HUM 1020 Study Guide - Final Guide: Transept, Apse, Illuminated Manuscript
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Hagia sophia is a former orthodox patriarchal basilica, later a mosque, and now a museum in. Mosaic is the art of creating images with an assemblage of small pieces of colored glass, stone, or other materials. An icon is a religious work of art, most commonly a painting, from eastern christianity and in certain eastern catholic churches. The nave is the central approach to the high altar, the main body of the church. The narthex of a church is the entrance or lobby area, located at the end of the nave, at the far end from the church"s main altar. The apse is a semicircular recess covered with a hemispherical vault or semi-dome. The transept is an area set crosswise to the nave in a cruciform (cross-shaped) building in. The atrium is an open place or court before a church.
