Terms
Art / design which does not involve/allow depictions of animals or people. contrasts with:
What is Aniconic?
The city where Muslims arrive for the annual Hajj
What is Mecca?
Aniconic contrasts with...
What is figural?
Forms/compositions based on those in nature, as of plants or animals; usually curvilinear, and varied or irregular.
What is Organic?
Lion and Lamb symbolize ___ ideas
What is Christian?
Art / design involving images of humans or animals as a main focus or key element.
What is Figural (or Figurative)
Church in the Vatican City
What is St. Peters Basilica?
Abstract contrasts with...
A style of art / design using representational, figural imagery in the form of dynamic, often aggressive animal forms, often intertwined with other animal forms in complex compositions
What is Animal Style?
The cross symbolically represents ____.
What is Christ?
Non-representational (or less representational); not depicting things seen in the actual/natural world; OR, simplified representational form. (Less than total abstraction in form may be called stylization.)
What is Abstract?
Rabat is a city in _____.
What is Morocco?
Geometric contrasts with...
What is organic?
A style of art / design using interwoven, curving, linear forms (like vines)
What is Interlace (or Ribbon Interlace)?
There is no body symbolism in ___worship.
What is Islamic?
Art / design involving depictions of things as seen in the actual/natural world.
What is Representational?
Islamic shrine located in Jerusalem
What is Dome of the Rock?
Animal style contrasts with...
What is interlace?
Using a regularly repeated module (basic unit) to make a larger form or composition
What is Modular?
____ is still a key word in some Christian worship services
what is body?
Forms/compositions using patterns or shapes made of repeated, straight segments or flat planes (or regular curved lines/planes) & angles.
What is Geometric?
What is Hagia Sophia?
Modular contrasts with...
What is arabesque?
Graceful, curvilinear form with a gentle swaying undulation – like in Arabic lettering; often used to refer to modular patterns of stylized organic plant-forms or other arabesque forms.
What is Arabesque?
____lends itself to geometric pattern in its threads
what is Fabric?