AP Art History Byzantine, Early Medieval, Romanesque, Gothic Terms - Definition + Pieces

Pendentives

Construction shaped like a triangle that transitions the base of a round dome onto four piers
Hagia Sophia

Narthex

An entrance to early Christian churches; meant to be a transition from secular to sacred
Hagia Sophia, San Vitale

Ambulatory

Aisle for walking in a circle
San Vitale

Gallery

Second story of early churches exclusively for women
San Vitale

Drum

A circular or polygonal wall that supports a dome
San Vitale

Squinch

8-sided base of a dome that transitions the dome to a square or polygonal room
San Vitale

Impost Block

A capital that utilizes at least one inverted pyramid

Martyrium

Shrine on a place where a saint was martyred or a martyred saint was buried
San Vitale

Encaustic

Pigment mixed with wax
Virgin (Theotokos) and Child between Saints Theodore and George

Modeling

Virgin (Theotokos) and Child between Saints Theodore and George

Icon

A devotional panel depicting a sacred image; the cause of iconoclasm and the Iconoclastic controversy
Virgin (Theotokos) and Child between Saints Theodore and George
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