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Key terms
• aniconic Opposed to the use and veneration of images, especially religious images.
• buttress An architectural structure built against or projecting from a wall which serves to support or reinforce the wall.
• cloisonne A decorative technique for metalwork, especially brass, whereby colored enamel is baked between raised ridges of
the metal.
• dado The lower portion of an interior wall decorated differently from the upper portion.
• Deesis A traditional iconic representation of Christ in Majesty enthroned, carrying a book, and flanked by the Virgin Mary and
St. John the Baptist, and sometimes other saints and angels.
• Deesis An iconic representation, common in the Byzantine period, of Christ enthroned, Christ Pantocrator, surrounded by the
Virgin Mary and St. John the Baptist, often in supplication.
• diptych A picture or series of pictures painted on two tablets, usually connected by hinges.
• hagiography The study of saints.
• Icon An image, symbol, picture, or other representation usually as an object of religious devotion.
• icon An image, symbol, picture, or other representation usually as an object of religious devotion.
• iconoclasm The belief in, participation in, or sanction of destroying religious icons and other symbols or monuments, usually
with religious or political motives.
• Iconoclastic Pertaining to the belief in, participation in, or sanction of destroying religious icons and other symbols or
monuments, usually with religious or political motives.
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• iconostasis a wall of icons between the sanctuary and the nave in an Eastern Orthodox church.
• Katholikon The major temple or church building of a monastery or diocese in an Eastern Orthodox Church.
• Katholikon The major temple or church building of a monastery or diocese in an Eastern Orthodox Church.
• koimesis Also known as the Dormition of the Virgin, this is a depiction of the Virgin Mary in her last sleep, at death, before
ascending into Heaven.
• Lamentation of Christ The scene depicts the body of Christ being mourned after the removal of his body from the cross, by his
family, friends, and followers.
• mandorla A luminous cloud that surrounds the figures of Christ and the Virgin Mary in traditional Christian art.
• mandorla An almond shape cloud or radiance that surrounds sacred figures, such as Christ or the Virgin Mary in traditional
Christian art.
• mausoleum A large stately tomb or a building housing such a tomb or several tombs.
• mosaic A piece of artwork created by placing colored squares (usually tiles) in a pattern to create a picture.
• narthex An architectural element typical of early Christian and Byzantine basilicas and churches consisting of the entrance or
lobby area, located at the west end of the nave.
• narthex A western vestibule leading to the nave in some (especially Orthodox) Christian churches.
• Ottoman Of the Islamic empire of Turkey.
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• pagan A person not adhering to any major or recognized religion; a follower of a pantheistic or nature-worshipping religion.
• Pantocrator The ruler of everything, especially as an epithet for Jesus Christ; an artistic depiction of Jesus in this aspect.
• parecclesion A side chapel found in Byzantine architecture.
• pendentive A constructive device permitting the placing of a circular dome over a square room or an elliptical dome over a
rectangular space.
• pendentive The concave triangular section of vaulting that provides transition between a dome and the square base on which it
is set, and transfers the weight of the dome.
• prefiguration A vague advance representation or suggestion of something.
• psalter The Book of Psalms, often applied to a book containing the Psalms separately printed.
• relief A type of artwork in which shapes or figures protrude from a flat background.
• reliquary A container to hold or display sacred objects.
• squinch A structure constructed between two adjacent walls to aid in the transition from a polygonal to a circular structure; as
when a dome is constructed on top of a square room.
• tempera A painting medium with either a casein or egg-yolk binder.
• tesserae Small square pieces of stone, wood, ivory or glass used for making a mosaic.
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Crucifixion
The Crucifixion painted behind the altar of the Katholikon of the Monastery of the Virgin at Studenica.
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Annunciation
The Annunciation portrays the Virgin Mary seated on a throne as the angel Gabriel approaches her to deliver the news of her conception of the son of
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Feodorovskayaicon
Copper. Nineteenthcentury.
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Iconof Saint Nicolas and Gerasimus of Boldino holding the Theotokos ofKazan
Unlike traditional icons, this example from the seventeenth century or later displays the influence of Western Protestant art, such as the paintings of the
Dutch Baroque tradition.
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Paris Psalter
David composing on his harp.
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Koimesis Mosaic.
1310-1320. Naos, Chora Church, Constantinople (Istanbul), Turkey.
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Transfigurationof Jesus
Apseof the monastery of Saint Catherine, Mount Sinai, Egypt. c. 565-66CE.
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Baptismof Jesus
ArianBaptistery, Ravenna, Italy. Late fifth-early sixth century.
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Anastasis
Fresco. 1310-1320. Parecclesion, Chora Church, Constantinople (Istanbul), Turkey.
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HarbavilleTriptych
Deesiswith Saints. Ivory. c. 950.
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Archangel Ivory
Constantinople.British Museum. c. 525-550 CE.
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BorradaileTriptych
Centralpanel carved with the Crucifixion, the Virgin and St. John, andabove, the half-length figures of the archangels Michael and Gabriel;on the left leaf,
from top to bottom: St. Kyros; St. George and St.Theodore Stratilates; St. Menas and St. Prokopios; on the right leaf:St John; St. Eustathius and St
Clement of Ankyra; St Stephen and StKyrion. On the reverse are two inscribed crosses and roundelscontaining busts of Saints Joachim and Anna in the
centers, withSaints Basil and Barbara, and John the Persian and Thekla at theterminus. Ivory. c. 10th century.
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Theotokos of Vladimir
Theotokos of Vladimir. Tempera on wood. Late 11th to early 12th century. Vladimir, Russia.
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Lamentation of Christ
Detail. Wall painting. 1164. Church of Saint Pantaleimon, Nerezi, Macedonia.
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Dedication Mosaic.
1310-1320. Outer Narthex, Chora Church, Constantinople (Istanbul), Turkey.
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Barberini Diptych
The Barberini Diptych is an early example of Byzantine ivory work. Musée du Louvre, Paris. c. 500-550 CE.
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• Wikipedia. "Pendentive." CC BY-SA 3.0 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pendentive
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• Wiktionary. "Hagia Sophia." CC BY-SA 3.0 http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Hagia_Sophia
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• Wikipedia. "Early Byzantine Mosaics in the Middle East." CC BY-SA 3.0
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