Art History Test 3

Front 1

Alternate-Support System

Back 1

In church architecture, the use of alternating wall supports in the nave, usually piers or columns or compound piers of alternating form.

Front 2

Archivolt

Back 2

The continuous molding framing an arch. In Romanesque or Gothic architecture, one of the series of concentric bands framing the tympanum.

Front 3

Cistercian

Back 3

An order of Benedictine monks who emphasized productive manual labour and condemned figural art in churches and religious books.

Front 4

Cloister

Back 4

A monastery courtyard, usually with covered walks or ambulatories along its sides. Reserved for monks' use only.

Front 5

Cluniac

Back 5

An order of Benedictine monks who emphasized the liturgy and worship over all other aspects of monasticism. The duke of Aquitaine waived his feudal rights when he donated land for the Cluniac abbey, so the abbot of Cluny was subject only to the Pope.

Front 6

Compound Piers

Back 6

Piers with groups or clusters of attached shafts or responds, especially characteristic of Gothic architecture.

Front 7

Crossing Square

Back 7

The area in a church formed by the intersection of a nave and a transept of equal width, often used as a standard module of interior proportion.

Front 8

Crossing Tower

Back 8

The tower over the crossing of a church.

Front 9

Jambs

Back 9

In architecture, the side posts of a doorway.

Front 10

Lintel

Back 10

A horizontal beam used to span an opening.

Front 11

Parchment

Back 11

Lambskin prepared as a surface for painting or writing.

Front 12

Radiating Chapels

Back 12

In medieval churches, chapels for the display of relics that open directly onto the ambulatory and the transept.

Front 13

Relic/Reliquary

Back 13

The body parts, clothing, or objects associated with a holy figure/the container in which relics are kept.

Front 14

Repoussé

Back 14

Formed in relief by beating a metal plate from the back, leaving an impression on the face. The metal sheet is hammered into a hollow mold of wood or some other pliable material and finished with a graver.

Front 15

Scriptorium

Back 15

The writing studio of a monastery.

Front 16

Tribune

Back 16

In church architecture, a gallery over the inner aisle flanking the nave.

Front 17

Trumeau

Back 17

In church architecture, the pillar or central post supporting the lintel int he middle of the doorway.

Front 18

Tympanum

Back 18

The space enclosed by a lintel and an arch over a doorway.

Front 19

Vellum

Back 19

Calfskin prepared as a surface for writing or painting.

Front 20

Voussoirs

Back 20

Wedge-shaped stone blocks used in the construction of a true arch. The central voussoir, which sets the arch, is called the keystone.

Front 21

Westwork

Back 21

German, "western entrance structure." The facade and towers at the western end of a medieval church, principally in Germany. In contemporary documents the westwork is called a castellum or turris.

Front 22

Lindisfarne Gospels

Back 22

Northumbria ca. 698-721. Tempera on vellum. Hiberno-Saxon

Front 23

Book of Kells

Back 23

Iona, Scotland. Late 8th-early 9th century. Tempera on vellum. Hiberno-Saxon

Front 24

Votive Crown of Reccenswinth

Back 24

Spain ca. 670. Visigothic

Front 25

San Juan Bautista

Back 25

Banos de Cerrato, Spain. 661. Visigothic

Front 26

Tower and Scriptorium of San Salvador de Tabara

Back 26

Emeritus. Colophon of the Commentary on the Apocalypse by Beatus. Tabara, Spain, 970. Tempera on parchment. Mozarabic

Front 27

Equestrian Portrait of Charlemagne or Charles the Bald

Back 27

Metz, France. 9th century. Bronze. Carolingian

Front 28

Palatine Chapel of Charlemagne

Back 28

Aachen, 792-805. Carolingian

Front 29

Coronation Gospels/Gospel Book of Charlemagne

Back 29

Aachen, ca. 800-810. Ink and tempera on vellum. Carolingian

Front 30

Ebbo Gospels

Back 30

Hautvillers, France, ca. 816-835. Ink and tempera on vellum. Carolingian

Front 31

Front cover of the Lindau Gospels

Back 31

St Gall, Switzerland, ca. 870. Gold, precious stones, and pearls. Carolingian

Front 32

Plan of a Monastery at St Gall

Back 32

ca. 849. Red ink on parchment. Carolingian

Front 33

Church of St Cyriakus

Back 33

Gernrode, Germany, 961-973. Ottonian

Front 34

Church of St Michael

Back 34

Hildesheim, Germany, 1001-1031. Ottonian

Front 35

Doors with relief panels

Back 35

Commissioned by Bishop Bernwad for the Church of St Michael, Hildesheim, Germany, 1015. Bronze. Ottonian

Front 36

Column with reliefs illustrating the life of Christ

Back 36

Commissioned by Bishop Bernwad for the Church of St Michael, Hildesheim, Germany, ca, 1015-1022. Bronze. Ottonian

Front 37

Gero Cross

Back 37

Cologne, ca. 970. Painted wood. Ottonian

Front 38

Otto III Enthroned, Gospel Book of Otto III

Back 38

Reichnau, Germany, 997-1000. Tempera on vellum. Ottonian

Front 39

Saint-Etienne

Back 39

Vignory, France, 1050-1057. Romanesque

Front 40

Saint-Sernin

Back 40

Toulouse, ca. 1070-1120. Romanesque

Front 41

Third Abbey Church

Back 41

Cluny, 1088-1150. Romanesque

Front 42

Trumeau of the South Portal at St Pierre

Back 42

Moissac, France, 1115-1135. Romanesque

Front 43

Tympanum of the South Portal at St Pierre

Back 43

Moissac, France, 1115-1135. Romanesque

Front 44

West Tympanum of St Lazare

Back 44

Gislebertus. Autun, France, ca 1120-1135. Marble. Romanesque

Front 45

Tympanum of the center portal of the narthex, La Madeleine

Back 45

Vezelay, France, 1120-1135. Romanesque

Front 46

Abbey church of Notre-Dame

Back 46

Fontenay, France, 1139-1147. Romanesque

Front 47

St-Michel-de-Cuxa

Back 47

Mid-12th century