AP ART HISTORY -- CHAPTER 16 -- STUDY GUIDE
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1. Why is the term the "Dark Ages" no longer correct?
2. Explain the cloisonné technique?
3. What are two fundamental motifs used by northern European artists of this period? Give an example.
4. Which cultures influenced Hiberno-Saxon art?
5. Name the four Evangelists and list their respective symbols:
6. What are carpet pages?
7. Look at the cross page of the Lindisfarne Gospels, 16-6, and explain how was the Celtic-Germanic animal
style transformed to Christian purposes?
8. How is the Carolingian Revival responsible for preserving texts of Classical authors?
9.Look at the crucifixion, front cover, of the Lindau Gospels, 16-15--How does this work define its style? How
does it reflect earlier traditions?
10. Look at the interior of Charlemagne's Palatine Chapel at Aachen, 16-17, How does this work express
Carolingian style? What earlier traditions does it reflect?
11. What is a monastery and what was its connection to the visual arts of this period?
12. What was Bishop Bernward's role in the visual arts?
13. Compare the conception and depiction of the Savior of the Gero Crucifix, 16-26, with that of the Lindau
Gospels Savior.
14. How does the latter Ottonian work reveal the influence of Byzantine art?