Roman Art
Byzantine Art
Medieval Art
Gothic Art
Vocab
100
The Pantheon is located in this Italian city.
Rome
100
This is a type of symbolic Christian art, originating from the Byzantine Empire.
Iconography
100
This judgement scene on the Bronze Doors of Bishop Bernward shows the medieval emphasis on this value.
Narrative
(storytelling, teaching)
100
Large walls filled with stained glass were made possible by this building technique on the outside of Gothic cathedrals.
Flying buttresses
100
A type of paint made using pigment, egg yolk, and water.
Tempera paint
200
This Roman construction method is used extensively on the Colosseum.
Barrel vault
200
Originally built in Constantinople, the church of Hagia Sophia now resides in what city?
Istanbul, Turkey
200
The gospel writer Mark is symbolically portrayed as this animal.
A winged lion.
200
This Gothic cathedral took so long to build, that its' two towers are in two different art styles (Romanesque and Gothic.)
Chartres Cathedral, France
200
The style of church building that came before the Gothic.
Romanesque
300
A way for making an image that involves pressing small pieces of glass or ceramic into wet concrete.
Mosaic
300
Byzantine artists derive their arches, domes and mosaic techniques from what earlier culture?
Rome
300
The place where this Chi Rho illumination page was so carefully made.
Lindisfarne Abbey, England
300
Salisbury Cathedral is an example of a Gothic cathedral in this local style.
English Gothic
300
A large, circular type of window found in Gothic architecture.
Rose window
400
An arch in 360°.
Dome
400
This Byzantine piece is in the church of San Vitale, in Ravenna, Italy.
Christ Enthroned
400
This man was crowned the Holy Roman Emperor in 800 A.D., by Pope Leo III.
Emperor Charlemagne
400
All of the developments of Gothic architecture were invented in order to bring more of this into the worship space.
Light
400
A series of arches forming the central aisle in a basilica plan church.
Arcade
500
The individuality in Roman portraiture indicates they hold this value.
Personal virtue
(or, realism)
500
This early church's name translates to this phrase.
Holy Wisdom (Hagia Sophia)
500
This late Medieval tapestry dipicts this famous battle, when the Normans conquered England.
The Battle of Hastings
500
In a Gothic cathedral, the space that sits behind the altar, filled with stained glass.
the Choir
500
A technique of shading forms light to dark, to create the illusion of depth.
chiaroscuro shading