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Vairocana and Attendant
675 ce henan, china chinese lotus leaf throne simbolizes buddhas authority over the others plumness=prosperity
honden
1st cent ce japanese modern reconstruction occurs every 20 yrs made out of wood and is polished from the woods sap
kuya preaching
1207 ce kosho buddist monk symbolized by staff with deer antlers word he is chanting is spelt out by figures japanese
purse cover
600-50 ce early midieval cloisonne geometric and curvilinear
lindisfarne gospels
700ce early midieval problems in depicting 3d space figure is writing-author page: St. Matthew
flame style flame
2500 bce japanese
set of 65 bells
433 bce chinese represents diplomacy shows mastery of music
armored soldier
210 bce chinese created through an assembly line like process which had a variety of parts and positions paint pigmentation flaked when it was exposed to oxygen
equestrian statuette of charlemagne
9th cent ce early midieval symbols convey power: sphere in hands, crown, staff lacks naturalism and elegance of Roman art
palace chapel of charlemagne
792-805 ce aachen, germany early midieval octangol central plan dark heavy stones a re less classical and more military like
tympanum
half moon shape over doorway, most significant decoration is found here
archivolt
arch that curves up and over tympanum
voussoir
each individual stone on the archivolt
spandrel
flat blank wall of the portal
jamb
decorative or figural colums
elevation
floor to ceiling portion
aisel
1st level
gallery
2nd level
clarastory
3rd level where the windows are found
quadripartite
4 part vaulting that criss crosses for better structural support for the ceiling and allows the walls to be thinner
reliquary
container for holy relics
bodhisattbas
at threshold of enlightenment but stay behind and aid others to enlightenment
manoral
similar to the halow spiritual light from a scared figure
Doors of Bishop Bernwald
1015ce early midieval left panel=old test right panel=new test theological correlation parallel placement hildesheim, germany
cathedral of saint james
1078-1122ce romanesque pilgrim church additional chapels and warp around aisles santiago de compostela, spain
priory church of saint pierre
1115-1130ce romanesque moissac, france Christ centered with dynamic movement around him dynamic linearism
cathedral of saint lazare
gislebertus 1120-40ce artist becomes recognized individual consistency in how Christ is rep romanesque autun, france
messengers signal the appearance of a comet
1066-82ce romanesque at least 100 ft long, most massive tapestry ever found must have taken years to make scenes of foreshadoing (comet=bad omen, phantom ships)
abbey church of saint denis
1135-44ce gothic ill-de-france, france takes system of vaulting and uses it to curve around the apse: uses a 4 part vault in the center surrounded by a 5 part vault architectual shift: mix of latin cross and basillica
chartres cathedral
1194-1220 ce gothic chartres, france jamb figures on the left correspond with those on the right deeper more recession space
reims cathedral
1225-90 ce gothic reims, france jambs less attached almost free standing traditional seriousness
Night Attack on the Sanjo Palace
13th century ce Japanese horizontal orientation and a continuous narration fictionalized accound of a true story flames and smoke are abstract patterns played up
rib vault
demarcate the junctions of a groin valut. ribs may function to reinforce the groins or may be purely decorative
sexpartite vault
is a rib vault divided into six bays by two diagonal ribs and three transerse ribs
quadripartite vault
A Rib vault where the bay is divided by diagonal and transverse ribs into four cells
lintel
horizontal block that spans the space between two supports
chevron
zig zag pattern
bay
distance between two supports of a vault or the unit of an opening
compound pier
clustered column
transverse arch
distance between two supports of a vault or the unit of an opening. spans at right angles
saxon alteration
rounded arches supported by 2 columns and a pier

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