Final Exam Vocab
Art History 105 with Magnusen at Rutgers University - New Brunswick/Piscataway
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alternation between columns and piers
Barrel vaulted passageway
Animal Style
decoration of animals and serpents
Celtics Art
Aniconic
symbolic representation with out human figures
Islamic Art
to avoid idolatry in the mosques
instead used geometric decorations
elongated or continuous semicircular vault shaped like a half cylinder
mullions (line in windows that separate a window) divide the space into vertical segments and form decorative patterns at the top of the opening or panel
Migration Art
Cover for books
the spirals on the window
an open space within a monastery surrounded by a colonnaded walkway, often having a fountain and a garden
Romanesque Art
an arched bridge above the aisle roof that extends from the upper nace wall, where the lateral thrust of the main vault is greatest
a vault created by the intersection fo two barrel vaults of equal size which creates four side compartments of identical size and shape
historiated capital
it is a sculpted block that tops a column displaying a figural composition of a narrative scene
Gothic Art
in architecture, the vertical element found on both sides of an opening in a wall, and supporting an arch or lintel
a recess or niche that distinguishes the wall oriented toward Mecca in a mosque
a stonework or wood work applied to wall surfaces or filling the open space
openings are cut through the wall
polychromy
the multiple colored painting decoration applied to any part od a building, sculpture , or piece of furniture.
the mosque wall oriented toward Mecca
relic
a venerated object associated with a saint or martyr
reliquary
a container often made of precious materials used as a repository to protect to protect and display sacred relics
repousse
a technique of hammeting metal from the back to create a protruding image. Elaborate the metal sheets are pressed and hammered
ribbed groin vault
ribs demarcate the junctions of a groin vault. Ribs may functions to reinforce the groins or may be purely decorative
a column, pier, or post hound at the center of a large portal or doorway, supporting the lintel
romanesque art
a scandivanian wooden structure with four huge timbers at its core
vellum
a fine animal skin prepared for a writing and painting
the monument, west-facing entrance section od a Carolingian, Ottonian, or Romanesque church. The exterior consists of multiple stories between two towers; the interior includes an entrance vestibule, a chapel. and a series od galleries overlooking the nave
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