Category 1: Late Antique & Early Christian Art
What underground burial site includes frescoes like The Good Shepherd?
What is Catacomb or Priscilla?
What building was commissioned by Justinian I in 532 CE?
What is Hagia Sophia?
What portable metalwork shows Germanic craftsmanship?
What is Merovingian Looped Fibula?
What was a common function of Romanesque churches on pilgrimage routes?
What is House relics for veneration?
What cathedral symbolizes the rise of Gothic architecture?
What is Chartres Cathedral?
What basilica model set the pattern for Christian churches after 313 CE?
What is Santa Sabina?
What material creates the luminous surfaces in Byzantine mosaics?
What is Gold tesserae?
What illuminated manuscript blends Celtic and Christian motifs?
What is Lindisfarne Gospels?
What is the tympanum of Sainte-Foy meant to inspire?
What is Fear of judgment → faithful obedience?
What structural innovation allowed for higher vaults and windows?
What event legalized Christianity, enabling public worship?
What is Edict of Milan (313 CE)?
What emperor appears next to Christ in the apse mosaic of San Vitale?
What is Emperor Justinian?
What is the decorative “carpet page” in the Gospels meant to evoke?
What is Meditation and spiritual focus?
What tapestry depicts Norman conquest of England?
What is Bayeux Tapestry?
What term describes the Biblical illustrations for royal education?
What is Moralized Bible?
Which architectural element from Roman design was adopted to symbolize divine light?
What is Clerestory windows?
What manuscript shows continuous narrative scenes of Genesis?
What is Vienna Genesis?
What material and process characterize Insular manuscript illumination?
What is Tempera and vellum?
What Islamic luxury object shows cultural exchange in the period?
What is Pyxis of al-Mughira?
How does the Röttgen Pietà reflect changing spirituality?
What is Emphasizes human suffering and emotional devotion?
How did Christian art shift in tone after legalization?
What is From private, coded devotion → public display of faith?
Why were icons important yet controversial in Byzantine worship?
What is seen as holy intermediaries but accused of idolatry?
What cultural fusion defines Early Medieval art?
What is Roman + Germanic + Christian traditions?
What architectural features define Romanesque style?
What is Rounded arches, barrel vaults, thick walls?
What Jewish illuminated manuscript shows cross-cultural influence?
What is Golden Haggadah?