APWH Chap 11-15
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- hypostyle hall
- hall with a roof supported by columns
- mihrab
- a semi-circular nitche set into the qibla wall of a mosque
- 200 BCE - 600 CE
- Moche Art
- 300 - 900 CE (4th - 10th)
- Mayan Art
- 13th - 19th
- Benin Art
- Benin Art
- Nigeria; scarification between eyebrows, brass/bronze
- Hagia Sophia
- 532-537; Church of Holy Wisdom; basillica; Constantinople; Isodorus & Anthemeus; domes; plain exterior and lavish interior;
- illuminated manuscripts
- illustrated books
- Santa Sabina
- basillica
- The ban of icons
- Iconoclasm
- Santa Costanza
- central planned
- Interior of St. Apollinare Nuevo
- 504 CE Miracle of Loaves and Fishes (Ravenna)
- 500 BCE - 200 CE
- Nok Art
- Early Christian Art
- early 1st-early 6th; lavish interiors plain exteriors
- Chirst as Pantokrator
- Greece; ruler/judge of all
- apse
- frames the altar
- Muhammad
- Muslimss believe that the Koran was sent by Allah through Muhammad
- Late Byzantine Art
- early 13th - early 15th
- Great Mosque at Cordoba
- 784 CE; Spain; ornaite exterior; Hypostyle hall, horshoe arch
- vaults
- a continuous arch
- Nok
- Nigeria; cylindrical head shape, terra cotta, sagging eyes, fish mouth
- nave
- middle isle that leads to alter
- San Vitale
- central plan; Ravenna; apse highly decorated
- Galla Placidia
- cross shapped church
- Kongo
- Congo; power figures, spirits embedded in the figures, Vudu like
- ribs
- slender masonry arches that prject from the surface
- narthex
- proch of a vestibule of a church
- Muslim
- followers of Islam; 2nd largest religion
- Inca
- Machu Picchu; well designed cities in unaccessable places; ashlar masonry
- central planned church
- symmetrical and usually round or polygonal in ; used for baptistry, moseluem, and private chappels
- tesserae
- tiny stones/glass cut to desired shapes to form mosaics
- cross chaped church
- crossing tower; shape of a cross
- Muquarnes
- stucco decorations in Islamic buildings shapped like stalagites
- Aztec
- Central Mexico; most famous artworks are gold jewlery with jade and turquoise; scculptures from violent ceremonies
- minarets
- tower from which the faithful are called to worship
- basillica planned church
- rectangle shaped church with apse at one end
- Koran
- Islamic sacred texts
- pendentive
- curved triangular supports for a dome
- lunette
- semi-circular area (flat side down) in a wall over a door, window, or nitche
- conch
- half dome
- qibla walls
- wall facing Mecca; directions muslims face when praying
- mosque
- Islamic building for collective worship
- Islam
- a monothiestic religion based upon the Koran. The term Islam translates to "submission to God"
- Rebecca and Elizer at the Well
- early 6th century; biblical scenes
- arcade
- row of arches
- Moche Art
- Peru; portable cermaics with flattened bottom, heads dramatically oversized, placed on graves as offerings
- squinches
- arches, corbles, or lintels that bridge corners of suporting walls under a dome
- Iconoclasm
- early 8th - mid 9th
- 1438 - 1532 (early 15th - early 16th)
- Inca
- 19th - 20th
- Kongo
- Sahn
- interior courtyard of a mosque
- African Art
- 1. representations of family ancestors 2. suckling mother sculptures common 3. prefer wood 4. mud brick architecture
- Art of Islam
- early 7th - early 17th
- Dome of the Rock
- 687-692; Jerusalem; Adam's Burial, Temple of Solomon, Abraham's preperation for Isaac's sacrifice; ornaite exterior
- 1400 - 1521 (15th - early 16th)
- Aztec Art
- Kufic Script
- early for of arabic script, characterized by angularity with uprights almost forming right angles at the baseline
- Early Byzantine Art
- early 6th - early 8th
- chior
- space reserved for clergy and singers
- Ogival Arches
- pointed of gothic arches
- Justinian, Bishiop Maximianus, and attendants
- 526-547; San Vitale; Justinian: purple symbolizes royalty, centered, halo. Maximianus: gold robe, name above him.
- imam
- leader of collective worship
- David composing the Psalms
- illuminated manuscript; echo, melody, Mt. Bethlehem; linear qualities; surrounded by animals
- Mayan Art
- Belieze, Guatamala, Honduras, Yucatan; ideal beauty, 1/2 seated 1/2 lying figures, Chichen Itza
- Madrasas
- Hafiz: course for memorization of the Koran. Alim: candidates to become scholars in the community
- maqsura
- in some mosques, a screened area in front of a mihrab; RSVP for a ruler
- calligraphy
- beautiful writing; in Greek, handwritten letters as decorative art
- Middle Byzantine Art
- mid 9th - early 13th
- transept
- asile of a church that crosses the nave at the right angle
- Miracle of Loaves and Fishes
- youthfull, beardless Jesus, nimbus, Jesus preforming miracle, linear folds