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arth 114 final
TERMS-roman, early christian, byzantine
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Art History
Undergraduate 2
06/07/2011

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the long period of relative peace and minimal expansion by military force in the roman empire

it was established by Ceaser Augustus

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pax augusta
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semi circular arch
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rounded arch
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a wedge shaped stone block used in the construction of a true arch.  the central ____, which sets the arch, is called the keystone
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voussoir
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in a roman ampitheater it is the central area where bloody gladiatoral combats and other boisterous events took place. 
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arena
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latin for "eye"

it is the round central opening of the dome

also a small round window in a gothic cathedral

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oculus
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a sunken panel, often ornamental, in a vault of a ceiling.
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coffer
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a roman private house
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domus
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a recess, usually semicircular, in the wall of a buildin, commonly found at the east end of a church
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apse
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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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nave
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formed at the point at which two barrel vaults intersect at right angles.
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groin vault
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a colonade all around the cella and its porches
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peristyle
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a multi story apartment house in roman architecture ussually made of brickfaced concrete.

it also refers to the entire city block

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insula
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an opening in the top of a roof in roman architecture

as the roof slopes upwards and inwards

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compluvium
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in a roman house, the basin located in the atrium that collects rainwater
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impluvium
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the central reception room of a roman house that is partly open to the sky
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atrium
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an enclosed garden
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hortus
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roman temples were often raised off the ground by large masonry bases
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podium
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openings in the walls of catacombs to receive the dead
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Loculus
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a small cubicle or bedroom that opened onto the atrium of a roman house.  Also a chamber in an Early Christian catacomb that served as a mortuary chapel
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Cubiculum
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a recess, usually semicircular, in the wall of a building, commonly found at the east end of the church
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apse
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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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nave
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the part of a church with an axis that crosses the nave at a right angle
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transept

 

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a porch or vestibule of a church generally colonaded or arcaded and preceding the nave
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narthex
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aisles on the sides
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side aisles
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a man made book, before the printing press

you cant replicate it

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manuscript
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a scroll

it was the first kind of book

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rotulus
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replaces the rotulus, like a new book with cover
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codex
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hand painted painting in a book
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manuscript illumination
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a triangular area between the archs that support the dome
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dome on pendentives
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form of religious painting

the first one was said to be placed on earth by god

 

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icon
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houses the individual icons
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iconostasis
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