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TERMS FOR MIDTERM #3
Following is the list of terms projected before each class. This list will cover the terms for the classes up to the third midterm. THIS LIST HAS BEEN UPDATED ONLY THROUGH AFRICA. It will be further updated as we go along through the semester, so be aware that terms/works may be added or changed up to the actual class meeting. The list, then, can (and will) change during the semester, but it will be finalized the class before the exam. Two ** indicates this is on the Exam list of works to know, one * indicates a particularly important term that you should know.

ISLAM
Muslims, Allah, Muhammed (570-632)
Koran
calligraphy*, kufic, sura
Five Pillars, Mecca, Kaaba - The Haj
aniconic*
Dome of the Rock**
dadoes
Mshatta, Jordan
mosque* (masjid), qibla wall*, mihrab*, minaret*, maqsura
Cordoba, hypostyle plan* mosque
horseshoe arches, ablaq
Great Mosque, Isfahan**, madrasa, 4-iwan* mosque,
muqarnas*
medallion / garden carpet, paradise/faradis
Koran frontispiece**, Mamluk Egypt,
Herat, Timurid dynasty, Prince Baysonghur
Bahram Gur (Visiting One of His Wives, an Indian Princess)**
Sassanian, Haft Paykar, Nizami
Caliph Harun Al-Rashid
Khamsa (of Nizami), Kamal Al-Din Bihzad

JAPANESE ART BEFORE 1392
Prehistoric Japan: Jomon, Yayoi, Kofun (12,000 BCE - 552 CE)
dogu, haniwa
Ise Shrine**, Shinto*, kami
Amaterasu -Sun goddess
Asuka Period (552-645)
Horyu-ji**, Kondo/Golden Hall and pagoda*
Tamamushi shrine (jataka tale)
Heian Period (794-1185), Kyoto
Esoteric Buddhism, womb world mandala, Dainichi
Byodo-in Temple, Phoenix Hall
Pure Land Buddhism*, Amida Buddha**, Jocho
joined-wood*
Tale of Genji**, Lady Murasaki, Nyosan
kanji, kana
yamato-e: onna-e (women's hand style*) and otoko-e (men's hand style)
Toba Sojo
Kamakura Period (1185-1392)
Sanjo Palace; Minamoto and Taira clans
Chan/Zen: Kanga - Chinese painting, Kao Ninga

ART OF THE AMERICAS BEFORE 1300
Olmec (c. 1200-400 BCE), La Venta
Teotihuacan (c. 350-650 CE), Temple of Quetzelcoatl
Maya ("classic" period c. 300-900 CE)
Palenque, Palace and Temple of Inscriptions**
Lord Pacal (sarcophagus lid**), apotheosis*
corbeled vaults*, roof comb*
Mound Builders:
Adena (c. 1100 BCE-200 CE)
Hopewell (c.100 BCE-500 CE), platform pipe
Mississippian (c. 900-1500 CE)
Serpent Mound
Cahokia**, stockade*, henge
Southwest: Anasazi* (c. 550-1400 CE)
Pueblo Bonito**, Chaco Canyon
adobe*
kiva*, sipapu*, kachina/katsina

ANCIENT AFRICA
Tassili-n-Ajjer
Mansa Musa, Ghana, Mali, Songhay
scarification*
Nok (Head**)
Yoruba, Ife (Head of a King**)
Oduduwa, Oni, Obalufon
lost wax casting*, brass, bronze
'Pavement Period'
Bini, Benin, Memorial Head**
Oranmiyan, Oba, Oba Esigie, Iguegha, Akenzewa
iyoba = queen mother: Idia (mask of an Iyoba**), Olokun
hip mask*

EARLY MEDIEVAL ART
British Isles (c. 500-1000)
Scythian; animal style*
Vikings, Oseberg
Sutton Hoo (purse cover**)
ribbon interlace*, zoomorphic*
animal interlace* = gripping beasts
repoussé*, cloisonné*, filigrees, millefiore
Hiberno-Saxon [Celtic-Germanic]
Gospel Book of Durrow
Book of Kells (Chi [X] Rho [P] Iota [I] page** Xpictoc = Christos)
Iona, Linidsfarne
Evangelists: Matthew (man), Mark (lion), Luke (ox), John (eagle)
Carolingian (768-877)
Charlemagne (Charles = Carolus), Aachen, Odo of Metz
Palace Chapel**, narthex = westworks*, arcade*, clerestory*, gallery*
Monastery/Abbey of St. Gall, module, transept*, crossing*
Utrecht Psalter (Psalm 23)**, Reims
Crucifixion with Angels**, Lindau Gospels, repoussé*
Ottonian (919-1002)
St. Cyriakus, alternating system of support*, choir*, apse*, bays*
St. Michael's, Hildesheim, Doors of Bishop Bernward**
lost wax*, Old/New Testaments (Bible), graduated relief*
Abbess Hidta and St. Walpurga

ROMANESQUE: 1050 - 1150
France
Abbey Church of Ste. Foy (exterior and nave**)
modified basilica plan; cruciform (cross-shaped)
transept, crossing square, crossing tower, ambulatory
galleries, transverse arches, compound pier
tympanum, trumeau, jamb, archivolt, voussoirs, lintel
St. Lazare, Autun, Last Judgement, Gislebertus
St. Pierre Moissac**
North Sea Kingdoms
Durham Cathedral (nave**), ribbed vault*
St. Etienne, Caen
Bayeux Tapestry**
Harald, William of Normandy, Odo [Odon]
Holy Roman Empire
Hildegard of Bingen (Hildegard's Vision**)

See fig. 15-3 and p. 525 for more architectural terms

GOTHIC
France
St. Denis, Abbott Suger, ribbed vault*
Notre Dame: Chartres**, Paris, Amiens**
flying buttress*
rose window*, lancet window*
triforium*
jamb figures*
Royal Portal, Chartres
Reims:
Annunciation** - 'Amiens style'*
Visitation** - 'classical shop'*, humanism*, contrapposto*
England
Salisbury - delete from list for exam
Italy
Florence
altarpiece*
panel painting*
tempera*
gesso
Cimabue
Duccio, Virgin and Child in Majesty** (Maesta)
cycle*
Giotto di Bondone
Arena Chapel, Lamentation**
fresco*, sinopia
grisaille*

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