portal that is at the center of the icon screen?

A

royal gate

21
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What is the word for “in prayer”?

A

deesis

22
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What prince built the Church on the river Nerl?

A

Andrei Bogolyubsky

23
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To what with whom was the Church dedicated to?

A

Intercession of Mary

24
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Who was the half brother of the ruler that built the church on the river Nerl?

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Prince Vsevolod III

25
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Four main points about the Mongol invasion of Russia.

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  1. Mongols taught the Russians about centralized authority
  2. Mongols were happy to coexist with the Russian Church
  3. Mongols weren’t interested in colonizing, they only wanted tax money
  4. Mongols delegated tax collecting to favorite Russian prince - prince of Moscow
26
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What are the steps in painting an icon?

A
  1. preparing the boards
  2. with chisel work, depress the main area of the icon
  3. apply geeso in depressed area
  4. apprentice or master outline main pattern with stylus
  5. apply paint - build up in color from dark to light
  6. master does the face
  7. fix it with linseed oil
27
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In the making of some icons, there is a technique known as assiste - what is the material and what is done with the material?

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gold leaf

you use a wolf’s fang to rub on the gold leaf on desired areas

28
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Name an example of the tenderness icon.

A

Vladimir Mother of God

29
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Name of the conquerer against whom the Vladimir Mother of God icon was used against.

A

Tamerlane

30
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Name of prince who stole the Vladimir Mother of God icon from Kiev.

A

Andrei Bogolyubsky

31
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Name of type of paint used in medieval Russian icon and frescoes and what is the binder of the paint.

A

tempera paint

egg is the binder

32
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Main cathedral of the Russian land.

What is the great icon that is preserved in preserved in this cathedral?

A

Dormition Cathedral (in Moscow Kremlin)

Vladimir Mother of God

33
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Name of Italian architect that built the Dormition Cathdral in the Moscow Kremlin.

A

Aristotle Fioravanti

34
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Name of the cathedral that served as the royal church, is the church of rulers, the the burial place for the princes.

A

Archangel Michael Cathedral

35
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Who was the Grand prince that built both the Archangel Michael Cathedral and the Dormition Cathedral in the Moscow Kremlin?

A

Ivan the Great (III)

36
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What even occured in 1453?

A

Fall of Constantinople (taken by the Ottomans)

37
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Who was the Grand Prince that completed the Bell Tower of Ivan the Great?

A

Basil III

38
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The first of the tower votice churches to celebrate the birth of his son, what is the name of the church?

A

Church of the Ascension

39
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What is the proper name of St. Basil’s?

A

Church of the Intercession on the Moat

40
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St. Basil’s was built to celebrate the fall of what city?

What was the name of the ruler that built this church?

A

Kazan

Ivan the Terrible (IV)

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