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Section 5
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Insular art, art, is the style of art produced in the post-Roman history of Ireland and Britain. | Hiberno-saxon |
| Container for relics | Reliquary |
| A covered walkway, outdoors (as in a church cloister) or indoors; especially the passageway around the apse and the choir of a church. | Ambulatory |
| (in a cross-shaped church) either of the two parts forming the arms of the cross shape, projecting at right angles from the nave. | Transcept |
| a covered walk in a convent, monastery, college, or cathedral, typically with a wall on one side and a colonnade open to a quadrangle on the other. | Cloister |
| The facade and towers at the western end of medieval church, principally in Germany. | Westwork |
| A decorative metalwork technique employing cloisons; also, decorative brickwork in later Byzantine architecture | Cloisonné |
| The writing studio of a monastery. | Scriptoria |
| a specific form of buttress composed of an arched structure that extends from the upper portion of a wall to a pier of great mass, in order to convey to the ground the lateral forces that push a wall outwards | Flying buttress |
| bands or portions of other motifs are looped, braided, and knotted in complex geometric patterns, often to fill a space. | Interlace |
| French, “rebirth.” The term used to describe the history, culture, and art of 14th- through 16th-century western Europe during which artists consciously revived the classical style. | Renaissance |
| a Medieval art movement that developed in France out of Romanesque art in the mid-12th century, led by the concurrent development of Gothic architecture, as named by Abbott Suger, | Lux nova |
| are a characteristic feature of Insular illuminated manuscripts. They are mainly geometrical ornamentation, which may include repeated animal forms, typically placed at the beginning of each of the four Gospels in Gospel Books. | Carpet page |
| A term coined by Giorgio Vasari (1511–74) for 13th-century Italian painting that was influenced by Byzantine styles. “Greek manner.” The Italo-Byzantine painting style of the 13th century. | Maniera greca |
| is the semi-circular or triangular decorative wall surface over an entrance, door or window, which is bounded by a lintel and arch. It often contains sculpture or other imagery or ornaments. | Tympanum |
| an outlook or system of thought attaching prime importance to human rather than divine or supernatural matters. | Humanism |
| Formed in relief by beating a metal plate from the back, leaving the impression on the face. The metal sheet is hammered into a hollow mold of wood or some other pliable material and finished with a graver. | Repoussé |
| the art or technique of painting on a moist, plaster surface with colors ground up in water or a limewater mixture. | True fresco |
| Which of the following periods saw the development of early western medieval art? | 500 to 1000 |
| The cloisonné technique, used to make the Sutton Hoo purse, was used by which earlier culture? | Egypt |
| Which of the following objects would be classified as Merovingian and Anglo-Saxon status symbols? | Belt buckles and fibulae |
| Saint Columba founded an important monastery at which site in Scotland? | Iona |
| Which group attacked the monastery of Jarrow in England? | Norsemen or Vikings |
| The plan of Saint Gall (Figure 11-20) provides a prototype plan for a monastery of which religious order? | Benedictine |
| The equestrian portrait in is an example of Charlemagne's revival of which empire? | Roman |
| In the term Hiberno-Saxon, Hiberno comes from the ancient Latin name for which country? | Ireland |
| Which component of an illuminated manuscript illustrates the Celtic and Anglo-Saxon fascination with intricate abstract designs? | Carpet Page |
| The carpet page of which manuscript is a combination of Christian imagery and the animal-interlace style? | The Lindisfarne Gospels |
| The canonical Latin version of the Bible produced by Saint Jerome is referred to by which label? | Vulgate |
| Which of the following is considered the greatest early medieval Irish book? | The Book of Kells |
| Whose coronation on Christmas Day in the year 800 ushered in a new period referred to as the renovatio imperii Romani? | Charlemagne |
| The style of which manuscript displays an energy amounting to frenzy, very different from theclassical calm and solidity of the Coronation Gospels? | The Ebbo Gospels |
| Which of the following Carolingian manuscripts follows fairly closely the style and format of classical Greco-Roman painting? | The Coronation Gospels |
| How does the Aachen chapel plan illustrate Charlemagne's attempt to reestablish the Roman imperial past? | It employs the circular plan and building techniques of San Vitale, the western outpost of the Byzantine Empire, which he sought to unify with his own. |
| The facade of the abbey church at Corvey (Figure 11-21) is an early example of which architectural form? | West Work |
| Intensified incursions into the west by which peoples helped bring about the collapse of the Carolingians? | Vikings |
| Which is an example of a great patron of Ottonian art and architecture enriching his city of birth? | Bishop Bernward built the abbey church of Saint Michael at Hildesheim. |
| What artwork, carved in 970, did Archbishop Gero commission and present to Cologne Cathedral? | Crucifix |
| Which socioeconomic system was gradually replaced by the growth of towns and cities during the Romanesque period? | Feudalism |
| What was the most venerated pilgrimage shrine in western Europe? | The tomb of Saint James at Santiago de Compostela |
| Which of the following is the defining feature of a hall church such as Saint-Savin-sur-Gartempe? | Its aisles are the same height as its nave. |
| What is the earliest known example of the kind of modular layout evident in the plan of Saint-Sernin? | Monastery church, Saint Gall |
| Which of the following architectural elements allowed for the excellent acoustics of Romanesque church interiors? | The continuous barrel-vaulted naves |
| Which of the following is the most determinative factor of whether a work is called "Romanesque"? | Date |
| Which of the following was a stop on the principal pilgrimage routes to Santiago de Compostela? | Saint-Pierre, Moissac |
| What is signified by the lines radiating out from Christ's hands in this tympanum relief? | The Holy Spirit |
| Which aspect of this page from the Moralia in Job may be termed typically Romanesque? | The knight's costume |
| Which of the following was NOT an effect of the Romanesque practice of sacred pilgrimage? | The pilgrims brought new income to churches that all had the same design. |
| Which of the following is NOT true of Speyer Cathedral? | It was the model for the Sant' Ambrogio church in Lombardy. |
| Sant' Ambrogio is noteworthy because it has one of the earliest examples of which of the following forms? | Rib vaulting |
| What innovation in this statue by Benedetto Antelami points to the Early Renaissance? | It is a freestanding stone sculpture-in-the-round set in a niche. |
| What innovative supporting feature in Durham Cathedral is a precursor to the Gothic flying buttress? | Quadrant arch |
| What innovation adorns the facade of Modena Cathedral? | Narrative relief sculpture |
| Which of the following marks Pisa Cathedral as Romanesque? | Projecting transept |
| Which manuscript painting cannot be thematically linked with the image here? | Old Farmer of Corycus, Vatican Vergil |
| Which of the following statements best explains the proliferation of stone sculpture in the Romanesque period? | The sculpture instructed and impressed the lay audiences visiting the church. |
| Which work is the most similar in purpose to the Bayeaux Tapestry? | Column of Trajan |
| Who of the following artists was a painter of manuscripts? | Master Hugo |
| Which of the following individuals provides eyewitness information about the birth of Gothic architecture? | Abbot Suger |
| What is Saint-Denis (Dionysius) credited with bringing to Gaul? | Christianity |
| What was the purpose of the stained-glass windows installed in Chartres Cathedral? | To transform sunlight into lux nova |
| The rose window punctuates which element of the cathedral structure? | Facade |
| The facade of which church constitutes the most complete and impressive surviving ensemble of Early Gothic sculpture? | Chartres Cathedral |
| A building boom was initiated by Louis VI's decision in 1130 to move his official residence to which city? | Paris |
| Which of the following statements about cathedral building programs is NOT true? | Projects of this magnitude required hiring many sculptors working in the same style. |
| The High Gothic tripartite nave elevation consisted of which elements? | Arcade, triforium, clerestory |
| The north transept rose window of Chartres Cathedral was a gift from which individual? | Blanche of Castile |
| Which of the following terms was NOT applied to Gothic architecture in the 11th and 12th centuries? | Gothic |
| Which church is a prime example of the Flamboyant style of the High Gothic period? | Saint-Maclou |
| Which of the following statements about Jacques Coeur is NOT true? | He had warehouses in every city of France and many cities abroad. |
| The finest Gothic books known today were collected by which group? | French Monarchs |
| Which of the follow statements does NOT correctly identify how the statue of Virgin of Jeanne d'Evreux symbolizes the Gothic period in subject and style? | Mary is a stiff figure with flat drapery, appearing serious and introspective and not responding to the gesture of her son. |
| Which of the following accurately characterizes the style of Jean Pucelle? | He rendered architectural settings in perspective and placed modeled figures within them, like stage sets. |
| Which church embodies the essential characteristics of English Gothic architecture? | Salisbury Cathedral |
| The equestrian statue in Bamberg Cathedral revives a form from which period? | Carolingian Empire |
| What does the guild hall at Bruges signify about the growing urbanization of life in the late Middle Ages? | The hall attests to the increasingly important role of merchants and craftspeople. |
| In the Holy Roman Empire, Gothic artists carried the humanizing trend even further than elsewhere by emphasizing which of the following? | Passionate drama |
| Which of the following statements about this stained-glass window is NOT true? | The panel appears in one of the radiating chapels of the Cathedral of Saint-Denis. |
| Which king fostered a revival of Roman sculpture and decoration in Sicily and southern Italy in the 13th century? | Frederick II |
| What is the shape of an ogival arch? | Pointed |
| The economy of the city-state of Florence was strengthened by its control of which industry? | Textile |
| What city is home to the burial ground (Camposanto) adorned by the Triumph of Death fresco? | Pisa |
| Which painter is the presumed teacher of Giotto? | Cimabue |
| What is the term art historians use to refer to the Italo-Byzantine style of painting? | Maniera greca |
| Which artist painted landscape scenes that are some of the first in Western art since antiquity? | Ambrogio lorenzetti |
| Which of the following led to significant numbers of religious behests and commissions of devotional images in Italy during the 14th century? | Black Death |
| How did the Great Schism affect the art of Italy in the 14th century? | It allowed the rise of monastic orders that commissioned art. |
| What was the goal of Giotto in his approach to art? | To emulate the natural world |
| Which part of the process of buon fresco painting does the term giornata refer to? | The amount of final image painted in a day |
| What material/technique was used to create the pattern on the facade of the Doge'd Palace in Venice? | Colored Marble |
| During artistic training, which of the following tasks would a painting assistant NOT be asked to do? | Paint central figures of scene |
| Which tradition did NOT contribute to the distinctive art of 14th-century Italy? | Anglo-saxon |
| Which painter used painted architectural elements to introduce a kind of spatial illusionism that had not been seen in Italy for more than a thousand years? | Pietro Lorenzetti, Birth of the Virgin |
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