Arth 205 Maddox Final Exam Vocab

clerestory

the topmost zone of a wall with windows, extending above the aisle roofs

narrative image

A picture that recounts an event drawn from a story, either factual or fictional

iconic image

A picture that expresses or embodies an intangible concept or idea

synagogue

any large room where the Torah scrolls are kept and read

mosque

A building used for communal Islamic worship.

cathedral

The principal Christian church in a diocese, the bishop’s administrative center and housing his throne

transept

the arm of a cruciform church perpendicular to the nave

apse

A large semicircular or polygonal recess on an end wall of a building

narthex

The vestibule or entrance porch of a church

nave

 The central space of a church, two or three stories high and usually flanked by aisle

ambulatory

The passage around the apse in a church, especially a basilic

iconography

Identifying and studying the subject matter and conventional symbols in works of ar

typology

a way of interpreting the Bible in a way that people and events in the Old Testament are interpreted as types of persons and events in the New Testament.

bodhisattva

In Buddhism, a being who has attained enlightenment but chooses to remain in this world in order to help others advance spiritually. Also defined as a potential buddha.

atman

a person's inmost soul

Brahman

the transcendent being/reality

maya

illusioni

karma

the sum of one’s deeds, the degree of meritorious or dismeritorious kharma determines the nature of future births

dharma

seek conquest through moral teachings

samsara

the cycle of birth, death, and rebirth that otherwise holds all in its grip, reguardless of what the being is

nirvana

extinction of samsara for oneself

moksha

the Hindu basis for the Buddhist, closely related concept of "nirvana," ultimate enlightenment

bhakti

a powerful spiritual movement in India

garbhagriha

a small room or shrine in a Hindu temple containing its principal holy image

darshan

beholding a deity

puja

forms of worship

stupa

a bellshaped or dome-like religious monument, made of piled earth, brick, or stone, and containing sacred relics.

axis mundi

an “axis of the world,” which marks sacred sites and denotes a link between the human and celestial realms.

lakshana

The 32 marks of the historical Buddha

mudra

A symbolic hand gesture in Buddhist art that denotes certain behaviors, actions, or feelings.

kalpa

a Hindu term referring to an eon. A kalpa is the time of the existence of auniverse. They come into existence and then are destroyed in an eternal cycle

li

ritual/propriety, essential for social harmony

dao

a way or path

Dao

Ultimate Way, the Way of the universe

mantra

a sacred sound, word, or verse from ancient Indian traditions

raigo

A painted image that depicts the Amida Buddha and other Buddhist deities welcoming the soul of a dying believer to paradise.

mandala

An image of the cosmos represented by an arrangement of circles or concentric geometric shapes containing diagrams or images

ch’i yün

cosmic consonance

Dainichi

the universal Buddha

cloisonné

the topmost zone of a wall with windows, extending above the aisle roofs

scriptorium

A room in a monastery for writing or copying manuscripts

tempera

A painting medium made by blending egg yolks with water, pigments, and occasionally other materials, such as glu

illuminated manuscript

A painting on paper or parchment used as an illustration and/or decoration in a manuscript or album

historiated (figured) capital

one displaying a figural composition and/or narrative scenes

compound pier

a pier or large column with attached columns

or pilasters

buon fresco

A painting technique where pigments are applied to a wet plaster surface

mysticism

the spiritual path to union with the Divine or ultimate reality

tympanum

a semi-circular area over a door, framed by an arch and lintel

jamb

he vertical element found on both sides of an opening in a wall, and supporting an arch or lintel.

jamb column

column conjoined with the door jamb

archivolts

the curved molding formed by the voussiors making up an arch

voussiors

Wedge-shaped stone block used to build an arch

trumeau

the east end in a gothic cathedral including the apse, choir and ambulatory with or without radiating apses

trefoil

a Gothic decorative feature with three foils

marginalia

writing, decoration or images in the margins of amanuscript