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35 Cards in this Set
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Catacombs |
Vast subterranean networks of galleries (passageways) and chambers designed as cemeteries for burying the Christian dead. |
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Loculi |
Rectangular cavities for placement of dead in catacomb galleries |
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Cubicula |
Small rooms carved out of the rock and serving as a mortuary chapel in the catacombs |
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Iconography |
Study of images and symbolism |
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Basilica |
Rectangular plan building originating in Roman secular architecture |
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Convention |
An agreed-upon method or way of presenting things |
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Disguised symbolism |
An outward attempts to conceal or misrepresent the true nature or identity |
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Cathedra |
An episcopal throne |
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Mosaic |
Small bits of glass or stone embedded in cement creating a design or picture image. |
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Pendentive |
An architectural triangle uniting a square base to a round dome |
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Horror vacui |
Fear of uncovered spaces |
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Frontality |
Consciousness to the front of the work |
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Icon |
An object of generation or worship |
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Diptych |
A 2 panel painting or altarpiece |
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Triptych |
A three panel painting or altarpiece |
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Polyptych |
An altarpiece of four or more sections |
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Mosque |
The Islamic building for Islamic worship |
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Minaret |
A tower from which the faithful are called to worship |
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Arabesque |
Islamic decorative motif, usually floral organic patterns |
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Stalactite decoration |
Lace-like intricate decoration on Islamic art |
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Manuscript |
A hand written document |
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Illuminator |
A painter of manuscripts |
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Rotulas |
A manuscript in scroll form |
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Codex |
A manuscript of individual pages within a cover - predecessor of the modern book |
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Nave |
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Side aisle |
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Transept |
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Crossing |
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Choir |
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Apse |
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Ambulatory |
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Chapels |
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Piers |
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Bay |
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Altar |
