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Chapter 6 – Art from 1000 to 1400
Multiple Choice Questions
1. The miniature Christian church functioning as a container for the bones of a holy
person is called a(n):
a. triad.
b. iconograph.
c. reliquary.
d. all of these.
e. none of these.
2. A continuation of Anglo-Saxon interlace motifs is visible in the Bayeux Tapestry
image of King Harold Receiving a Messenger in the:
a. abstracted undulating tree.
b. fleece of the lion.
c. design on the saint’s robes.
d. all of these.
e. none of these.
3. In Romanesque sculpture, arches of decorative or narrative motifs that enframe the
tympanum are called:
a. jambs.
b. trumeaux.
c. buttresses.
d. archivolts.
e. none of these.
4. The artifacts, quarries, and ruins on Easter Island form a remarkable:
a. playground.
b. giant temple.
c. open-air museum.
d. all of these.
e. none of these.
5. Gothic architecture (p. 206) is easily identifiable because of its use of:
a. stained-glass windows.
b. ribbed cross vaults.
c. flying buttresses.
d. pointed arches.
e. all of these.
6. An aspect of Gothic art that is particularly true of the decorative arts, both secular
and liturgical, is the use of:
a. imported non-Christian labor.
b. sumptuous, colorful materials.
c. only children as artisans.
d. all of these.
e. none of these.
7. Chartres Cathedral is the most memorable of French Gothic cathedrals because of the:
a. quality of its sculpture.
b. preservation of original stained glass.
c. quality of its architecture.
d. all of these.
e. none of these.
8. In Gothic cathedral engineering, the ribs of the vault allow for a(n):
a. more massive foundation.
b. heavy convex ceiling.
c. physically lighter structure.
d. all of these.
e. none of these.
9. The sculpted trumeau figure of Beau Dieu at Amiens exhibits:
a. a human, solemn dignity.
b. a quiet, stately presence.
c. naturalistic drapery.
d. all of these.
e. none of these.
10. In his painting Madonna Enthroned with Angels and Saints, Giotto renders his figures:
a. with mass.
b. as existing in space.
c. with modeled drapery.
d. subject to gravity.
e. all of these.
Fill–in–the-Blank Questions
11. In addition to being used in Christianity, reliquaries that preserve the remains of
holy figures are also found in ____________ and ____________.
12. In the apse fresco from San Clemente in Tahull, Spain, the drapery flutters and folds
in a(n) ____________.
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13. The embroidered narrative of the Bayeux Tapestry depicts events that led to the
____________ of England.
14. The monastic church of Ste.-Foy was located along one of the ____________ that
leads to Santiago de Compostela.
15. At the temple complex of Angkor Wat, the centralized plan of the buildings
signified the axis of the ____________ that marks the axis of the universe.
16. The development of Gothic architecture seems to have been initiated by Abbot
Suger at the Royal Abbey Church of ____________.
17. The high, narrow nave of the Gothic cathedral is the climax of a long tradition in
Christian art in which architects tried to invent a physical space that would express
Christianity’s ____________.
18. On the Great Mosque at Jenne in Mali, the horizontal protrusions that seem to bristle
on the exterior are known as ____________.
19. The dramatic core of the narrative in Giotto’s Lamentation exists in the lower left in
the heads of the ____________ and ____________.
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20. In the Head of a Woman from the Owo kingdom, Yoruba culture, the vertical
striations on the face represent scarification performed to signify the rite of
____________.
True-False Questions
21. By the time of Marco Polo’s Description of the World, the Chinese economy already
used paper money.
22. In the amber bead necklaces excavated from the tomb of Princess Chen at
Qinglongshan Village in Inner Mongolia, the spacers are carved in the shapes of
geometric forms.
23. As examples of narrative painting, Giotto’s Arena Chapel frescoes illustrate the lives
of Moses and John the Baptist.
24. The Bayeux Tapestry was probably commissioned by the half-brother of William the
Conqueror, Bishop Odo.
25. The ceiling over the nave at the Abbey Church of Ste.-Foy at Conques is a coffered,
domical ceiling like the Pantheon.
26. The outstanding rulers of the Khmer kingdom, who produced the temple complex at
Angkor Wat, held a faith that was eclectic and acted as a source of power.
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27. The term “Gothic” originally was a complimentary salute to the sophisticated
Visigoths, who preserved much of Roman culture in the 5th century.
28. The structure of a Gothic cathedral is aptly described as “skeletal.”
29. Glowing, gemlike, stained glass windows support the idea that the Gothic cathedral
serves as a metaphor for the Heavenly Jerusalem.
30. In a typical late-medieval tempera painting, the frame is not integral in the painting
process and is added later.
Short Answer Questions
31. Why did nineteenth-century historians coin the term “Romanesque” to describe the
style of a church such as Ste.-Foy at Conques?
32. In the tympanum sculpture at La Madeleine at Vézelay what is used to indicate the
significance of Christ?
33. Why did The Tale of Genji lend itself so well to the format of the Japanese horizontal
illustrated scroll, or emakimono?
34. The interior elevation of the typical Gothic church is composed of what three parts?
35. By transferring the thrust and weight to an exterior support, what does the flying
buttress permit in a Gothic cathedral?
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36. What symbolic role did the plan of the capital city of the Mongol leaders of the Yuan
Dynasty play?
37. In Giotto’s Lamentation in the Arena Chapel, what do the angels do?
38. In what fashion is blue usually applied in a fresco painting?
39. What are the color differences between tempera painting and true fresco?
40. The main subject of Ife art is the human head, rendered how?
Essay Questions
41. What problem with Romanesque pilgrimage churches was solved with the use of an
ambulatory?
42. Discuss the spires of the ideal Gothic church. How do the spires serve the
motivations and aspirations of the builders?