Chapter 12- Gardner's Art Through the Ages
Rome in the East The Art of Byzantium
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| 16216204 | apse | a semicircular recess at the east end of a Christian church | |
| 16216205 | gallery | second story of an aisle or ambulatory | |
| 16216206 | iconostasis | a screen holding many images that serves as a partition between the sanctuary and the main body of the church | |
| 16216207 | narthex | porch, or vestibule, of a church | |
| 16216208 | pendentive | one of four concave triangular pieces of masonry used to support a dome | |
| 16216209 | squinch | architectural elements used as a transition from a square to a polygonal or circular base for a dome | |
| 16216210 | exarch | a Byzantine governor | |
| 16216211 | theocrat | ruler with combined temporal and spiritual authority | |
| 16216212 | Constantinople | formerly Byzantium | |
| 16216213 | Procopius | historian during Justinian's reign | |
| 16216214 | refectory | dining hall | |
| 16216215 | inconoclasm | destruction of religious images | |
| 16216216 | Belisarius | general who conquered Ravenna | |
| 16216217 | icon | holy image | |
| 16216218 | Basil I | founder of Macedonian dynasty | |
| 16216219 | sakkos | tunic | |
| 16216220 | Monophysite heresy | denial of duality of Christ's nature | |
| 16216221 | paten | large golden bowl | |
| 16216222 | Andrei Rublyev | Russian fifteenth-century artist | |
| 16216223 | Justinian | emperor who conquered Ravenna |