Gothic Test Exam Review
It is important that you:
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Are able to draw a Early Gothic and High Gothic elevation (interior)
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Can discuss the events that lead to the rebuilding of Chartres
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Can identify the different churches and their cities
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Discuss the birthplace of Gothic, its architect, church and structural invention that permitted the
opening of space and lux nova.
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Can identify and describe the stylistic differences between French, English and Italian Gothic?
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Identify the varying types of Gothic: Early, High, Rayonnant and Flamboyant and the churches in which
these styles appear.
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Can discuss the development of Gothic figurative sculpture from Romanesque-styled figures of Chartres
Royal Portal and South Porch to Reims’ Visitation.
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Understand the importance of relics and reliquaries as well as identifying which saint the reliquary was
created
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Describe in technical terms advantage of a vault with pointed arches over those with rounded arches.
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Can identify and describe which works of sculpture reveal the influence of the classical world.
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Be able to identify the sources for Romanesque sculptural decoration.
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Are familiar with the various manuscripts; their patrons, subjects; etc.
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Able to identify a hallenkirche and its characteristics
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Can identify the influence of Scholasticism in works of architecture