Byzantium looked to the west for cultural inspiration.
false
Diocletian restored order to Rome and instituted important reforms.
true
Constantinople became a religious center and a melting pot of eastern and western cultures.
true
Constantinople was located on the site of the ancient city Byzantium.
true
Constantinople became this, thanks to Constantine
the new Rome
The number of rulers in a tetrarchy
four
Constantine came from a background that included this
tetrarchy
The role of this religion in Byzantine art cannot be overstated
Christian
Byzantine artists relied on this sort of rendition of the human body
abstract
The Byzantines preserved many aspects of this culture
Greco-Roman
In “Raising of Lazarus,” the gap between Lazarus’s corpse and the living Savior represents this
death
He overthrew Constantinople in 1453
Mehmed II
Pendentives in the Hagia Sophia are this shape
triangular
Mosaics were created with small cubes of this
painted glass
Artist uses this in the mosaic of Empress Theodora to create the effect of drapery
light and dark
The conglomeration of the buildings of the Hagia Sophia seem to rise in this shape
pyramid
Exterior walls of Hagia Sophia are this
plain
Muslims added these to the exterior of the Hagia Sophia
minarets
In 1453, the Hagia Sophia was turned into
a mosque
A sacred image representation is called
an icon
Church architecture dominant in Byzantine period
basilica
Fresco painting eventually replaced this type of art, due to its cost
mosaics
