Art History I
Test III
Test III
name
pendentives
name, year
hagia sophia, 532
halo where Christ is
mandorla
who supports or is in favor of religious images or icons
iconophile
In Byzantine art/Christ in Majesty enthroned, carrying a book, and flanked by the Virgin Mary and St. John the Baptist, Mary and John, and any other figures, are shown facing towards Christ with their hands raised/ in supplication on behalf of humanity.
deesis
to refer to any text or story considered to be of dubious veracity or authority, although it may contain some moral truth.
apocrypha, libros apocrifos
supposedly having the power to avert evil influences or bad luck.
apotropaic
name, name , year
column base of Antoninus Pius and Faustina, Apotheosis and decursio, 161
name, century
El Khasneh, 2nd
name, year
tetrarchs, 305
name, year
arch of constantine, 315
Constantine conquest of
Maxentius
name, ring shaped aisled, vault
rotunda, ambulatory, barrel
name, monastery, mount, country, century
virgin and child enthroned between saints and angels, St. Catherine, Sinai, Egypt, 6
name, year
anastasis, 1300
name
The Daphni crucifixion mosaic
name, name
pantocrator, judge and ruler of the universe
arched structure across an interior angle of a square tower to carry a superstructure such as a dome.
squinches
name
iconostasis
Roman Empire
27-400
Latin word meaning "first, most eminent, distinguished"
princeps
era of peace Octavian ushers
Pax Romana
title the Senate gives to Octavian
Augustus
meaning "every god"
Pantheon
Parthenon
Wife of Augustus
Livia
Bad roman ruller 68
Nero
name
Menorah
spanish roman emperor choosen by Titus around 100BC
Trajan
circular opening in the centre of a dome
oculus
name, year
Equestrian Statue of Marcus Aurelius, 175
Five good emperor
Nerva, Trajan, Hadrian, Antoninus Pius and Marcus Aurelius
no pratricians
plebeians
symbol was used by the Roman emperor Constantine I as part of a military standard
chi-rho
1,2,3,4,5,6,7
nave, aisles, apse, transept, narthex, atrium, clerestory
Roman emperors Constantine I and Licinius in February 313
Edict of Milan
having or susceptible to many applications, interpretations, meanings, or values
multivalent
name, year
mausoleum of galla placidia, 425
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Flashcards
name, monastery, mount, country, century
virgin and child enthroned between saints and angels, St. Catherine, Sinai, Egypt, 6
name, year
anastasis, 1300
name
The Daphni crucifixion mosaic
name, name
pantocrator, judge and ruler of the universe
arched structure across an interior angle of a square tower to carry a superstructure such as a dome.
squinches
name
iconostasis
