TXMI 4350 Test 2 Slides

Hagia Sophia

Istanbul, Turkey

532-537 AD

architects Anthemius of Tralles and Isidorus of Miletus, commissioned by Justinian

San Vitale

Ravenna, Italy

526-547

St. Apollinaire

Classe, Ravenna, Italy

504-549

St. Mark’s

Venice, Italy

begun 1063-1096

Book Cover with Byzantine Icon of the Crucifixion

Constantinople

icon carved 1000

Dome of the Rock

Jerusalem

684 CE

Calligraphy Helment

late 15th century

Ak-Koyunlu/Shivran Iranian Steel, engraved and damascened with silver

Koran Stand with Vegetal Patterns

1360

Iran carved and inlaid wood

Jali Screen with Geometric Patterns

Sikri, India

second half of 16th century

carved red sandstone

Wood Panel with Figure Patterns

Fatimid, Egypt

11th century

carved wood

Mosque Masjid-i-Shah

Ispahan, Iran

1612-1638

Alhambra, Court of the Lions

Granada, Spain

1338-1390

Great Mosque

Cordoba, Spain

785 CE

Minaret: structure outside of a mosque for the call to prayer

Prophet’s Mosque in Medina

Prayer Rug with “mihrab” gate symbolizing gateway to heaven

Iran

17th century

Notre-Dame-La-Grande

Poitiers, France

11th/12th centuries

one of the most famous Romanesque church in France with elegant 12th century richly carved Romanesque façade

Monreale Cathedral Cloister

Monreale, Italy

1174-1182

St. Madeleine Basilica

Vezelay, France

1104-1132

St. Madeleine Tympanum

Vezelay, France

1104-1132

Representation of Revelation Chapter 4

Pisa Cathedral

Pisa, Italy

1063-1350

Reliquary of the True Cross (Staurotheke)

Byzantine, made in Constantinople

late 8-early 9th century

Cloisonné enamel, silver, silver-gilt, gold, 4 x 2 7/8 in.

Durham Cathedral

England

1093-1133

French Throne

late 8th-9th century

made of bronze

Bayeux Tapestry

1066-1082

230” x 1’8”

depicts the Battle of Hastings, 1066 (Normans defeat the Anglo Saxons)

Abbey St. Denis

Paris

1135

designed by Abbot Suger

The Lady and the Unicorn

1400s

Notre Dame

Paris, France

1163-1250

Maurice de Sully

Chevet: the extreme end of a church when chapels encircle an apse and an ambulatory

Tracery: a popular Gothic window composed of two lancets

topped by a rose window and crowned with a pointed arch

Trefoil

Quatrefoil

Crockets: stone carvings with foliage that mark raking angles, spires, and canopies

Applied/Engaged Column

Barrel/Tunnel Vault

Groin Vault

A: Tower

B: Clustered Column

C: Parapet

D: Stone Sculpture

E: Round Arches

F: Tympanum

G: Portal

A: Ribbed Vault

B: Triforium

C: Chevron Motif

A: Nave

B: Side Aisle

C: Narthex

D: Clerestory