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Potpourri
100
This term refers to a technique where the artist uses small pieces of colored stone, tile, or glass to create an image embedded in mortar.
What is mosaic?
100
This is the traditional plan for Christian churches, which contains the nave, aisles, transcript, and apse.
What is the Basilica-plan church?
100
This terms refers to an an agreement made between God and man.
What is covenant?
100
In this book from the Old Testament, God and Satan attempt to settle a bet over one of God's most faithful followers.
What is the Book of Job?
100
This is an underground burial chamber used by early Christians.
What is a catacomb?
200
This is a hand-written book with painted illustrations that often include gold or silver leaf decorations.
What is an Illuminated Manuscript?
200
This style of architecture from the middle ages was given its name because it had rounded arches, stone masonry, and simple design.
What is Romanesque?
200
This book of the Old Testament contains the creation of the world, man and woman, and sin.
What is Genesis?
200
This is the name of the monster who terrorizes King Hrothgar's mead hall in Beowulf.
Who is Grendel?
200
He is the Holy Roman Emperor who is notable for unifying much of Europe in the 9th century.
Who is Charlemagne?
300
Anglo-Saxon art is typically abstract and geometric, and because of its usual subject can be called this.
What is Animal Style?
300
These are the exterior arch-like supports typical of Gothic style architecture.
What is a flying buttress?
300
This term, from the Jewish tradition and essential to the Christian tradition, refers to a savior figure sent from God.
What is the Messiah?
300
Chivalric poetry typically involves the love story of these two types of characters.
What is an aristocratic lady and her knight? (Or just a man other than her husband).
300
The portal of the Romanesque church is decorated with sculptural detail; most of which is found in this semi-circular section above the doorway.
What is the tympanum?
400
These are the decorative containers that hold the sacred objects associated with holy saints and martyrs.
What is a reliquary?
400
This gold-domed structure, located in Jerusalem, marks the spot where Muhammad ascended to heaven on his mystical night journey.
What is the Dome of the Rock?
400
This is the most important holy site for Muslims; it is thought to be the original house of god built by Muhammad and his son located in Saudi Arabia.
What is the Kaaba?
400
This character from Beowulf is the only one to stay with Beowulf as he fights the dragon, and delivers an impassioned speech to the deserters.
Who is Wiglaf?
400
This term refers to the prohibition of destruction of figural images in religious art.
What is iconoclasm?
500
This style of Gothic architecture heavily emphasizes opulent stained glass windows; its name means "to radiate."
What is Rayonnant Gothic?
500
These are necessary in Islamic architecture to facilitate the muezzin.
What is the minaret?
500
This is the Pillar of Faith that requires all Muslims who are able to travel on a pilgrimage to the city of Mecca.
What is Hajj?
500
In Dante's Inferno these are the people who surround Hell on its outskirts; doomed to endlessly chase a flag while being stung by wasps.
What are the Opportunists?
500
This architectural feature of the mosque points worshippers in the direction of Mecca.
What is the mihrab?
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