Test 1 Humanities Pp

Islamic Calligraphy (usually from the Koran)

The Kaaba in Mecca

Arabesque

Mihrab (niche in the dome of the rock pointing towards Mecca)

Also an example of arabesque decorations

Dome of the rock in Jerusalem

Where Mohammad ascended

Mimbar

Where the imam (pseudo priest) stands to lead prayer or read

from the Koran.

Extras:

Minarets: Towers used by the muezzins, who call people to

prayer

mosque=churchdome=Allah's protection

• An example of an Illumination

• Specifically The Ascension (I think that is considered FYI though. I think you just need to know the top part)

Medieval Manor

Lancelot crossing the sword bridge

Not the image on the test, but similar

Mouth of Hell

Who is he? (man in robe)

Dante: man who wrote the Inferno

Who is in the middle of hell/earth?

Satan, who is frozen in ice at the center of the earth/hell.

I could not find the picture on page 106 (bk 2)

“Satan eating and excreting the souls of the damned in hell”

University Lecture

reliquary

Know all the parts of the church!!!

Archivolts

Tympanum

Trumeau

Portals

Gothic or Romanesque? Why?

Gothic

• Pointed arches• Tall thin columns• Big stained glass windows• Urban location

Gothic or Romanesque? Why?

Romanesque

• Round arches• Big, thick columns• Small windows• Rural location

Notre Dame de la bella verriere “our lady of the beautiful glass”

Madonna Enthroned

Look on page 125 (bk 2) and be able to label a Buttress, a flying

buttress, a pinnacle and an arch.

Stonemasons

Spiritual