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Art History Exam 3
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| A symbolic hand gesture that denotes certain behaviors, actions, or feelings. | Mudra |
| In Chinese and Japanese art, a vertical painting or text mounted within sections of silk. | Hanging Scroll |
| A bell-shaped or dome-like monument in Buddhist architecture, made of piled earth, brick, or stone, and containing sacred relics of the Buddha. | Stupa |
| In medieval and later architecture, the area over a door enclosed by an arch and a lintel, often decorated with sculpture or mosaic. | Tympanum |
| In Buddhism, stories associated with the previous lives of Shakyamuni, the historical Buddha. | Jataka Tales |
| A long, narrow, horizontal painting or text (or a combination thereof) common in Chinese and Japanese art and of a size intended for individual use. It is stored wrapped tightly around a wooden pin and is unrolled for viewing or reading. | Hand Scroll |
| In early medieval northern Europe, a stone used as a commemorative monument and carved or inscribed with runes, a writing system used by early Germanic peoples. | Rune Stone |
| A painting on paper or parchment used as an illustration/and or decoration in a manuscript or album. Usually richly colored, often supplemented by gold and other precious materials. | Illumination |
| A band of molding framing an arch. | Archivolt |
| A concept of an “axis of the world,” which marks sacred sites and denotes a link between the human and the celestial realms. | Axis Mundi |
| A tall, narrow window crowned by a sharply pointed arch, typically found in Gothic architecture. | Lancet |
| A groin vault with ribs (extra masonry) demarcating he junctions. Ribs may function to reinforce the groins or may be purely decorated. | Rib Vault |
| Round cranial bump or bun of hair. Symbolizes royalty and enlightenment. | Ushnisha |
| The arm of a cruciform church perpendicular to the nave. The point where the nave and transept intersect is called the crossing. | Transept |
| An East Asian reliquary tower built with successively smaller, repeated stories. Each story is usually marked by an elaborate projecting roof. | Pagoda |
| A projecting support built against an external wall in the form of an arched bridge that counteracts the lateral thrust of a vault. It is located above the aisle roof and resolves into a pier that rises from the ground. | Flying Buttress |
| Light encircling, or emanating from, the entire figure of a sacred person. | Mandorla |
| A narrative image in which multiple scenes from the same story appear within a single compositional frame. | Continuous Narrative |
| A hand-written book or document. | Manuscript |
| Curl of hair on the forehead that is a characteristic mark of a buddha. Symbol of divine wisdom. | Urna |
| A round window, often filled with stained glass set into tracery patterns in the form of wheel spokes, found in the facades of the naves and and transepts of large Gothic churches. | Rose Window |
| An Italian word designating the contrast of dark and light in a painting, drawing, or print. It creates spatial depth and volumetric forms through gradations in the intensity of light and shadow. | Chiaroscuro |
| A horizontal element of any material carried by two or more vertical supports to form an opening. | Lintel |
| In architecture, the vertical element found on both sides of an opening in a wall, and supporting an arch or lintel. | Jamb |
| Large-scale sculpture constructed by a method developed in Japan. The entire work is made from smaller hollow blocks, each individually carved, and assembled when complete. | Joined-Block Sculpture |
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