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Islamic, Romanesque Art

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Muhammad
Founder of religion Islam
Qibla wall
Direction to pray
Constantinople is in the...
Middle esast
Allah
God that muslims worship
Reliquaries
containers that hold relics (body parts of saints)
Simoniac
corrupt religious officals
Gothic features
thin walls, big windows, pointed arches, flying buttresses, numeric harmony, more mystical
pieta
("pity") art where virgin grieves over Jesus, shows pain
St. John the Divine
angels blow trumpets for Apocaypse and at bottom, dead rise from graves in fear and torment. saved souls cling to angels. (relief half circle on top of portal)
Typanum
Relief/semicircular zone above the lintel of the main portal that depicts Jesus scenes
Ambulatory
hallway in apse
Imam
leader of mosque
Vaults in the...
nave. fireproff and more grand
jamb
people sculptures on colomns
Romanesque features
Dome, big thick walls
Gregorian Chant
Medieval religious music with no meter, no instruments
Triforium
3 openings
Transept
Crossing
5 Pillars
Allah only God, Pilgrimmage to Mecca, Ramaden, Charity, Fasting
Sunni
(90%) followed nephew of Muhammad
Shiite
(10%) of Muslims are this branch
Apse
Half-circular section on east wing
Abbot Suger
brought monarchy and church together, spearheaded Gothic Architecture
Nave
longer part of pilgrimage type church
Cathedral
Church w/ cardinal or arch bishp taht lives there
Stained glass
light had mystical light, was divine
Minaret Muezzin
call to pray
Ablutions
wash-up places in mosques

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