art history exam 3 terms
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- tetrachy
- Diocletian divides empire into four parts in 305 AD Government of Four rulers Attempt to save the Empire
- edict of milan
- 313 AD Edict of Religious toleration. Important because separates Ancient world from Middle Ages
- catacombs
- burial for 4 million Christians in Rome
- duomo
- Italian for Cathedral
- shroud of turin
- burial cloth of Christ or Leonardo fake?
- tesserae
- individual pieces of mosaic, glass, stone, metal, minerals cemented into place. scenes of Bacchus and wine, scenes of Eucharist
- ambulatory
- circular barrel-vaulted corridor/passageway
- piled-up perspective
- denaturalized gravity in reverse, reveals otherworldly orientation
- blue mosque
- Islamic replica of Hagia Sophia from 17th c.
- XPI
- first three letters in Greek used in abbreviation of Christos, meaning annointed, Messiah, Jesus
- orant
- a posture of adoration, with hands in the air. Notre Dame has a Touchdown Jesus Orant figure
- vellum
- unborn calf skin
- encaustic
- painting with pigments mixed with wax
- Christus Patiens
- dead or suffering Christ
- minarets
- Islamic calling towers, calls 5 times a day
- arabesque
- non figurative forms. Arabian in fashion
- Shah Jehan
- builder of the best known Islamic monument: Taj Mahal. He was a handsome twenty-year-old man, when he was betrothed to Mumtaz. It is said that the imperial capital of Agra was agog with the description of her beauty at the time of the betrothal. He was put in prison by his son.
- Charlemagne
- (742-814) "Charles the Great", First Holy Roman Emperor, Extends empire through military conquest and unified it through reforms in government, education and language
- the white monks
- name for Cistercians. reflects attitude against ostentatious display
- jambs
- vertical sides of an opening such as a door or window
- Gislesbertus
- first known figurative artist of middle ages
- incrustation
- alternating colors, from ancient Roman painting, giving ornamental paterns. another name for this is Zebra stripes
- mandorla
- almond shaped halo-like frame around holy person
- Eleanor of Aquitaine
- Wife of Louis VII, presides over a "Court of Love" Represents a new respect for women, vs. Romanesque's Man's world
- Ile-De-France
- 100 mile area around Paris. area had over 20 Cathedrals build in Gothic style. the represents an explosion of spiritual creativity. 80 all over france
- flying buttress
- arm that transmits lateral thrust of vault away from building
- iconoclasts
- image destroyer
- pantokrator
- ruler of the universe, God and Christ combined
- reliquary
- container for relics
- Abbot Suger of St. Denis
- first man of the Middle Ages. Regent of France for 7 years during the reign of Louis VII (while he was on Crusade) died 1151.responsible for the rebuilding of Choir and the western end of St. Denis