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Late Antique Art
Vocabulary (early christian, early jewish art)
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Ambulatory | a passageway around the apse or altar of a church |
| Apse | the endpoint of a church where the altar is located |
| Atrium (plural: atria) | a courtyard in a Roman house or before a Christian church |
| Axial plan (Basilican plan, Longitudinal plan) | a church with a long nave whose focus is the apse, so-called because it is designed along an axis |
| Basilica | In Christian architecture, an axially planned church with a long nave, side aisles, and an apse for the altar |
| Catacomb | an underground passageway used for burial |
| Central Plan | a church having a circular plan with the altar in the middle |
| Chalice | a cup used in a Christian ceremony |
| Clerestory | the third, or window, story of a church |
| Coffer | in architecture, a sunken panel in a ceiling |
| Cubicula | small underground rooms in catacombs serving as mortuary chapels |
| Gospels | the first four books of the New Testament that chronicle the life of Jesus |
| Loculi | openings in the walls of catacombs to receive the dead |
| Lunette | a crescent-shaped space, sometimes over a doorway, that contains sculpture or painting |
| Narthex | the closest part of the atrium to the basilica, it serves as vestibule, or lobby, of a church |
| Nave | the main aisle of a church |
| Orant figure | a figure with its hands raised in prayer |
| Spolia | in art history, the reuse of architectural or sculptural pieces in buildings generally different from their original contexts |
| Synagogue | a Jewish house of worship |
| Torah | first five books of the Old Testament traditionally ascribed to Moses |
| Transept | an aisle in a church perpendicular to the nave, where the clergy originally stood |
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