Art History 101 Test 3

Italian: "baked earth", from the Latin terra cocta), a type of earthenware, is a clay-based unglazed or glazed ceramic, where the fired body is porous.

The Tuscan order is in effect a simplified Doric order, with un-fluted columns and a simpler entablature with no triglyphs or guttae.

The romans used this a lot building

the theory that rigid representation of truth and reality is essential to art and literature, and therefore the ugly and vulgar must be included.

a person of noble or high rank; aristocrat.

the effect the atmosphere has on the appearance of an object as it is viewed from a distance

Also called buon fresco, true fresco. the art or technique of painting on a moist, plaster surface with colors ground up in water or a limewater mixture.

An arch that is rounded. Attributed to the Romans, not as stable as the pointed arch

an engaged column is a column embedded in a wall and partly projecting from the surface of the wall, sometimes defined as semi or three-quarter detached

The Flavian dynasty was a Roman imperial dynasty, which ruled the Roman Empire between 69 AD and 96 AD, encompassing the reigns of Vespasian (69–79), and his two sons Titus (79–81) and Domitian (81–96). The Flavians rose to power during the civil war of 69, known as the Year of the Four Emperors.

A triumphal arch is a monumental structure in the shape of an archway with one or more arched passageways, often designed to span a road.

The Roman Forum (Latin: Forum Romanum, Italian: Foro Romano) is a rectangular forum (plaza) surrounded by the ruins of several important ancient government buildings at the center of the city of Rome. Citizens of the ancient city referred to this space, originally a marketplace, as the Forum Magnum, or simply the Forum.

The Via Sacra (Latin: Via Sacra) (Sacred Road) was the main street of ancient Rome, leading from the top of the Capitoline Hill, through some of the most important religious sites of the Forum (where it is the widest street), to the Colosseum.

A pace where an audience can be held, the first layout for a church.

The nave /ˈneɪv/ is the central aisle of a basilica church, or the main body of a church (whether aisled or not) between its western wall and its chancel. It is the zone of a church accessible by the laity.

An arch is a curved structure that spans a space and may or may not support weight above it.[1] Arch may be synonymous with vault, but a vault may be distinguished as a continuous arch[2] forming a roof.

A groin vault or groined vault (also sometimes known as a double barrel vault or cross vault) is produced by the intersection at right angles of two barrel vaults.

a rounded vault forming the roof of a building or structure, typically with a circular base.

a round or eyelike opening or design, in particular.a circular window.the central boss of a volute.

Damnatio memoriae is the Latin phrase literally meaning "condemnation of memory", meaning that a person must not be remembered

a strongbox or small chest for holding valuables

The term tetrarchy (from the Greek: τετραρχία, tetrarchia, "leadership of four [people]") [a] describes any form of government where power is divided among four individuals

An equestrian statue is a statue of a rider mounted on a horse, from the Latin "eques", meaning "knight", deriving from "equus", meaning "horse".[1] A statue of a riderless horse is strictly an "equine statue"

*Portrait of Constantine the Great. (Previously Portrait of Maxentius)

*Wall with Torah Niche, Dura-Europos, Syria, 244-245 CE.

Architecture. a semicircular or polygonal termination or recess in a building, usually vaulted and used especially at the end of a choir in a church.

any major transverse part of the body of a church, usually crossing the nave, at right angles, at the entrance to the choir.

Architecture. a portion of an interior rising above adjacent rooftops and having windows admitting daylight to the interior.

of, relating to, or capable of walking

A religious object used

The movement ageists Icons

an ancient manuscript text in book form.

A pendentive is a constructive device permitting the placing of a circular dome over a square room or an elliptical dome over a rectangular room

The people from the Germanic tribes, round Norway and Sweden.

Church made from all wood.

Carpet pages are a characteristic feature of Insular illuminated manuscripts. They are pagesof mainly geometrical ornamentation, which may include repeated animal forms, typically placed at the beginning of each of the four Gospels in Gospel Books.

Frech ruler of the Holy Roman Empire

A reliquary (also referred to as a shrine or by the French term châsse) is a container for relics. These may be the purported or actual physical remains of saints, such as bones, pieces of clothing, or some object associated with saints or other religious figures.

An illuminated manuscript is a manuscript in which the text is supplemented with such decoration as initials, borders and miniature illustrations

The Carolingian dynasty was a Frankish noble family with origins in the Arnulfing and Pippinid clans of the 7th century AD. The name "Carolingian" derives from the Latinised name of Charles Martel: Carolus.

door way or gate

a vertical recessed triangular space forming the center of a pediment, typically decorated.

a section of wall or a pillar between two openings, especially a pillar dividing a large doorway in a church.

a horizontal support of timber, stone, concrete, or steel across the top of a door or window.

historiated or figured capital: A capital which is decorated with figures of animals, birds, or humans, used either alone or combined with foliage

religious journey

ornamental stone openwork, typically in the upper part of a Gothic window.

a circular window with mullions or tracery radiating in a form suggestive of a rose.

a high and narrow window with an acutely pointed head.

a buttress slanting from a separate pier, typically forming an arch with the wall it supports.

Head church of a diocese. Where the Bishop Presides

glass that is put together with different colors.

The book of hours is a Christian devotional book popular in the Middle Ages. It is the most common type of surviving medieval illuminated manuscript.

Andachtsbilder (singular Andachtsbild, German for devotional image) is a German term often used in English in art history for Christian devotional images designed as aids for prayer or contemplation.

The Booboinc plage. 14th century