All Terms & IMGs (Exam 1)

Arabic for "bench," a low, flat-roofed Egyptian tomb with sides sloping down to the ground, "grave site" hidden underneath

A pyramid with sides that rise in a series of steps.

Huge, triangular shaped burial tombs of Egyptian pharaohs built during the Old Kingdom

the use of different size for significant or holy figures and those of the everyday world to indicate importance; the larger the figure, the greater the importance

A long-lasting, paper-like material made from reeds

A term often used as a synonym for realism; also a view of experience that is generally characterized as bleak and pessimistic.

A sculpture that comes forward from a flat surface, as opposed to being freestanding.

A style of Greek sculpture where people are depicted standing and leaning so that the person's weight is being put on one side. People are depicted with their bodies curved like an "S"

Black pottery = the figures are etched on from red paint background

Red pottery = The figures are painted on the black pot/background

a visual effect in which an object is shortened and turned deeper into the picture plane to give the effect of receding in space

building material made by mixing small stones and sand with limestone, clay, and water

a vault forming a half cylinder

a vault formed when two barrel vaults meet at right angles

Mural painting with water-based paint

True to natural appearance; super-realistic.

Egypt
2500 BCE
Old Kingdom

Athens
600 BCE
Archaic Period

Athens
480 BCE
Early Classical Period

Rome
350 BCE
Late Classical Period

Greece
540 BCE
Archaic Period

Italy (Near Rome)
10 CE

Egypt
2650 BCE
Old Kingdom

Egypt
2550 BCE
Old Kingdom

Greece
190 BCE
Hellenistic Period

Greece
510 BCE
Archaic Period

Rome
118 - 125 CE

Italy
30 - 40 BCE
Fresco

Rome
75 - 50 BC

Ara Pacis, Rome
13 - 9 BCE

Rome
161 CE

Egypt
2950 BCE
Dynastic Period

Egypt
1275 BCE
New Kingdom

Rome
450 - 440 BCE
High Classical Period

Greece
447 - 438 BCE
High Classical Period

Rome
100 BCE
Travertine

Rome
70 - 79 CE
Fresco

Instanbul, Turkey
305 CE
Porphyry

Rome
320 CE

San Vitale
540 CE

Instanbul
530 CE

St. Catherine, Egypt
600 CE

England
500 CE

Northumbria, England
700 AD

England
635 CE

Germany
800 CE

A huge marble government building in ancient Rome

A dome, usually semicircular, in the wall of a Roman basilica or at the east end of a church.

a construction shaped like a triangle that transitions the space between flat walls and the base of a round dome

(n.) a representation or image of a sacred personage, often considered sacred itself; an image or picture; a symbol; a graphic symbol on a computer monitor display; an object of blind devotion

A belief that the practice of worshiping and honoring objects such as icons was sinful.

a handwritten book decorated with bright colors and precious metals

Jerusalem
690 CE

Spain
780 CE

Cairo
1300

Islamic Spain
960 CE

Iznik
1575

Instanbul
1560

Instanbul
1575

Islamic place of worship

Tall tower typically part of a mosque, used for the call to prayer

Niche in a mosque indicating the direction of Mecca

Islamic holy book

Ottoman Sultan who ruled from 1520-1566

France
CE 1050

Conques
10th Century

England
1170

Cologone Cathedral
1220

Features of Saint-Denis abbey church, 1140-45, by Abbot Suger.

Paris
1160

France
1230

Paris
1240

Container for relics, often ornate and made of precious materials.

Journey to a sacred place for religious reasons.

Contrasting architectural styles in medieval Europe.

Vaulted ceilings with a framework of diagonal ribs.

Exterior support for Gothic cathedral walls.