Byzantine Art
Islamic Art
Early Medieval Art
Romanesque Art
Gothic Art
100

The Byzantine Empire occupied this half of the Roman Empire. (East or West)

What is east?

100

Islam, meaning submit to the will of Allah/God, was founded in approximately what year by this man

What is 632 CE by the Prophet Mohammad?

100

The time period between the fall of Rome and the Renaissance

What are the Middle Ages/is the Medieval Period?

100
A passageway that winds around an apse, usually with chapels radiating from it.
What is an ambulatory?
100

The large circular, stained glassed windows located on several Gothic cathedrals are known as a...

What is a rose window?

200

Which emperor had mosaics of himself and his wife, Theodora, installed in Ravenna?

Who is Justinian?

200
This shrine stands on the sacred rock where Adam was buried, Abraham nearly sacrificed Isaac, and Muhammed ascended to heaven.
What is Dome of the Rock, Jerusalem, ca. 687-692?
200

The Hiberno-Saxon tradition of intricate metalwork is also apparent in these.

What are illuminated manuscripts?

200

To enter St. Lazare, people walk through the door on the right below this scene of the condemned in the Last Judgement inside of this structure above the door.

What is the tympanum?

200
An innovation of Gothic architecture, this stone arch and its pier support a roof from a pillar outside the building, stabilizing a building and protecting it from wind sheer.
What is a flying buttress?
300

Byzantine churches are usually decorated with this, instead of fresco.

What is Mosaic?

300

This is a central niche in a mosque, which indicates the direction to Mecca.

What is a mihrab?

300
This type of art, the art of Charlemagne and his times, is considered the first revival of classical art beyond the ancient world.
What is Carolingian Art?
300
This embroidery tells the story of William's conquest of England at the Battle of Hastings in 1066.
What is Bayeux Tapestry, 1070-1080, embroidery, wool on linen, Bayeux?
300

The central space of a church, two or three stories high and usually flanked by aisles.

What is a nave?

400

This church in modern-day Istanbul was highly innovative for its pendentive and its marriage of the two Early Christian ground plan forms: the centrally planned apse and the longer basilica with a nave facing the altar.

What is Hagia Sophia, Constantinople (Istanbul), Turkey, 532-537?

400

Most Islamic art does not feature the face of Allah or any prophet. This is called _________.

What is aniconic/aniconism?

400

Enamelwork in which colored areas are separated by thin bands of metal, usually gold or bronze

What is Cloissonne?

400

The term Romanesque was given to the architecture of this time for using these two Roman construction methods.

What are the rounded arch and the vault?

400
Cathedrals have these to make them into a cross-shape.

What is a transept?

500

This color is traditionally associated with Byzantine influence.

What is gold?

500

This hypostyle hall features horseshoe-shaped arches with alternating striped stonework. It is located in the capital of the Spanish Umayyads.

What is the Great Mosque at Cordoba, Spain, ca. 8th to 10th centuries?

500

The "Doors of Bishop Bernward" consists of 16 sculpted panels depicting scenes from the...

What are the Old and New Testaments?

500

The message of Romanesque art is generally focused on this topic.

What is damnation?

500

Name a famous Gothic Cathedral.

What is: St. Denis, Chartres, Notre Dame, Sainte Chappelle?

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