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Art Final
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12
Art History
Undergraduate 3
12/09/2013

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Term
Icon
Definition

Pictures that are given to humans by god (paintings)

the original is sacred, cant be changed

Term
Nave
Definition

Entryway/walkway to the alter

Central part of the church

Priest gives sermon

procession into the nave (gospels, icons, crosses, incents)

prayer, singing, tithes, offerings

only baptised people allowed 

Term
Narthex
Definition
Where everyone who is not important must peel off when processing into the church
Term
Apse
Definition
Half rounded space in church for the alter
Term
Relic
Definition

Inportant things involved in a procession

Things that remind you of Holiness (sacred)

Term
Pagan Roman Weddings
Definition

Contract set and date set by priest

transfer from house of father to hous of husband

girls >8, men >25(after army)

Bride leaves childhood dress at shrine of fortuna, dolls on the alter of the household shrine

Morning of wedding, Haruspex read

 

Term
Pagan Roman Funerals
Definition

make sure that the person who died becomes peaceful in the afterlife

Under 2--bury them quietly and personally

wash,dress,cleanse,oil the dead--everything becomes impure

no cleansing the house until all mourning is done

flowers, music, joinging together, prof. mourners

Term
Processions
Definition

happens before sacrifices

associated with gods fairly often

preparing ahead of time

set up by the god 

Term
Dome
Definition

Irregular shape of a place of worship

Only seen in the Pantheon

Term
Basilica
Definition

Special form of a building with a nave(center) and 2 aisles 

same design as a law court, but with alter

Trancept, Apse and stairs to relics also 

Term
Trancept
Definition

Cross piece that removes the alter from the congregation

seperates the sacred part of the ceremony from the rest of the congregation

Term
Aisle
Definition

two aisles in a Basilica

used for females to stand during prayer

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