AP Art History: Early Christian, Byzantine, Romanesque, Gothic

underground burial place often decorated w art

• catacomb

• cubicula

• encaustic

• gospels

small rooms in catacombs for burials or chapels

• iconography

• cubicula

• encaustic

• gospels

small rooms in catacombs for burials or chapels

• iconography

• cubicula

• encaustic

• gospels

painting using colored wax

• iconography

• illuminated manuscript

• encaustic

• gospels

the first 4 books of the New Testament

• iconography

• illuminated manuscript

• mosaic

• gospels

study of symbols and themes

• iconography

• illuminated manuscript

• mosaic

• orant figure

handwritten book w decorated letters, borders, pictures

• apse

• illuminated manuscript

• mosaic

• orant figure

standing w arms up in prayer

• apse

• barrel vault

• mosaic

• orant figure

semicircular end of church where altar is

• apse

• barrel vault

• buttress

• groin vault

tunnel made of arches

• jamb

• barrel vault

• buttress

• groin vault