Art test unit 2

Transept

An extended, lengthwise section set perpendicular to the center space.

Illumination

In the early middle ages, monks copied many manuscripts, enhancing the text with a decoration.

Icon

A specific kind of image, either a portrait of a sacred person or a portrayal of a sacred event.

Basilica

A common structure in roman architecture was the multipurpose meeting hall.

Lacquer

An Asian invention Made from the sap of a tree, which hardens into a smooth, glasslike coating.

Christ entering Jerusalem

By artist duccio, used the architecture to define space and direct movement.

The industrial revolution

Caused the arts and craft movement.

Byzantine

Central layout for churches, icon, abstract style, focus on the eternal and sacred world of the Spirit.

Pre-Byzantine

Cross layout for churches, naturalism, realism.

Constantine

Emperor who moved to the capital of the Roman Empire to Byzantine.

Flamboyant

French for " flame like", style was a late Gothic aesthetic.

Hagia Sophia

Great masterpiece of early Byzantine architecture.

Warp

In weaving, the set of fibers that I'd held taut on a loom or frame.

Sand

Is the principal ingredient of glass.

Maki-e

Japanese technique, invokes sprinkling powdered gold or silver into a wet, lacquered surface.

Gothic cathedrals

Known for stained glass windows, soaring open spaces, pointed arches, ribbed vaulting, and flying buttresses.

Porcelain

Mixture of kaolin and petuntse, when fired at high temperatures.

Nave

Open center space of a meeting place, later adopted into the design of churches.

A material that is moldable and can be shaped between the hands...

Plastic

Gustav Stickley

Published a magazine called "the craftsman".

Slab construction

Rolling Clay out into a sheet, from which a sculptor can form a work.

Coiling

Rolling clay into thin, ropelike strands before forming a work.

Aisles

Surrounds the open center space, can buttress the main structure.

Our modern conception of art emerged in...

The 18th century

Ambulatory

The aisle around the church apse.

Ceramics

The art of making objects from Clay.

Blowing

The most common way to shape a hollow vessel.

Clerestory

The upward extension of the central hall that served to admit light.

Narthex

The walkway directly in front of a church, that serves as the entry porch.

Mosaic

Used on 'empress Theodora and retinue', designed with small pieces of colored stone or glass.

Tapestry

Valued more than paintings during the Middle Ages, a large woven hanging that often told stories.

Embroidery

Working which colored yarns are sewn into the existing woven background.