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Who is Charlemagne
Another name for Charles the Great.
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What is the church
This had the most influence on Europe during the Romanesque period
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What the catacombs
A subterranean burial ground consisting of tunnels on different levels, having niches for urns and sarcophagi and often incorporating rooms
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What is aniconic
A symbolic representation without images of human figures
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What is Romanesque
This art comes as a result of the mixture of Christian and Barbarian civilizations.
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What is Feudalism
The agreement between the church and the secular community.
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Who is Giorgio Vasari
The historian who coined the term Gothic
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What is a menorah
A Jewish lamp-stand with seven or nine branches
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What is Arabesque
A type of linear surface decoration based on foliage and calligraphic forms, usually characterized by flowing lines and swirling repeating shapes
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What is an Orant
The representation of a standing figure praying with outstretched and upraised arms
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What is a scriptorium
Workshops for monks to write scripture
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What is an Ambulatory
The passage around the apse in a Basilica church or around the central space in a central-plan building
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What is a Basilica
Roman Centers for administration, later adapted to Christian church use
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What is a minaret
A tall slender tower on the exterior of a mosque from which believers are called to prayer
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What is a mausoleum
A monumental building used as a tomb
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What isWho are the Vikings
This culture was known for paganism and ferocious and destructive raids.
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What isWhat is celestial light
The sacred light of all ages
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What is syncretism
In religion or philosophy, the union of different ideas or principles
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What is a mihrab
A recess or niche that distinguishes the wall oriented toward Mecca in a mosque
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What is Gothic
The style of art that attempted to span in stone ever-wider surfaces from ever-greater heights
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What are Monasteries
These became integral to the expansion of the learning of Christianity throughout Europe
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What is monasticism and its expansion
The main force behind the unprecedented artistic and cultural activity of the eleventh and twelfth century
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What is a squinch
An arch or lintel built across the upper corners of a square space, allowing a circular or polygonal dome to be more securely set above the walls
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What is Iconoclasm
The banning of or destruction of images, especially icons and religious art
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What isWhat is the Hermes the Shepherd, or Orpheus among the animals
The Pagan image said to have been the influence of the image of Christ and the Good Shepherd
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