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38 Cards in this Set
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Ambulatory |
the passage (walkway) around the apse in a basilican church or around the central space in a central-plan building (ex: St. Gall) |
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Archivolts |
curved molding formed by the voussoirs making up an arch (ex: South Portal of the Church of Saint-Pierre) |
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Basilica |
a large, rectangular building with a clerestory, side aisles separated from the centre nave by colonnades and an apse at one or both ends (ex: Basilica Ulpia) |
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Catacomb |
an underground cemetery consisting of tunnels on different levels (ex: Cubiculum of Leonis) |
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Chevrons |
a decorative motif made up of repeated inverted V's; a zigzag pattern (ex: Durham Cathedral) |
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Chi Rho or XPI |
an abbreviation of the word "Christi" which starts the phrase "Christi autem generatio"; the beginning of the Gospel of Matthew (ex: Gospel of Matthew in the Book of Kells) |
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Chiaroscuro |
An Italian word designating the contrast of dark and light in a painting, drawing or print (ex: Last Supper by Tintoretto) |
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Clerestory |
the topmost zone of a wall with windows in a basilica, extending above the aisle roofs (ex: Sta. Costanza) |
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Cloister |
an enclosed space, open to the sky, at the heart of a monastery, surrounded by an arcaded walkway (ex: Durham Cathedral) |
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Codex |
a book, or a group of manuscript pages held together by stitching or other binding on one side (ex: Manuscript Page with Rebecca at the Wall) |
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Compound Piers |
a pier or a large column with shafts, pilasters or colonnettes attached to it on one or more sides (ex: Durham Cathedral) |
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Diptych |
two panels of equal size, usually decorated with paintings or reliefs and hinged together (ex: Battista Sforza and Federico Da Montefeltro) |
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Flying Buttress |
an arch built on the exterior of a building that transfers the thrust of the roof vaults at important stress points through the wall to a detached buttress pier (ex: Chartres Cathedral) |
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Guilds |
an association of craftspeople (ex: Mérode Altarpiece) |
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Historiated Capitals |
a capital displaying human figures or narrative scenes (ex: Creation and Fall of Adam and Eve) |
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Iconoclasm |
the banning and/or destruction of icons and religious images (ex: Crucifixion and Iconoclasts) |
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Illuminated |
a painting on paper or parchment used as illustration and/or decoration for manuscripts or albums (ex: Manuscript Page with Rebecca at the Wall) |
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Jamb |
the vertical element found on both sides of a door or an opening in a wall, often supporting an arch or lintel (ex: South Portal of the Church of Saint-Pierre) |
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Lintel |
a horizontal element of any material carried by two or more vertical supports to form an opening (ex: South Portal of the Church of Saint-Pierre) |
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Manuscript |
a handwritten book or document (ex: Manuscript Page with Rebecca at the Wall) |
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Narthex |
the vestibule or entrance porch of a church (ex: South Portal of the Church of Saint-Pierre) |
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Pendentive |
the concave triangular section of a vault that forms the transition between a square or polygonal space and the circular base of a dome (ex: The Church of Hagia Sophia) |
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Putti |
a plump, naked little boy, often winged (aka cupid or cherub) (ex: The Camera Picta) |
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Quadrant Arch |
The arch that attaches a flying buttress horizontally to the building it supports (ex: Chartres Cathedral) |
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Rib Vault |
ribs demark the junctions of a groin vault; ribs may reinforce the vault or be purely decorative (ex: Durham Cathedral) |
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Scriptoria |
a room in a monastery housing a workshop for writing or copying manuscripts (ex: St. Gall) |
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Sfumato |
in painting, the effect of haze in an image; resembling the colour of an atmosphere at dusk; a smokey effect (ex: Mona Lisa) |
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Tapestry |
a pictorial textile in which the coloured weft threads that form the patter or pictures are woven into an undyed warp during the process of making the fabric itself (ex: The Unicorn is Found) |
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Tribune |
a vaulted or semi-domed apse in a room or church (ex: Hagia Sophia) |
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Triforium |
the element of the interior elevation of a church found directly below the clerestory and consisting of a series of arched openings in front of a a passageway within the thickness of the wall (ex: Salisbury Cathedral) |
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Triptych |
an artwork made up of three hinged panels (ex: Mérode Altarpiece) |
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Tromp l'oeil |
a manner of representing in which the appearance of natural space and forms is recreated with the express intention of fooling the eye of the viewer who may be convinced or fooled that the painted subject actually exists as three-dimensional reality (ex: Studiolo of Federico Da Montefeltro) |
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Trumeau |
a column, pier or post found at the centre of a large portal or doorway, supporting the lintel (ex: South Portal of the Church of Saint-Pierre) |
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Tympanum |
in medieval and later architecture, the area over a door enclosed by an arch and lintel, often decorated with sculpture or mosaic (ex: South Portal of the Church of Saint-Pierre) |
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Select five examples from sculpture (from two or more cultures) that represent the human body. For each example: 1. discuss the meaning and significance of its stylistic traits and 2. discuss how these traits reflect the values and beliefs of the culture which it represents. |
- Head of Pakal the Great (Mayan, 7th Century)
- Kritios Boy (Greece, 480BCE)
- Aphrodite of Knidos by Praxiteles (Greece, 350BCE)
- Equestrian Portrait of Charles the Bald (Medieval, 9th Century)
- Virgin and Child (Gothic, 14th Century) |
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With reference to five examples, discuss the various ways in which art, artifacts and/or architecture have been used for funerary purposes. Discuss how your examples reflect beliefs about life, death, and the afterlife. Each example must be from a different period. |
- Temple of Inscriptions (Mayan, 5th-8th Century)
- Funerary Vessel (Greece, 750-735BCE)
- Garden of Earthly Delights by Hieronymous Bosch (Renaissance, 16th Century)
- Burial of Count Orgaz by El Greco (Renaissance, 16th Century)
- St. Serapion by Zurbarán (Baroque, 17th Century) |
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With reference to five examples associated with at least three distinct sets of beliefs, discuss the way in which art and architecture have been used in the service of religion. |
- Temple of Inscriptions (Mayan, 5th-8th Century)
- Nike (Victory) of Samothrace (Greece, 180BCE)
- Wall with Torah Niche (Byzantine, 244-245CE)
- Creation of Adam by Michelangelo (Renaissance, 16th Century)
- The Elevation of Christ by Peter Paul Rubens (Baroque, 17th Century)???? |
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With reference to five examples of advancements in building materials and techniques, discuss how these advancements have impacted the development of architecture. Your answer must make reference to specific structures. |
- Parthenon (Greek, 447-432BCE)
- Colosseum (Roman, 72-80CE)
- Katholikon (Byzantine, 11th Century)
- Dome of the Florence Cathedral (Renaissance, 15th Century)
- Church of San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane (Baroque, 17th Century) |
