Vocab Flashcards
Relic
An object surviving from an earlier time
Reliquary
Container for relics
Primary relic
Part of a saint
Secondary relic
Objects that the Saint came into contact with
Forta sacra
Sacred theft
Closed composition
Image where all the elements are arranged neatly inside the frame
Open composition
Image is dynamic or disordered
Briscolage
Something constructed or created from a diverse range of available things
Cloisonné enamel
Technique of creating designs on metal vessels with colored glass paste placed within closures made of copper or bronze wires.
Gospels
Any one of the first four books of the Christian bible that tell the life of Jesus
Evangelist
A person who seeks to convert others to Christian faith
Carpet page
Geometrical ornamental, which she may include repeated animal forms placed at beginning of bible
Iconostasis
Where the images were placed in churches
Icoclasm
Breaking of images
Icon
Images
Iconophile
Supports religious images/icons. Love of images
Encaustic
Using pigments mixed with hot wax. Type of icon painting
Caliph
Religious and civil leader in a Muslim country
Aniconism/aniconic
Absence of material representation of the natural and supernatural world
Mihrab
Wall of a mosque at the point nearest to Mecca. Toward which the congregation faces to pray
Shrine
A holy place bc of association was a sacred person or relic, typically marked by a building
Eastern Orthodox Church
Site of the former Byzantine empire
Minaret
Tall, slender tower that is a feature of a mosque. Characteristic of Islamic culture
Pendencitives
Constructive device permitting the place of a circle dome over a square room
Justinian
Byzantine emperor who held the eastern frontier against the Persians
