ARTH 1155 Study Guide - Final Guide: Pediment, Imperial Ban, Mihrab
26 Feb 2018
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Mosaics: patterns or pictures made by embedding small pieces of stone of glass in cement on surfaces such as walls and floors. Dome on pendentive: constructive device permitting the placing of a circular dome over a square room or an elliptical dome over a rectangular room. Iconoclasm: the destruction of religious or sacred images in byzantinum, 726-843, when there was an imperial ban on such images. Destroyers of images were known as iconoclasts those who opposed such a ban were known as iconophiles. Theotokos: greek, she who bore god the virgin mary, the mother of jesus. Arabic word, masjid, meaning a place for bowing down . Qibla wall: direction toward mecca muslims face when praying. Mihrab: a semicircular niche set into the qibla wall of a mosque. Minaret: a distinctive feature of mosque architecture, a tower from where the faithful are called to worship. Cloisonn : a decorative metalwork technique employing cloisons.
