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Exam 3
Etruscan/Roman + Jewish/EarlyChristian/Byzantine
54
Art History
Undergraduate 1
10/29/2013

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Term
[image]
Definition

Tomb of the Reliefs


 Cerveteri


Etruscan

Term
[image]
Definition

Sarcophagus


Etruscan

Term
[image]
Definition

Pont du Gard


Nimes, France


Republican

Term
[image]
Definition

Augustus of Primaporta


Augustan

Term
[image]
Definition

Ara Pacis


Augustan

Term
[image]
Definition

Peristyle garden


Pompeii


Early Empire

Term
[image]
Definition

Wall Painting, Villa of the Mysteries


Pompeii


Early Empire

Term
[image]
Definition

Colosseum,(Flavian Amphitheater)


Rome

 

Early Empire

Term
[image]
Definition

Column of Trajan


Early Empire

Term
[image]
Definition

Pantheon


Rome


Early Empire

Term
[image]
Definition

Young Flavian Woman


Early Empire

Term
[image]
Definition

Marcus Aurelius


Early Empire

Term
[image]
Definition

Basilica of Maxentius and Constantine


Rome


Late Empire

Term
[image]
Definition

Constantine the Great


Late Empire

Term
[image]
Definition

Arch of Constantine


Rome


Late Empire

Term

Etruscan

Definition

700-509 B.C.

Term

Republican

Definition

509-27 B.C. (governed by patricians)

Term

Augustan

Definition

27 B.C.-14 A.D. (Reign of Augustus)

Term

Early Empire (Imperial)

Definition

14-180 A.D. (Tiberius through Marcus Aurelius)

Term

Late Empire

Definition

180-395 A.D. (Commodus to the fall of the empire)

Term
[image]
Definition

Wall with Torah niche


Jewish

Term
[image]
Definition

The Good Shepherd


Early Christian

Term
[image]
Definition

Mausoleum (oratory) of Galla Placidia


Ravenna


Early Christian

Term
[image]
Definition

Sarcophagus of Junius Bassus


Early Christian

Term

[image]

[image]

Definition

Church of Hagia Sophia


Istanbul


Anthemius and Isidorus


Early Byzantine

Term
[image]
Definition

Interior of Church of San Vitale


Early Byzantine

Term
[image]
Definition

Emperor Justinian and His Attendants


Early Byzantine

Term
[image]
Definition

Rebecca at the Well


Early Byzantine

Term
[image]
Definition

Virgin and Child with Saints and Angels


Early Byzantine

Term
[image]
Definition

Interior view of Cathedral of St. Mark


Venice


Middle Byzantine

Term
[image]
Definition

Anastasis Fresco


Late Byzantine

Term

Christianity legalized in the Roman Empire

Definition

313 A.D.

Term

Byzantine Empire

Definition
476-1453 A.D.
Term

Iconoclasm (destruction of religious images)

Definition

726-843 A.D.

Term
Atrium
Definition
an open-roofed entrance hall or central court in an ancient Roman house.
Term

Sarcophagi

Definition
a stone coffin, typically adorned with a sculpture or inscription and associated with the ancient civilizations of Egypt, Rome, and Greece.
Term

Verism

Definition
the artistic preference of contemporary everyday subject matter instead of the heroic or legendary in art and literature; a form of realism
Term

Arcade

Definition
a covered passageway with arches along one or both sides.
Term

Barrel vault

Definition
a vault forming a half cylinder.
Term

Groin vault

Definition
produced by the intersection at right angles of two barrel vaults
Term

Apotheosis

Definition
the highest point in the development of something; culmination or climax.
Term

Triumphal arch

Definition
a monumental archway; usually they are built to commemorate some notable victory
Term

Forum

Definition

-a place, meeting, or medium where ideas and views on a particular issue can be exchanged.


-a court or tribunal

Term

Basilica

Definition
a large oblong hall or building with double colonnades and a semicircular apse, used in ancient Rome as a court of law or for public assemblies.
Term

Oculus

Definition
a round or eyelike opening or design, in particular.
Term

Iconic image

Definition
An image that has come to have a symbolic meaning that is readily understood by people in general.
Term

Catacomb

Definition
an underground cemetery consisting of a subterranean gallery with recesses for tombs, as constructed by the ancient Romans
Term

Narthex

Definition
an antechamber, porch, or distinct area at the western entrance of some early Christian churches, separated off by a railing and used by catechumens, penitents, etc.
Term

Transept

Definition
(in a cross-shaped church) either of the two parts forming the arms of the cross shape, projecting at right angles from the nave
Term

Oratory

Definition
a small chapel, esp. for private worship.
Term

Pendentives

Definition
a curved triangle of vaulting formed by the intersection of a dome with its supporting arches.
Term

Illuminated manuscript

Definition
a manuscript in which the text is supplemented by the addition of decoration, such as decorated initials, borders and miniature illustrations.
Term

Iconoclasm

Definition
 
  1. the rejection or destruction of religious images as heretical; the doctrine of iconoclasts.
     
     
Term

Anastasis

Definition
a representation, in Byzantine artof Christ harrowing hell.
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