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41 Cards in this Set
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The Church of Hagia Sophia was built in the city of ___________.
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- Constantinople
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The figure of The Good Shepherd represents ___________.
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- Jesus
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Virgin and Child with Saints and Angels from St. Catherine, Mt. Sinai is made in ____________.
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- Encaustic
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An extensive and highly integrative program of frescos covered every square inch of the walls of the ___________ of the Church of Christ at Chora near Constantinople.
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- Funerary Chapel
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___________ is an example of an artwork that draws upon conventions of both Classical and Near Eastern pictorial traditions.
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- The Mosaic Floor of the Beth Alpha Synagogue.
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According to tradition, the author of the Psalms was the biblical figure ___________.
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- David
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___________ figures are those who are represented worshipping with outstretched arms.
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- Orant
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Ravenna is located in the present-day country of ___________.
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- Italy
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A __________ is an underground cemetery.
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- Catacomb
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__________ is not part of the Christian Trinity.
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- Mother (Virgin Mary)
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The squinches of the Church of the Dormition of Daphni contain representations of all of these except the ___________.
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- Crucifixion
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A cross-shaped building is called a (n) ___________.
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- Cruciform
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"Iconoclasm" means image- ___________.
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- Breaking
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The presence of a skull directly below the cross in some representations of the Crucifixion signifies the grave of ___________.
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- Adam
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Torah scrolls are kept in a ___________.
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- Synagogue
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The Virgin of Vladimir was created in __________ and brought to ___________.
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- Constantinople; Kiev
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The basilica form for early church was derived from ancient ___________ buildings.
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- Roman
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All of the following except __________ are in Ravenna.
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- Santa Sabina
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The variety of ___________ buildings excavated in present-day Syria at the abandoned Roman outpost of Dura-Europos represents the diverse cultural influences of the region in the second and third centuries.
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- Religious
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A (n) ___________ is a small chapel.
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- Oratory
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The Cathedral of Santa Sophia, founded by Grand prince Yuroslav, is in ___________.
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- Kiev
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The biblical books about the life of Christ are called "Gospels," which comes from the Greek, meaning __________.
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- Good news
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The apse mosaic of Sant' Apollinare in Classe represents the ___________, when Jesus reveals his divinity.
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- Transfiguration
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___________ is the term for a book written by hand.
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- Manuscript
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The word " ___________" is derived from the Latin word meaning "chair," but later came to mean "bishop's throne."
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- Cathedral
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For early Christians, ___________ provided the model for congregational churches.
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- Pagan basilicas
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The expansive dome of the church of Hagia Sophia is supported using architectural structures known as ___________.
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- Pendentives
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At the end of the tenth century, the Italian city of __________ was granted a special trade status that enabled its merchants to control much east-west commerce.
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- Venice
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The Vienna Genesis is painted on purple-dyed vellum, colored from ___________.
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- Mollusk shells
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The Infant Virgin Mary Caressed by her Parents (Joachim and Anna) from the Church of Christ in Chora was made from ___________.
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-Mosaic
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The material used to make David Battling Goliath is?
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- Silver
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Harbaville Triptych was made from ____________?
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- Ivory
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What material were used to make Rebecca at the Well from the Vienna Genesis?
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- Tempera, Gold, and Silver on Dyed Vellum.
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Virgin and child with Saints and Angels housed in Monastery of Saint Catherine, Mount Sinai was made from?
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- Encaustic on wood
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Chapter 7: Jewish, Early Christian, And Byzantine Art
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Chapter 8: Islamic Art
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Chapter 14: Early Medieval Art In Europe
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Chapter 15: Romanesque Art
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Chapter 16: Gothic Art Of The Twelfth And Thirteenth Centuries
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Chapter 17: Fourteenth - Century Art In Europe
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The __________ was initiated during the Late Byzantine period of art.
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- Funerary Chapel of Theodore Metochites.
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