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Art 221 Exam 3
Early Christian-Romanesque
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11/17/2016

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Early Christian, Good Shepherd, Story of Jonah, and Orants, Painted ceiling from the catacomb of
Saints Peter and Marcellinus, early 4th century
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Early Christian, Christ as the Good Shepherd, ca.300-350
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Early Christian, Sarcophagus with Philosopher, orant, and Old and New Testament scenes, ca. 270
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Early Christian, Sarcophagus of Junius Bassus, ca. 359
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Early Christian, Woman Sacrificing at an altar, right leaf of diptych, ca. 400, ivory (p.247)
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Early Christian, Old St. Peter’s, Rome, ca. 319
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Early Christian, Christus-Sol, under Saint Peter’s necropolis, late 3rd century
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Early Christian, Santa Costanza, Rome, ca. 337-351
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Early Christian, Harvesting of Grapes, detail of a mosaic in the vault of the ambulatory, Santa Costanza, ca. 337-351
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Early Christian, Santa Sabina, Rome, 422-432
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Early Christian, Christ as the Good Shepherd, mosaic from Galla Placidia, ca.425
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300-430
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Early Christian dates
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Byzantine, Archangel Michael, right leaf of a diptych, early 6th century, ivory
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Byzantine, Hagia Sophia, Constantinople, 532-537
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Byzantine, San Vitale, Ravenna, Italy, 526-547
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Byzantine, San Vitale, Choir and Apse mosaics, ca.547
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Byzantine, Christ Enthroned Between Angels and Saints, St. Vitalis, and Bishop Ecclesius (The Second Coming), San Vitale
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Byzantine, Justinian and Attendants, San Vitale, c. 547
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Byzantine, Theodora and Attendants, San Vitale, c. 547
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Byzantine, Sant’ Apollinare in Classe, ca. 533-549
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Byzantine, St Apollinaris amid sheep, Apse Mosaic from Sant’ Apollinare in Classe, ca. 533-549
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Byzantine, The Transfiguration of Jesus, apse mosaic from church of monastery of St. Catherine, ca. 548-565
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Byzantine, Virgin and Child with Sts and Angels, painted icon panel in the monastery of St. Catherine, Mount Sinai, 6th – early 7th century
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Byzantine, Rebecca at the Well, Vienna Genesis, early sixth century
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Byzantine, Ascension of Christ, Rabbula Gospels, 586
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pendentive
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a curved triangle of vaulting formed by the intersection of a dome with its supporting arches
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Iconoclastic Controversy, 730-843
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-“Image breakers”
-Broke Christian imagery b/c they thought they had violated the commandment to not make any graven images
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(Mid-Later) Byzantine, Monastery Churches at Hosios Loukas, near Stiris, Greece
a) The Katholikon, 1st quarter of 11th century
b) Church of the Theotokos, second half of 10th century
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Mid-Late Byzantine Dates
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1050-1425
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(Mid-Later) Byzantine, St. Mark’s, Venice, Italy, begun 1063
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(Mid-Later) Byzantine, Christ Pantokrator, Church of the Dormition, Daphni, Greece, ca. 1090-1100
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(Mid-Later) Byzantine, Crucifixion, mosaic in Church of the Dormition, Daphni, ca.1090-1100
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(Mid-Later) Byzantine, Lamentation, monastery church, Macedonia, 1164
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(Mid-Later) Byzantine, David composing the Psalms, ca.950-970
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(Mid-Later) Byzantine, Virgin of Compassion icon (Vladimir Icon), late 11th – early 12th century
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(Mid-Later) Byzantine, Anastasis, fresco in funerary chapel of Church of Monastery of Christ in Chora, Constantinople, ca.1310-20
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(Mid-Later) Byzantine, Annunciation to the Virgin, icon, early 14th century
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squinch
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a straight or arched structure across an interior angle of a square tower to carry a superstructure such as a dome.
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pantocrater
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a title of Christ represented as the ruler of the universe, especially in Byzantine church decoration.
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mandorla
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a pointed oval figure used as an architectural feature and as an aureole enclosing figures such as Jesus Christ or the Virgin Mary in medieval art.
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iconostasis
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a screen bearing icons, separating the sanctuary of many Eastern churches from the nave.
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Early Medieval dates
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625-1025
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Migration period dates
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600-660
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Carolingian period
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800-870
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Charlemagne crowned
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12/25/800
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Ottonian period dates
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970-1025
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Hiberno-Saxon period dates
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660-900
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Migration period, Purse cover, from the Sutton Hoo burial ship, ca.625
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Hiberno-Saxon, Man (Saint Matthew), Book of Durrow, ca. 660-680
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Hiberno-Saxon, Carpet page, Lindisfarne Gospels, ca. 698-721
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Hiberno-Saxon, Man (St Matthew), Lindisfarne Gospels, ca. 698-721
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Hiberno-Saxon, Chi-rho-iota page, Book of Kells, late 8th or early 9th century
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Carolingian, Equestrian Portrait of Charlemagne (or Charles the Bald), 9th century
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Carolingian, St. Matthew, from the Coronation Gospels, ca. 800-810
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Carolingian, St. Matthew, from the Ebbo Gospels, ca. 816-835
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Carolingian, Psalm 23, Utrecht Psalter, ca.820-35
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Carolingian, Crucifixion, cover of Lindau Gospels, ca.870
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Carolingian, Palatine Chapel of Charlemagne, Aachen, Germany, 792-805
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Carolingian, Monastery Plan of St. Gall, Switzerland, ca.819
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Ottonian, Abbey church of St. Michael’s, Hildesheim, Germany, 1001-1031
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Ottonian, Bronze doors from St. Michael’s, Hildesheim, 1015
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detail of Accusation and Judgment of Adam and Eve, Ottonian, Bronze doors from St. Michael’s, Hildesheim, 1015
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Ottonian, Paschal Candlestick, Saint Michael’s, Hildeshim, ca. 1015-1022, bronze (Bishop Bernward)
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Ottonian, Gero Crucifix for Cologne Cathedral, Germany, ca.970
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Ottonian, Otto III enthroned, Gospel Book of Otto III, 997-1000
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Ottonian, Annunciation to the Shepherds, Lectionary of Henry II, 1002-1014
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Ottonian, Abbess Uta dedicating her codex to the Virgin, Uta Codex, ca. 1025
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scriptorium
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a room set apart for writing, especially one in a monastery where manuscripts were copied
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animal style
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Migratory style - Abstract interlace patterning woven with animals
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cloisonné enamel
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an ancient technique for decorating metalwork objects, in recent centuries using vitreous enamel, and in older periods also inlays of cut gemstones, glass, and other materials
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interlace
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patterning woven with animals
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Bishop Bernward
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travelled to Rome, saw bronze works, comissioned doors and candlestick
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alternate-support system
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The use of alternating wall support in the nave, usually piers and columns
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Romanesque dates
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1050-1170
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romanesque definition
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in the Roman manner
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additive compostion
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comparmentalization
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Romanesque, Reliquary Statue of Saint Foy, late 10th – early 11th century
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Romanesque, Head reliquary of Saint Alexander, 1145
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Romanesque, Saint-Sernin, Toulouse, France, ca. 1070-1120
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(Romanesque), Bernardus Gelduinus, Christ in Majesty, relief in the ambulatory of Saint-Sernin, ca. 1096
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Speyer Cathedral, Speyer, Germany, begun 1030; nave vaults, ca.1082-1105
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Sant’Ambrogio, Milan, Italy, late 11th to early 12th century
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Saint-Étienne, Caen, France, begun 1067; vaulted ca. 1115-1120
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Durham Cathedral, Durham, England, begun ca. 1093
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Romanesque, Second Coming of Christ (tympanum), Saint-Pierre, Moissac, ca.1115-1135
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Romanesque, Trumeau: Lions and Prophet (Jeremiah or Isaiah?), Saint-Pierre, Moissac, ca.1115-1130
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Romanesque, Cloister of Saint-Pierre, Moissac, ca. 1100-1115
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Romanesque, Historiated capital, Saint-Pierre, Moissac, ca. 1100-1115
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Romanesque, Abbot Durandus, relief on a pier in the cloister, Saint-Pierre, Moissac, ca. 1100-1115
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Romanesque, Gislebertus, Last Judgment, tympanum of Saint-Lazare, Autun, France, ca. 1120-1135
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Romanesque, Gislebertus, Suicide of Judas, capital for Saint-Lazare, Autun, France, ca. 1120-1135
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Romanesque, Gislebertus, Eve, capital for Saint-Lazare, Autun, France, ca. 1120-1135
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Romanesque, Pentecost and Mission of the Apostles, tympanum of La Madeleine, Vézelay, France, 1120-1132
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Romanesque, Pentecost and Mission of the Apostles, tympanum of La Madeleine, Vézelay, France, 1120-1132
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Romanesque, Virgin and Child, from the Auvergne region, France, second half of 12th century
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Romanesque, Christ in Majesty, apse from Santa María de Mur, near Lérida, Spain, mid-12th century
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Romanesque, Initial L and St. Matthew, Codex Colbertinus, ca.1100
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Romanesque, Initial R with knight fighting dragons, Moralia in Job, ca.1115-1125
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Romanesque, Master Hugo, Moses Expounding the Law, Bury Bible, ca. 1135
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Romanesque, Eadwine the Scribe(?), Scribe at work, Eadwine Psalter, ca.1160-1170
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Romanesque, Bayeux Tapestry, ca. 1070-1080
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feudalism
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social system in medieval Europe including nobility, vassals, and peasants
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Crusades
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made by Europeans to recover the Holy Land from the Muslims in the 11th, 12th, and 13th centuries
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reliquary
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container for holy relics
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radiating chapels
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a chapel radiating tangentially from one of the bays or divisions of the apse
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vaults: barrel and groin
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A groin vault is produced by the intersection at right angles of two barrel vaults
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rib vaults (transverse ribs)
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a vault forming a half cylinder
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springing (of the vault)
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the level where an arch or vault rises from a support
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bay
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the space between architectural elements, or a recess or compartment
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crossing
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the junction of the four arms of a cruciform (cross-shaped) church
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compound pier
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consists of a centre mass or newel, to which engaged or semi-detached shafts have been attached, in order to perform (or to suggest the performance of) certain definite structural objects, such as to carry arches
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portals
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an opening in a wall of a building, gate or fortification, especially a grand entrance to an important structure
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iconographic program
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a collection of pictures of a particular subject, such as Christ
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lectionary
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a list or book of portions of the Bible appointed to be read at a church service (also like small podium
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string courses
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a raised horizontal band or course of bricks on a building
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corbels
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a projection jutting out from a wall to support a structure above it
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Diagram of a Romanesque portal: jambs, trumeau, lintel, tympanum, archivolts, voussoirs
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Gothic, Abbey church of Saint- Denis, ambulatory and radiating chapels, 1140-1144
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Ambulatory and radiating chapels, Abbey church of St. Denis, Paris, France 1140-1144
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Gothic, Chartres Cathedral, France, ca. 1145-1155 (rebuilt after 1194)
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Gothic, Chartres, Royal Portals, west façade, ca. 1145-1155
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Gothic, Chartres, Central portal, Second Coming of Christ (tympanum), ca. 1145-1155
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Gothic, Old Testament Kings and Queens, jamb statues, Chartres, ca. 1145-1155
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Gothic, Chartres Cathedral, Chartres, France, rebuilt after 1194
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(High) Gothic, Chartres, South Transept St. Theodore (on far left), ca. 1230
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(High) Gothic, Chartres, Nave (and plan), after 1194 (120’)
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Elements of Gothic architecture: pinnacle, flying buttress, vaulting web, diagonal rib, transverse rib, springing, clerestory, oculus, lancet, triforium, nave arcade, compound pier with responds
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Gothic, Laon Cathedral, West Façade and interior nave, Laon, France, begun ca. 1190
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(High) Gothic, Amiens Cathedral, West Façade, begun 1220
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(High) Gothic, Amiens Cathedral, Interior nave, begun 1220
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(High) Gothic, Reims, West façade, ca.1211-1290
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(High) Gothic, Reims, Annunciation and Visitation, ca.1230-55
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(High) Reims Cathedral, Plan, ca.1211-1260
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(High) Gothic Nave, Reims, begun 1211
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Rayonnant, Sainte-Chapelle, Paris, 1243-1248 (99.5’)
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(Nicholas of Verdun, Shrine of the Three Kings, ca. 1190, p. 403)
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Rayonnant, Apostle statues from interior
of Sainte-Chapelle, Paris
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Gothic, Abraham, Sarah and the Three Strangers, from the Psalter of St. Louis, 1253-1270
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Île de France
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isle of france - includes paris
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Abbot Suger of St. Denis
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architect who said light is the essence of divinity
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rib vault
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intersection of two to three barrel vaults
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piers
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upright support for a structure or superstructure such as an arch or bridge
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flying buttresses
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a buttress slanting from a separate pier, typically forming an arch with the wall it supports
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pointed arches
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an arch with a pointed crown, characteristic of Gothic architecture.
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skeleton
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a method of constructing high buildings in which the chief horizontal and vertical members are of rolled steel and the walls are for the most part supported at the floor levels by the steel frame itself
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Stained glass
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colored glass used to form decorative or pictorial designs, notably for church windows, both by painting and especially by setting contrasting pieces in a lead framework like a mosaic
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Cathedral
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the principal church of a diocese, with which the bishop is officially associated.
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guild
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association of persons of the same trade or pursuits, formed to protect mutual interests and maintain standards
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triforium
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a gallery or arcade above the arches of the nave, choir, and transepts of a church.
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Rayonnant
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In French Gothic architecture, Rayonnant was the period between c. 1240 and 1350, characterized by a shift in focus away from the High Gothic mode of utilizing great scale and spatial rationalism towards a greater concern for two dimensional surfaces and the repetition of decorative motifs at different scales.
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relic/reliquary
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a container for relics
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cult
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a system of religious veneration and devotion directed toward a particular figure or object.
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Louis IX (Saint Louis)
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King of France from 1226 until his death in 1270
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Nave Elevations
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Gothic, Nicholas of Verdun, Shrine of the Three Kings, ca.1190
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Gothic, Virgin and Child (Virgin of Paris), early 14th century
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Gothic, Queen Blanche of Castile and Louis IX, dedication page of a Moralized Bible, 1226-34
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Gothic, Abraham and the Three Angels, Psalter of St. Louis, 1253-1270
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Gothic, God as Creator, from a moralized Bible, ca. 1220-1230
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Gothic, Jean Pucelle, David before Saul, Belleville Breviary, ca. 1325
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Gothic, Villard de Honnecourt, sketchbook pages, ca.1220-35
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Gothic, Death of the Virgin, Strasbourg Cathedral, Strasbourg, France, ca. 1230
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Gothic, Crucifixion, west choir screen of Naumburg Cathedral, Germany, ca. 1249-1255
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Gothic, Ekkehard and Uta, statues in the west choir, Naumburg Cathedral, Germany, ca.1249-55
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Gothic, Equestrian portrait (Bamberg Rider), Bamberg Cathedral, Germany, ca. 1235-40
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Gothic, Equestrian portrait (Bamberg Rider), Bamberg Cathedral, Germany, ca. 1235-40
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Gothic, Röttgen Pietà, Germany, ca. 1300-1325
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