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Western Art Final
Final exam review
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Art History
Undergraduate 1
12/02/2007

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Term
Early Christian Art
Definition

3rd-5th centuries

 

Old St. Peter's, Rome

Basilica of Santa Sabina, Rome

Sarcophagus of Junius Bassus 

Term
Early Byzantine Art
Definition

6th Century

 

Sant'Apollinare in Classe, Ravenna

Hagia Sophia, Istanbul 

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Hiberno-Saxon Art
Definition

6-8th centuries

 

Purse with cover from the ship burial at Sutton Hoo

Page with Man, Book of Durrow

Chi Rho Iota page from Book of Kells 

Term
Clerestory
Definition
Upper row of windows
Term
Ambulatory
Definition
Place for pilgrims
Term
Dome on pendentives
Definition
a dome on four column-like pendentives with an occulus in the center
Term
tympanum
Definition
The arched space above the lintel where extensive carving is done
Term
archivolts
Definition
arching spaces above tympanum
Term
trumeau
Definition
center column between the two entry doors (jamb figures go here)
Term
barrel vault
Definition
arches packed together supported by very thick walls, they exert force outward
Term
flying buttresses
Definition
stone supports outside the building that support the force exerted by barrel vaulting
Term
Rule of St. Benedict
Definition
Poverty, Chastity, Obedience, also included building plan for a monastery
Term
Scroll and Codex
Definition
Scroll-rolled piece of long paper, Codex-today's "book" bound with pages
Term
manuscript
Definition
handwritten codex or scroll
Term
parchment
Definition
thinned and treated animal skin
Term
vellum
Definition
fine parchment made from calfskin
Term
relics
Definition
the remains of a worshipped being
Term
Reliquary
Definition
relic container
Term
[image]
Definition

Hagia Sophia, Istanbul

Early Byzantine, 6th Century

Architects: Anthemius of Tralles and Isidorus of Miletus (university professors-physicist and optics specialist)

 

"domed basilica"-axis, nave and dome

dome caved in three times, built it higher each time

lifts visitors' minds up to god 

 

 

Term
[image]
Definition

Purse Cover from ship burial at Sutton Hoo

Hiberno-Saxon Art, 6th-8th Centuries

 

King Raedwald, england is buried with all his stuff

his people were very good smiths 

Term
[image]
Definition

Chi Rho Iota page from the Book of Kells

Hiberno-Saxon Art, 6th-8th Centuries

 

Probably made at Iona, Scotland

Moth/butterfly representing heavens?

lower down shows "earthy life" with cats, mice nd waters

especially elaborate 

Term
interlacing
Definition
A type of linear decoration in which ribbonlike bands are illusionistically depicted as if woven under and over one another
Term
[image]
Definition

Triforium-

the element of the interior elevation of the church, found between the nave arcade and the clerestory, covers the blind area created by the sloping roof over the aisles.

Term
Galleries
Definition
the story found above the side aisles overlooking the nave
Term
pier
Definition
a masonry support made up of many stones, or ruble and concrete
Term
compound pier
Definition
a pier or large column with shafts, pilasters or colonnettes attached to it on one or more sides
Term
westwork
Definition
the west facing (not always) entrance section of a church
Term
ribs 
Definition
projecting bands at the juncture of curved surfaces or cells of a vault. Sometimes structural and sometimes decorative.
Term
portal
Definition
an entrance, door or gate to an important building, often decorated with sculpture.
Term
groin vault
Definition

a system of spanning space using vaults

how? 

Term
rib vault
Definition

a system of spanning space using vaults

how? 

Term
cloister
Definition
an open space, part of a monastery surrounded by an arcaded or colonnaded walkway, often containing a garden.
Term
monastery
Definition
the buildings housing a community of men (monks) or women (nuns) living under religious vows
Term
scriptorium
Definition
a room in a monastery used for writing or copying manuscripts.
Term
animal style
Definition
a type of imagery characterized by stylized animals or animal-like forms arranged in intricate patterns.
Term
interlace 
Definition

type of linear decoration with in which ribbonlike bands are illusionistically under and over eachother

(used in the page with man, gospel of st. matthew) 

Term
[image]
Definition

Page with Man (Mattew), Gospel Book of Durrow

Hiberno-Saxon Art, 6th-8th Centuries 

 

Depicted unnaturally, using mostly red, yellow, black and green.

 

Term
[image]
Definition

sarcophagus of junius bassus

Early Christian Art, 3r-5th Centuries

Term
[image]
Definition

Old St.Peter's, Rome

Early Christian Art, 3rd-5th centuries

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