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3rd-5th centuries Old St. Peter's, Rome Basilica of Santa Sabina, Rome Sarcophagus of Junius Bassus |
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6th Century Sant'Apollinare in Classe, Ravenna Hagia Sophia, Istanbul |
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6-8th centuries Purse with cover from the ship burial at Sutton Hoo Page with Man, Book of Durrow Chi Rho Iota page from Book of Kells |
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| a dome on four column-like pendentives with an occulus in the center |
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| The arched space above the lintel where extensive carving is done |
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| arching spaces above tympanum |
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| center column between the two entry doors (jamb figures go here) |
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| arches packed together supported by very thick walls, they exert force outward |
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| stone supports outside the building that support the force exerted by barrel vaulting |
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| Poverty, Chastity, Obedience, also included building plan for a monastery |
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Scroll-rolled piece of long paper, Codex-today's "book" bound with pages
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| handwritten codex or scroll |
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| thinned and treated animal skin |
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| fine parchment made from calfskin |
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| the remains of a worshipped being |
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Hagia Sophia, Istanbul Early Byzantine, 6th Century Architects: Anthemius of Tralles and Isidorus of Miletus (university professors-physicist and optics specialist) "domed basilica"-axis, nave and dome dome caved in three times, built it higher each time lifts visitors' minds up to god |
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Purse Cover from ship burial at Sutton Hoo Hiberno-Saxon Art, 6th-8th Centuries King Raedwald, england is buried with all his stuff his people were very good smiths |
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Chi Rho Iota page from the Book of Kells Hiberno-Saxon Art, 6th-8th Centuries Probably made at Iona, Scotland Moth/butterfly representing heavens? lower down shows "earthy life" with cats, mice nd waters especially elaborate |
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| A type of linear decoration in which ribbonlike bands are illusionistically depicted as if woven under and over one another |
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Triforium- the element of the interior elevation of the church, found between the nave arcade and the clerestory, covers the blind area created by the sloping roof over the aisles. |
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| the story found above the side aisles overlooking the nave |
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| a masonry support made up of many stones, or ruble and concrete |
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| a pier or large column with shafts, pilasters or colonnettes attached to it on one or more sides |
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| the west facing (not always) entrance section of a church |
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| projecting bands at the juncture of curved surfaces or cells of a vault. Sometimes structural and sometimes decorative. |
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| an entrance, door or gate to an important building, often decorated with sculpture. |
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a system of spanning space using vaults how? |
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a system of spanning space using vaults how? |
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| an open space, part of a monastery surrounded by an arcaded or colonnaded walkway, often containing a garden. |
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| the buildings housing a community of men (monks) or women (nuns) living under religious vows |
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| a room in a monastery used for writing or copying manuscripts. |
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| a type of imagery characterized by stylized animals or animal-like forms arranged in intricate patterns. |
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type of linear decoration with in which ribbonlike bands are illusionistically under and over eachother (used in the page with man, gospel of st. matthew) |
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Page with Man (Mattew), Gospel Book of Durrow Hiberno-Saxon Art, 6th-8th Centuries Depicted unnaturally, using mostly red, yellow, black and green. |
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sarcophagus of junius bassus Early Christian Art, 3r-5th Centuries |
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Old St.Peter's, Rome Early Christian Art, 3rd-5th centuries
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