Details Title: Architecture History Chap 6-10 Description: Early Christian, Byzantine, Islamic and Pre-Columbian Americas Total Flash Cards: 63 Created: 05/04/2008 14:26:48		New Users: To study from this flashcard set, or to create your own your own study flash cards, REGISTER HERE. Existing Users: CLICK HERE. Additional Architecture Flashcards
Cards in this set: Term cathedral Definition the church that serves as seat of a bishop Term cathedra Definition the bishop's chair Term martyria Definition a building associated with a Christian Martyr Term Mausolea Definition elaborate tombs named after the tomb of King Mausoleus Term iconostasis Definition a screen in Byzantine churches that divides the nave from the chancel and that is used as a support for devotional images Term bochki Definition reverse curve gables seen in Russian architecture Term apadanas Definition an audience hall in Persian palace architecture Term qibla Definition the direction of Mecca, indicated in a mosque by the mihrab; by extension, the wall in which the mihrab is placed Term minarets Definition in Islamic architecture, the tower associated with a mosque from which the faithful are called to prayer Term sahn Definition an open courtyard in a mosque Term haram Definition literally 'private' or 'sacred' used to describe the sanctuary in a mosque and the family living quarters in an Islamic house  Term maqsuia Definition in early mosques, an area in front of the mihrab reserved for officials and sometimes given extra ornamentation (unusual vaulting in a dome) or special screening for security Term mihrabs Definition niches in the qibla wall indicating the direction of Mecca Term minbar Definition in a mosque, the pulpit from which the imam leads prayers Term muqarnas Definition Islamic vault treatment that fragments the surface into many concave segments; may be built-in masonry or suspended as elements from an overhead structure Term Kulliye Definition the Turkish word for a mosque and its related buildings, typically including educational, charitable, medical and commercial facilities Term shed houses Definition similar to the plank house, a flat- or gable-roofed, post and lintel structure covered with wood planks Term ki Definition a brush and mud-covered domical structure built by indigenous tribes in the American southwest Term ramada Definition a flat-roofed recatngular, post and lintel structure roofed with brush Term pit houses Definition a semi-subterranean structure with its one-room excavated space roofed by an earthen-covered wood frame Term talud Definition the inclined plan in pre-Columbian pyramid construction Term tablero Definition the vertical, often ornamented, plane in pre-Columbian pyramid construction, comparable to the freize in ancient Greek architecture Term sipapu Definition a fist-sized depression in ancestral Pueblo kivas, perhaps intended as a portal to the spirit world Term pueblos Definition a communal house or group of houses built of adobe or stone Term stelae Definition an upright slab, often carrying images or inscriptions Term Definition Hagia Sophia   532-537   Constantinople   Arithemius of Tralles and Isidorus of Miletus   Byzantine  Term Definition Old St. Peter's   c. 330   Rome   Early Christian  Term Definition S. Costanza   c. 340   Rome   Early Christian  Term Definition Dome of the Rock   691-692   Jerusalem   Islamic  Term Definition Masoleum of Galla Placidia   425   Ravenna   Byzantine  Term Definition Great Mosque   706-715   Damascus   Islamic  Term Definition Great Mosque of Cordoba   833-988   Islamic  Term Definition Great Mosque of Mutawakkil   847-952   Samarra, Iraq   Islamic  Term Definition Orthodox Bapistery of Bishop Neon   458   Ravenna   Byzantine  Term Definition S. Appolonare in Classe   534-539   Classe   Byzantine   Justinian  Term Definition S. Appolonare Nuovo   493-525   Ravenna   Byzantine   Theodoric  Term Definition San Vitale   526-547   Ravenna   Byzantine  Term Definition Santa Sabina    422-432   Rome   Early Christian  Term Definition SS. Sergius and Bacchus   527-536   Constantinople   Byzantine  Term Definition the Alhambra   14th century   Grenada   Islamic  Term Definition Mosque of Sultan Ahmad I Blue Mosque    1609-1616   Islamic  Term Definition Chichen-Itza   pre-Columbian   Mayan  Term Definition Fatehpur Sikri   1569-1580   India   Islamic  Term Definition Grand Gulch   Utah  Term Definition Hogan   Native American House  Term Definition Longhouse   Native American house   Iroquois  Term Definition Machu Pichu     Term Definition Masjid-I-Shah   1611- ca. 1630   Isfanhan   Islamic  Term Definition Mesa Verde   1100-1275   Colorado, USA   Native American Housing  Term Definition Monte Alban   600 BCE - 1000 CE   Oaxaca, Mexico   Native American Housing   Zapotex and Mixtec cultures  Term Definition Mosque of Suleyman the Magnificent   1550-1557   Istanbul (Constantinople)   Islamic  Term Definition Palenque   Native American Housing  Term Definition Pueblo Bonito   900-1120   Chaco Canyon, NM   Native American housing  Term Definition Selimiye Mosque   1568-1575   Edirne   Islamic  Term Definition Shehzade Mosque   1545-1548   Istanbul   Islamic  Term Definition Taj Mahal   1631-1647   Agra, India   Islamic  Term Definition Tenochtitlan (Mexico City)   Aztec Native American housing  Term Definition Teohuacan   200-1000   Mexico   Native American housing  Term Definition Tikal, Guatamala   600 BCE - 900 CE   Mayan  Term Definition Tipi   Native American housing  Term Definition Tomb of Humayun   1562-1571   Delhi   Islamic  Term Definition Uxmal   900   Yucitan, Mexico   Mayan  Term Definition Wigwam or Wikiup   Native American housing