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ART 200 - ART HISTORY I
Unit 4 Exam
SLIDE IDENTIFICATIONS / QUESTIONS.
1. Church:
a.
c.
St. Michael's Hildesheim
San Miniato, Florence
b. Durham Cathedral
d. St. Etienne, Caen
Period:
Region:
2. Two key elements of Gothic architecture were combined for the first time in the vaults of this
cathedral. What are they?
2 pt.
3. Location/ Church:
Culture/Period:
4. Title:
Culture/Period:
a. sixth century
c. seventh century
5. Describe the technique and materials used.
2 pt.
Describe the style of this object
2 pt.
b. eighth century
d. ninth century
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6. Title:
Culture/Period:
7. Left Slide:
Artist:
Subject:
a. Christ with Elders of Apocalypse
c. Mission of the Apostles
b. Moses Expounding the Law
d. Last Judgment
a. St. Lazare, Autun
c. St. Pierre, Moissac
b. Ste.- Madelaine, Vezalay
d. St. Michael's, Hildesheim
Culture/Period:
Location:
8. Right Slide:
Title:
Location (Church):
Culture/Period:
9. List four ways that these portal sculptures differ.
2 pt.
MULTIPLE-CHOICE.
(1 point each)
Select the response that best answers the question or completes the statement.
10. A typical High Gothic cathedral has which kind of vaulting
a. 3-part
b. 4-part
c. 6-part
d. fan
11. Many Gothic cathedrals were dedicated to ____________.
a. the Virgin Mary, Notre Dame
b. the Holy Spirit
c. the Trinity
d. Christ the Judge
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12. The Palace (Palatine) Chapel of Charlemagne is thought to have been based on the church
of
a. St. Peter's in Rome
b. San Vitale, Ravenna
c. Hagia Sophia, Constantinople
d. St. Riquier, Centula
13. Ribbed vaults, pointed arches, stained glass windows, and flying buttresses, are all
characteristic of what kind of building?
a. Islamic mosque
b. Carolingian church
c. Romanesque church
d. Gothic church
14. Medieval books were usually made by monks and nuns in workshops called
____________..
a. guild halls
b. libraries
c. scriptoria
d. PageMill
15. An important feature of St. Cyriakus at Genrode, Germany is _______________ .
a. the elaborate westwork
b. the use of the alternating support system
c. use of square schematism
d. all of the above
16. Chartres Cathedral is particularly noted for its:
a. enormous size
b. wooden statue of the Virgin and Child
c. stained glass
d. elaborately carved narthex
17. Romanesque churches adapted the cruciform basilica plan of the Early Christian churches.
a. true
b. false
18. The first masterpiece of the mature or High Gothic style (France) is the cathedral at
____________.
a. Paris
b. Amiens
c. Chartres
d.
Salisbury
19. The most progressive Romanesque architecture is found in:
a. Germany
b. Italy
c. the Low Countries
d. England/Normandy
20. The intersection of two barrel vaults creates a
a. pendant vault
b. groin vault
____ .?
c. buttress
d. voussoir
21. During the Romanesqu period the vision of Christ's Second Coming was often depicted on
the ____ .?
a. jambs
b. tribune
c. tympanum
d. trummeau
22. The monumental entrance structure to a church, the origins of which are rooted in the
Carolingian Period, is called a (n) ____________.
a. narthex
b. atrium
c. westwork
d. ambulatory
23. Gothic portal sculpture brought a new sense of order, emphasizing symmetry and clarity, to
the earlier Romanesque style
a. true
b. false
24. Gothic architecture was predominantly found in what areas
a. urban
b. rural
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25. The Royal Portals (West Portals) of Chartres was carved in which style?
a. Late Romanesque
b. Early Gothic
c. High Gothic
d. Late Gothic
26. Ottonian art was centered in ____________.
a. Germany
b. France
c. England
d. Italy
27. In what style was Sainte Chapelle in Paris constructed?
a. Early Gothic
b. Rayonnant Gothic
c. High Gothic
d. Flamboyant Gothic
28. The _____________ is the area reserved for the clergy in a Christian church.
a. apse
b. narthex
c. choir
d. transept
29. One manifestation of the religious enthusiam which characterized the Romanesque period
was, from 1095 on, the ______________ .
a. Norman conquests
b. Crusades
c. expansion of the trade routes
d. revival of commerce
30. The most important imagery of the Romanesque church portal is found in the
______________ .
a. spandrel
b. archivolts
c. tympanum
d. trummeau
31. The Romanesque church that used a wooden roof like those found in Early Christian
basilicas was:
a. Pisa Cathedral
b. St. Foy, Conques
c. Durham Cathedral
d. Sant'Ambrogio, Milan
32. Typical of English cathedrals, Salisbury Cathedral has all of the following except:
a. double transept
b. square apse
c. spacious sanctuary
d. freestanding bell tower
33. The ruler who most encouraged the revivial of classical learning and art forms was:
a. Raedwald
b. Olaf Tryggvason
c. Otto III
d. Charlemagne
34. Which architectural device was not used by Romanesque architects:
a. domes
b. ribbed vaults
c. flying buttresses
d. clusteres (compound) piers
35. Abbot Suger is credited with creating the first truly Gothic building in the Abbey near Paris
called ____________.
a. St. Foy
b. St. Denis
c. St. Chapelle
d. St. Cyriakus
SHORT ANSWER.
36.
(1 point per part)
are journeys to holy sites.
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37. What is animal interlace?
38 What type of building complex is illustrated in the plan of St. Gall?
39. Describe Square schematism and the alternating support system?
4 pt.
40. The Gero Crucifix follows Byzantine models and focuses on Christ's _____________ .
41. Name two characteristics of the Gothic style which distinguishes it from its predecessors:
2 pt.
42. What advantage did stone vaults have over wooden roofs.
1 pt.
43. In what regions did Romanesque architects build upon the Ottonian ideas of Square
schematism and alternating support system?
2 pt.
44. The main drawback of barrel vaulting was
1 pt.
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45. What are the advantages of the pointed over the round arch?.
2 pt.
46. Define the following elements as they apply to Carolingian architecture.
westwork
crossing tower
choir
47. Rib vaults are a form of
vaults.
48. Name the parts of the elevation and identify the style.
9 pt.
Style:
Style:
1.
5.
2.
6.
3.
7.
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