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  • monetary value - refers to the amount a buyer is willing to pay, which in this case includes the cost of the materials the artist factors into the price of the artwork
  • cultural value - perceived quality or merit of the work
  • earthenware - a baked clay, vessel
  • the clay could be handbuilt, by wrapping and smoothing coils, into vessel shaped
  • Jeulmun pottery - means comb patterned
  • porcelain - most refined and hardest types of pottery. known as china
  • Objects such as this are valued beyond their monetary worth or utilitarian purposes, both due to the tactile and aesthetic qualities that come from
    the physical substance and techniques used and to historical and social associations they hold.
  • vellum - where most refined book arts are presented or calfskin prized for its smoother and finer surface
  • illuminations - lustrous images that is given light
  • porphyry - rich purple marble stone
  • constantina - eldest daughter of constantine the great
  • constantine - stated that christians and pagans alike should observe the day of the sun or Sunday
  • sarcophagus - stone coffin
  • bacchus - god of wine harvest and wine making
  • putti - small winged angels are seen preparing the grapes
  • eucharist - the sacrament commemorating the last supper
  • mausolea - buildings containing tombs
  • charlemagne - first holy roman emperor
  • trefoil - smaller semi circle to either side in the semi circular pulpit
  • enamel - powdered glass fused to the surface by heat
  • filigree - beads or threads of gold or silver arranged in designs on metal surface
  • spolia - reused parts such as porphyry, columns gemstones and ivory panels
  • spolia - remnants that had been taken from older art and incorporated into new art objects
  • barbarossa chandelier - by holy roman emperor frederick I that reflects his bred beard
  • gemstones - selected for their qualities associated with healing, good fortune, ability to ward off evil, and mystical translucence
  • liturgical - relating to worship
  • wooden sculpture - more predominant art form than painting during romanesque
  • polychromed - painted to increase the lifelike quality of the figure
  • mahogany - marketable wood by european explorers
  • the naturally reddish-brown was prized for its beauty and strength
  • inlay - one material is cut and fit into another in complex patterns
  • inlay techniques - used to provide visual contrast and emphasize distinctive and diverse qualities
  • carved lacquer - created in china only
  • lacquer - resin from trees that hardens to a natural plastic when exposed to air. resistant to water and durable
  • codex - the book form in which pages of materials such as parchment, vellum, gathered into bundles and bound together usually by sewing
  • gold leaf - 22k gold pounded into thin sheets to be applied selectively to areas of 2d and 3d objects
  • manuscript - hand written presentation of script or images
  • parchment - sheepskin, prepared for use in manuscript
  • potters wheel, wheel-thrown - pottery made with use of potters wheel, device that turn clay body on rotating platform
  • formal or critical analysis - examination of the elements and principles of design present in an artwork and process of deriving meaning