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Art Hist Exam 2
Question | Answer |
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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 |