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Undergraduate 1
05/19/2008

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Definition
Great Mosque, Djenne, Mali, current plan 1909
Term
Islam
Definition
Belief in Allah and the Prophet Muhumman
Religion in the Central Sudan area.
-Islamic art and architecture helped in the spread of religion.
Term
Allah
Definition
God in Islam
Term
Muhummad
Definition
"Messenger of God" or Al-Amin
Prophet

recieves divine revalations from Arch-Angel Gabriel. (These revalations are eventually documented in the Koran.)
Term
Qu 'ran (Koran)
Definition
The Book of Islam

The revalations of Allah as they were revealed to Muhummed by Arch-Angel Gabriel.
Term
Mecca
Definition
Islamic Holy City
Term
Ka'ba
Definition
Kabba

Structure at/in Mecca
Term
mosque (masjid)
Definition
Islamic structure for congregational worship. Fridays.

-usually made out of mud in the Western Sudan. Masjid-"Place of prostration"
Term
four-iwan mosque
Definition
large halls with wide, arched entrances
Term
hypostyle mosque
Definition
multi-columned hall

(Great Mosque, Mali?)
Term
central dome mosque
Definition
Term
quibla wall
Definition
Term
mihrab
Definition
Term
minaret
Definition
Term
imam
Definition
Term
sahn (courtyard)
Definition
Term
adobe
Definition
Term
earthen pillars
Definition
Term
[image]
Definition

St. Peter's Basilica, Rome, Italy: Bramante's Scheme, 1506, Michaelangelo's campaign, 1546-64

Carlo Maderno's plan & facade 1607-12

Term
[image]
Definition
Gianlorenzo Bernini, Piazza St. Peter, Vatican, Rome, c. 1656-57.
Term

[image]

[image]

Definition
Francesco Borromini, San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane, Rome, 1638-41 (structure) 1665-67 (facade)
Term
ethnographic v. aesthetic display
Definition
difference between an art museum and an anthropology display.
Term
(Perani & Smith Fig. 5.19)
Definition
Olowe of Ise, Veranda Pillars Yoruba Couryard at Ikerre, Nigeria before 1938.
Term
Yoruba
Definition
Early State-Society in the Eastern Guinea Coast.

10th-18th Centuries

City-States

Yoruba Pillars
Term
Ife
Definition
Ancient city in Yoruba

center of the universe and the source of Yoruba tradition

Through royal patronage, Ife led to the tradition of "court arts"
Term
Olodumare
Definition
Yoruba Creator God
Term
Odudowa
Definition
One of 16 ledder God's below Olodumare, founder of Ife and first Yoruba King (Oni)
Term
Orisha
Definition
deities who serve as intermediaries between Olodumare and humans.
Term
ase
Definition
vital force of women (an energy of action)
Term
divination
Definition
evoking wisdom

system consulted for advice in fixing earthly problems.

Like HP.
Term
cathedral
Definition
The principle Christian church in a diocese.
Term
dome
Definition
A round vault used to cover a circular space, usually.

e.g. Chiswick exception?
Term
drum
Definition
the wall that supports the dome
Term
oculus
Definition
circular opening, usually as windows or at the apex of a dome.
Term
ribs
Definition
juncture of curved surfaces of a vault, sometimes purely decorative.
Term
lantern
Definition
a turret-like structure positioned on the roof of a dome.

e.g. Florence Cathedral
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