Arth exam 3 - Byzantine Art

Early Christian and Byzantine churches are typically decorated in this medium:

Mosaics may use tesserae of glass and gold deliberately placed at irregular angles to create this effect:

Churches in the ____ tend to be in basilica form and churches in the ____ tend to use a central plan.

The figures of Justinian in San Vitale are described having no physical form or eartly space, but as existing in an eternal present; how does the artist create this effect?

What are Justinian and Theodora holding? Why?

The square nave of Hagia Sophia is roofed with a circular dome; the triangular architectural feature makes a transition between the two shapes is called a :

The dome of Hagia Sophia seems to float because ____

Procopius describes the church, and suggests that the purpose of the design and decoration is ___

In a 6th Century ivory in the British Museum, the presence of St. Michael is described as compelling because of it's disembodied quality; how does the artist create this effect?

An ivory or a paining made in two parts hinged together is called a _______

Controversy in the 8th Century concerned the use of images - whether they were useful aids to worship, or graven whose use was akin to worshipping idols. Emperor Leo III encouraged the destruction of all images; this destruction is called ____