APAH: Unit 3 Terms

book with vellum pages

a type of narrative that illustrates multiple scenes of a narrative within a single frame; ex Column of Trajan

painting technique that uses wax as a medium to carry color

Greek for image or painting

destruction of icons

triangular space between columns

burial place of a martyr

triangular segment of a spherical surface used to hold up a dome

triangular corner that supports a dome

Mary as the “God-bearer”

Greek word for Christ

aisle or walkway around a Church used mainly so pilgrims could visit relics without entering the nave during mass

semicircular recess usually behind the altar

area of a cathedral before you enter

architectural plan in which a church is organized along an axis; has a nave

large oblong hall or building with colonnades and a semiciruclar apse used in ancient Rome as law courts or for public assemblies; later repurposed by Christians as churches

underground cemetary consisting of a subterranean gallery with recesses (loculi) for tombs; usually constructed by ancient Romans

round church with a central altar (ex. San Vitale)

upper part of the nave & transept of a church/basilica containing a series of windows to admit light into the building; light = God

series of rectangular sunken panels on a dome acting as supports and decreasing the weight of the dome (seen in the Pantheon)

chapels (for families); seen in Catacomb of Priscilla

indentions in a wall; seen in Catacomb of Priscilla

image over an arch (seen in Catacomb of Priscilla, female priest)

transitional antechamber of a church/basilica between the atrium and nave

long part in the middle of a building/basilica

figure in a prayer pose (ex. woman in Catacomb of Priscilla)

“spoils”; part of a work taken from another place & used in Christian Churches; ex. columns at Santa Sabina & head of reliquary of St. Foy

parts of a church forming the arms of the cross shape

decorative clasp used to secure a cloak & display wealth (buried with people)

arching area over a door in a Romanesque Cathedral carved with biblical stories (ex. Last Judgment at Cathedral of St. Foy)

decorative stonework used to secure stained glass

beautifully decorated receptical used to hold the bones or remains of Saint’s possessions (ex. St. Foy)

practice of filling all spaces with carving work (ex. Last Judgement Tympanum or Ludovisi Battle Sarcophagus)

rounded arch ceiling which held the roof by pushing the weight onto thick walls

large round windows filled with stained glass usually at the ends of a nave or transept (seen at Chartres Cathedral)

type of vaulted celining that used sections of stone across to reinforce it

slanting structure projecting from a wall used to strengthen it

vault produced by the intersection of two barrel vaults at a right angle