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.
