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| the history, culture, and art of western Europe in the 12th to 14th century |
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| – (Roman Like) the history, culture, and art of medieval western Europe from 1050 to 1200 |
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| the earliest preserved work with Christian subjects |
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| The entire Middle Ages, especially when viewed as a troubled period marked by the loss of classical learning |
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| a cross with 4 arms of equal length and at right angles |
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| a style of architecture developed in the Byzantine Empire. Its leading forms are the round arch, the dome, the pillar, the circle, and the cross |
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| Dry coloring matter, usually an insoluble powder, to be mixed with water, oil, or another base to produce paint and similar products |
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| an exterior masonry structure that opposes the lateral thrust of an arch or vault—a solid mass of masonry |
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| semi cylindrical in the cross section, deep arch or an uninterrupted series of arches, one behind the other |
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| A cross with a shorter horizontal bar intersecting a longer vertical bar above the midpoint |
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| the space enclosed by a lintel and an arch over a doorway |
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| The period of European history between ancient and modern times. The Middle Ages began with the Fall of Rome in the fifth century and ended with the Renaissance |
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| a portrait or image, especially in byzantine art |
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| the space in a cruciform church formed by the intersection of the nave and the transept |
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| a civic building for legal and other civic proceedings, rectangular in plan with an entrance usually on a long side(roman)—a church somewhat resembling the roman basilica, usually entered from one end and with an apse at the other(Christian) |
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| a pier with a group, or cluster, of attached shafts, or responds, especially characteristic of gothic architecture |
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| was the building that once stood on the spot where the Basilica of Saint Peter stands today in Rome. The name Old Saint Peter's Basilica has been used since the construction of the current basilica to distinguish the two buildings |
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| painting on lime plaster, either dry or wet |
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| patterns or pictures made by embedding small pieces (tesserae) of stone or glass in cement on surfaces such as walls and floors |
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| (cubes) tiny stones or pieces of glass cut to the desired shape and size to form a mosaic |
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| a vault in which the diagonal and transverse ribs compose a structural skeleton that partially supports the masonry web between them |
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pigment mixed with egg yolk, glue, or casein
23. Dome – a hemispherical vault |
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| formed by the ends of the sloping roof above the colonnade |
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| consists typically of an inclined member carried on an arch or a series of arches and a solid buttress to which it transmits lateral thrust |
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| in gothic architecture, the colored glass used for windows |
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| the central area of an ancient roman basilica or of a church, demarcated from aisles by piers or columns |
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| the part of a church with an axis that crosses the nave at a right angle |
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| is painting on a panel made of wood, either a single piece, or a number of pieces joined together |
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| not portrait, same facial features in more than one picture, not realistic |
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| a narrow arch of pointed profile, in contrast to a semicircular arch |
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| legs relatively straight, extreme hip movement |
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| the destruction of images, in byzantine- the period from 726 to 843 when there was an imperial ban on images—iconoclasts were the destroyers of images |
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| took control of Rome in 312 |
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| the three initial letters of Christ’s name in Greek, which came to serve as a monogram for Christ (chi-rho-iota) |
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| (beautiful writing) handwriting or penmanship, especially elegant writing as a decorative art |
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| decorative brickwork in later byzantine architecture |
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| in early medieval manuscripts, decorative pages resembling textiles |
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| pertaining to the empire of Charlemagne and his successors |
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| the pillar or center post supporting the lintel in the middle of the doorway |
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| the ribs form the framework of the vault |
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| the side posts of the doorway |
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| the pigments are mixed with water and become chemically bound to the freshly laid lime plaster |
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| A book, document, or other composition written by hand |
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| a series of arches supported by piers or columns |
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| Giotto – painted on boards, panel painting, less stylized, depth on thrown, hierarchy scale, realism |
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| fresco-on wall, von fresco-painted on vet plaster, 3 layers of plaster, very durable, emotions, poses |
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| Effects of Good Government |
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| Lorenzetti – peaceful city, perspective, depth, linear perspective |
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| Madonna Enthroned with Angels |
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| Cimabue – gothic pointed arch, painting in Greek manner, stylized face, hierarchy scale, not proportional |
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| Virgin and Child Enthroned |
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| Duccio – stylized faces, symmetry |
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