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Whatdoes “Christ” mean in Greek?
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Anointed
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Whatwere high-ranking angels closely associated with God called?
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Cherubim/Seraphim/Archangels
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Whatare catacombs
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underground cemetery
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Atwhat age do we believe Jesus of Nazareth lived to until he was crucified?
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Whatis an oratory?
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a chapel designed for prayer |
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a catacomb is a _______ consisting of tunnels on different levels, having niches for burials, urns, and sarcophagi, and often incorporating rooms |
underground cemetery
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Inthe Catacomb of Commodilla the face of Christ is painted on the vaultof this chamber what meaning does the halo have?
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divine or favored by divinity
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Central– plan buildings were first used as?
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mausoleums |
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Whatdoes icono(image)clasm(break) mean?
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the prohibitionand destruction of works of visual art considered inappropriate in religious context_
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Whendid the last great age of Byzantine art begin?
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1261-1453 Last Crusaders exiled from Holy Land
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Thepainting of the Resurrection of Christ is known as what in Greek?
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Anastasis
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Which two scholar-theoreticians was the Church of Hagia Sophia designedby?
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Anthemius and Isidorus
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What is a lunette?
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semi circular wall sections |
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What is Anastasis in the Chorachurch a painting of?
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Jesus breaking down the doors of hell and death
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semicircular sections of wall in churches, called ________ usually contain a biblical illustration. |
Lunettes |
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a halo around the head signifies ______ and ______ |
importance and divinity |
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if manuscript is decorated or illustrated, we call it ___________ |
Illuminated |
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Thetwo catacomb paintings show which two major directions of Christianity?
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Narrative image(Teach/storytelling) Iconic image(identity)
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Theearly Christians may have included the painting of St. Peter in a catacomb forwhat purpose?
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To show thecity's own importance to Christianity
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Whatis Iconoclasm in the Byzantine Empire?
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the prohibitionand destruction of works of visual art considered inappropriate in religiouscontext.
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The Church Hagia Sophia was designed by what two scholartheoreticians?
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Anthemius and Isidorus_
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Whatdoes the Hagia Sophia symbolize?
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Imperial power and Christian glory
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After the defeat of the _______ Byzantine art flourished again. |
Iconoclasm |
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The Arch of Titus celebrates the sack of ______in 70 CE |
Jeruselum |
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Bacchus was the Roman god of vegetables, fertility and _______ |
Wine |
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The statue of Marcus Aurelius survived the middle ages primarily because it was thought originally to be a statue of __________ |
Constantine |
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Hadrian's wall 73 miles long, cuts the island of _________ in half |
England |
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By 300CE the Roman Empire had become unstable and was divided by Diocletian into four zones ruled by a group known as the __________ |
Tetrarchs |
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From the eighth to the thirteenth centuries, _______ was the language of scholarship in both Moslem and Christian lands |
Arabic |
