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Art Hist Exam 2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Terra Cotta | Brown Clay, Etruscans used alot |
| Necropolis | City of the dead, Burial sites for the very wealthy |
| Voussoirs | Individual pieces which make up an arch |
| Keystone | The top voussoirs of an arch |
| Acqueduct | Open plumbing troth that the Romans used to supply water |
| Verism | preference of common subject matter to royalty or anything special |
| Sarcophagus of Cerveteri | c. 520 BCE, Italy, Terra Cotta |
| Reconstruction of the Portanaccio Temple | c. 510-500 BCE, Italy, Concrete |
| Sanctuary of Fortuna Primegenia | Late 2nd century BCE, Italy, Concrete |
| Potrait Head of an Elder | 80 BCE, marble, Italy |
| Forum | Open space for conversing |
| Oculus | Hole at the top of an Dome |
| Coffer | Openings that make the dome lighter so that it can bare weight |
| Augustus of Primaporta | c. 20 CE, Marble, Italy |
| Flavian Ampitheater (Colosseum) | 72-80 BCE, Rome, Concrete |
| Column of Trajan | 106-113 CE, Marble, Rome |
| Pantheon | c. 117-125 CE, Concrete and marble, Rome |
| Encaustic | Dye in Wax |
| Scenes of Dionysiac Mystery Cult | c. 60-50 BCE, Wall Painting, Pompeii |
| Potrait of a Woman | c.100-130 CE, Encaustic on Wood Panel |
| Equestrian Statue of Marcus Aurelius | c. 176 CE, Bronze, Rome |
| The Tetrarchs | c. 305 CE, Porphyry, Constantinople |
| Arch of Constantinople | 312-315 CE, Marble, Rome |
| Constantinian Frieze | 312-315 CE, Marble, Rome |
| Tempera | Egg + Dye |
| Damnatio Memoriae | Damn the Memory, Erasing a person |
| Spolia | Spoils of war used in a new piece of architecture |
| Consecration of the Tabernacle and its priests | c. 245-246 CE, House-Synagogue, Syria |
| The good Shepherd, Orants and the story of Jonah | 4th Century CE, painted Ceiling of SS. Peter, Rome |
| Santa Maria Antiqua Sarcophagus | c. 270 CE, marble, Rome |
| Inconic | Intermediearies, sort of idol |
| narrative | story in 1 picture |
| Catacomb | Tomb Tunnels |
| Syncretism | melding together 2 religions |
| Typology | The Old testament predicts the new |
| Old St. Peters basilica | c. 324-400 CE, Brick and Timber, Rome |
| Santa Costanza | c. 350, Brick and Marble, Rome |
| The Good Shepard (from oratory of Galla Placidia) | c. 425-426, Mosaic, Italy |
| Sarcophagus of Junius Bassus | c. 359 CE, Marble, Rome |
| Anthemius of Tralles and Isidorus of Melitus | 532-537 CE, Istanbul |
| Hagia Sophia of Anthemius of Tralles and Isidorus of Melitus | 532-537 CE, Istanbul |
| Emporer Justinian and His Attendants | 547 CE, Mosaic, Ravenna |
| Empress Theodora and her Attendants | 547 CE, Mosaic, Ravenna |
| Justinian the Conquerer | 525-550 CE, Ivory |
| Rebeca at the Well | Early 6th Century, Tempera, Gold and Silver Paint on purple died Vellum, Syria |
| Virgin and Child with Saints and Angels | Late 6th Century, Encaustic on wood from the st. Catherine, Mt. Sinai |
| Codex | book |
| Intercessor | a figure who intercedes on the part of a person praying to god |
| Dome of the rock | c. 690 CE, Jerusalem |
| Prayer hall, Great Mosque | Begun 785, Cordoba, Spain |
| Pg. from the Qur'an | 9th Century, Black Ink and Gold on Vellum, Syria |
| Aniconism | Not using icons |
| Qibla Wall | Wall facing toward mecca |
| Mihrab | Niche that marks the quibla wall |