AP Art History › Understanding terminology that describes Early Christian, Byzantine, and Early Medieval architecture
Semi-circular arches from the first millenneum CE are a common feature of European churches in the style of architecture known as __________.
The sides of a door or window frame, often decorated with sculpture in medieval churches, is called a _____________.
What is a tribune?
A(n) ______________ is a processional walkway around the apse in a basilica church, or the central space in a centrally-planned church.
Which term refers to the style of art and architecture that emerged from the unification of Europe under a centralized Christian aesthetic, inaugurating a massive series of building projects as the Church became the chief patron of the arts?
The dome of the Hagia Sophia Cathedral in Constantinople, built in 537 CE, was the first dome to be built using fully-developed __________.
What type of vaulting has has six sections?
What is the drum of a building?
What is a finial?
In a mosque, such as the mosque built in Cordoba by Islamic Umayyad royalty exiled from Damascus, the mihrab is __________.