In Early Christian art, Christ often appears as the youthful and loyal protector of the Christian flock.  He said to his disciples, “I am the good shepherd, the good shepherd gives his life for the sheep.”

Wall decoration consisting of bright panels of different colors.

The grand stone door in Romanesque churches.

A group of buildings in which monks live together, set apart from the secular community of a town.

The small pieces of stone or glass used for mosaics

Patterns or pictures made by embedding small pieces of stone or glass in cement on surfaces such as walls and floors.  Technique of making mosaics is also called mosaic.

A luxurious handmade book with painted illustrations and decorations

A monumental tomb whose name is derived from the 4^th centrury BCE tomb of Mausolos at Halikarnassos

the patch of intonaco to be painted for the day.  Only did small sections of paining at a time, and only painted intonaco on the section they would paint that day.

Intonaco

the final, smooth layer of plaster. Made from lime and sand, laid in sections.

the final preparatory drawing on the arriccio, typically done in red ochre

Painting on lime plaster, either dry or wet.  In the latter method, pigments are mixed with water and become chemically bound to freshly laid lime plaster.

In Early Christian Art, the depiction of Old Testament persons and events as prophetic forerunners of Christ and New Testament events.

In early Christian art, a figure with both arms raised in the gesture of prayer.

Subterranean networks of rock-cut galleries and chambers designed as cemeteries for the burial of the dead.

Cross shaped plan.

The parts of the structure are of equal or almost equal dimensions around the center.

The parts of a building are organized longitudinally, or along a given axis.

In Roman architecture, a civic building for legal and other civic proceedings.  Rectangular in plan with entrance usually on long side.

In Christian architecture, a church somewhat resembling the Roman basilica, usually entered from one end with an apse at the other.

In Roman architecture, a freestanding arch commemoration an important event, such as a military victory or the opening of a new road.

May be described as a round arch rotated around the full circumference of a circle.

An arch rotated on its vertical axis.

There is a framework of ribs or arches under the intersections of the vaulting sections.

Formed at the point where two barrel vaults intersect at right angles.

Semicylindrical in cross-section.  A deep arch or uninterrupted series of arches, one behind the other, over an oblong space.

The disposition of human figure in which one part (usually legs) is turned in opposition to another part (usually shoulders and chest.)  This creates a counterpositioning, sometimes called “weight shift” because the weight of body tends to be on one foot, creating tension on one side of the body and relaxation on the other.

A bronze-casting method.  A figure is modeled in wax then covered with clay.  It then is fired so the wax melts and hardens clay.  Left is a mold for molten metal.

Greek for “young woman” and also an archaic statue of a young woman.

Greek for “young man” and also an archaic greek statue of a young man.

A painting technique where the artist mixes pigment with wax, and applies it to the surface while hot.