Byzantine Art
The Byzantine Empire occupied this half of the Roman Empire. (East or West)
What is east?
As one of the 5 Pillars of Islam, this religious phenomenon involving travel was seen practiced during the Middle Ages to this day.
What is Pilgrimage?
The time period between the fall of Rome and the Renaissance
What are the Middle Ages/is the Medieval Period?
Large cathedrals were built during the Romanesque period to accommodate this historical phenomemon.
What is pilgrimage?
The large circular, stained glassed windows located on several Gothic cathedrals are known as a...
What is a rose window?
Which emperor had mosaics of himself and his wife, Theodora, installed in Ravenna?
Who is Justinian?
These illustrated books often feature a cross-and-carpet page, image of the saint, and a Gospel of the Bible.
What are illuminated manuscripts?
When arriving to the cathedral, people walked through the portal under this half-moon shaped structure above the door (hint: it starts with a T)
What is the tympanum?
Byzantine churches are usually decorated with this, instead of fresco.
What is Mosaic?
The tall towers that call the faithful to prayer are called this.
What are minarets?
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?
This embroidery tells the story of William's conquest of England at the Battle of Hastings in 1066.
What is Bayeux Tapestry?
The central space of a church, two or three stories high and usually flanked by aisles.
What is a nave?
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?
Most Islamic art does not feature the face of Allah or any prophet. This is called _________.
What is aniconic/aniconism?
The elaborate decoration of Illuminated manuscripts was no doubt inspired by this tradition from Hiberno-Saxon and other migratory groups.
What is (intricate) metalwork?
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?
What is a transept?
This color is traditionally associated with Byzantine influence.
What is gold?
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?
Pilgrims went to see these, important objects and sometimes even body parts of saints and martyrs.
What are relics?
Name a famous Gothic Cathedral.
What is: St. Denis, Chartres, Notre Dame, Sainte Chappelle?