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RB_Early Christian, Byzantine and Romanesque Architecture

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Eternity
In Byzantine interior ornament, the endless knot is the symbol of?
Fresco Painting
Figures in sculptures were banned by the Byzantine church and where mosaic was not used
Domical
The Byzantine style is a fusion of Classic columnar style of the east with the _________ construction of the West.
Pendentive
The triangular curved overhanging surface by means of which a circular dome is supported over a square or polygonal compartment is called?
Iconostas
A screen which separates the chancel from the space open to the laity is the?
Anthemius of Tralles and Isidorus of Miletus
The Church of Santa Sophia, Constantinople was built for Justinian by the architects
S. Sophia, Constantinople
As the Parthenon is the masterpiece of Greek Architecture and the Pantheon of Rome, so it remains for all ages the masterpiece of Byzantine architecture which is
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A gallery behind an open colonnade or arcade is the?
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A tower or cimborio raised above a roof pierced to admit light is the?
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Arches placed diagonally at the internal angels of towers to bring them from the square to support an octagonal dome or spire is the?
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The place for assembly for abbot, prior and members of a monastery for the transaction of business is the?
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The dining hall is a monastery, convent or college is the?
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That part of a cruciform church, projecting at right angles to the main building is the?
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Church plan of the Byzantine Church is?
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Church plan of Romanesque churches is?
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The covered passage round an open space or garth, connecting the church to the chapter house, refectory and other parts of the monastery is the?
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Romanesque means?
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Character of Romanesque architects is?
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Prominent features of Romanesque churches are?
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Walls of the Romanesque churches are relieved by shallow buttresses or pilaster strips, connected at the top by?
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In Romanesque architecture, door & window opening have jambs or sides formed in a series of receding moulded planes known as?
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Usually, over the principal west door or Romanesque church is?
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The typical monastery plan during Romanesque period consisted of a group of buildings designed for all occupations, both spiritual and temporal, of the monks, and resembled a village with the?
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A privileged guild of architects and sculptors originating on Como, which carried out church building characteristic decoration during the 11th century.
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The prominent feature of the facades in Romanesque Central italy is the?
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Characteristic feature of Romanesque in North Italy is the wheel window and the?
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Because of the application of stripes or colored marbles and the use of stilted pointed arches, Romanesque in South Italy is said to be influenced by?
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Completing the world-famous Pisa group of cathedral and baptistery is the camplanille known as the?
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In Southern France, particularly in Normandy, the west facade of the cathedral is distinguished by?
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The church with a remarkable nathex believed to have the earliest pointed cross-vault in France built during the Romanesque period is a?
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Considered as the prototype of later Gothic facades is the French Romanesque church
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Aside from circular and octagonal turrets and polygonal cupolas, German Romanesque church plans are peculiar in having both
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The best example of German Romanesque church with the apses at both east & west ends is the?
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