World Art Christian Islamic and Jewish Art

Discuss the meeting of sacer and profanus as illustrated in the architecture and decoration of Christian churches/cathedrals, Jewish synagogues, and Islamic mosques discussed by Soltes in chapters 10 through 14. Answers must include The Abbey Church of Saint-Denis, the Hagia Sophia (church and mosque), the Dome of the Rock Mosque, and Altneu Synagogue.) In your answer be sure to include the following words/phrases:

Torah niche, aron, bimah, mihrab and parokhet
Continuous narration
Nave, apse
Symbols, chi and rho
Cross flanked by creatures
Dome of the Rock

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