styles Flashcards
1
Q
What are carpet pages?
A
Decorative pages that are named after carpets. highly abstract
2
Q
What are mirabi?
A
niche used to indicate west; to pray towards
3
Q
What are minarets?
A
Islamic tower used for call to prayer
4
Q
What is vellum?
A
calf-skin parchment
5
Q
How does Islamic art different from other types of art?
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6
Q
What is Hiberno-Saxon art like?
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7
Q
Who brought ivory to Spain?
A
Umayyad caliphate
8
Q
What are pyxides?
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9
Q
Romanesque
A
thick walls, small windows;looking back to roman world; association w catholicism
10
Q
what is a tempenum?
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11
Q
What is a basilica?
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12
Q
What is the Gothic Style?
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13
Q
What is the Romanesque style, in architecture?
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14
Q
What is the incipit?
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15
Q
Who discovered linear perspective?
A
Brunelleschi
