Chapter 10 (Early Medieval Art)
1. Carolingian art is associated with the reign of ________.
a. Augustus
b. Otto III
c. Charlemagne
d. Otto II
2. Compare the Cross page, from the Lindisfarne Gospels (10.5) to the Chi Rho Iota
page from the Gospel of Matthew, Book of Kells (10.8).
a. Both do not use symbols.
b. Both include Greek and Roman elements.
c. Both have sparse decoration.
d. Both are highly ornamental.
3. The practice of burying important individuals in ships is a ______practice.
a. Hiberno-Saxon
b. Viking
c. Carolingian
d. Ottonian
4. The Animal Head (10.10) from the Oseberg burial ship was made of ________.
a. gold
b. bronze
c. wood
d. ceramic
5. In comparing the painting style of St. Matthew (10.14) from the Gospel Book of
Archbishop Ebbo of Reims to St. Matthew (10.13) from the Gospel Book of
Charlemagne (Coronation Gospels), the former shows more ________.
a. experience
b. piety
c. color
d. movement
6. The Utrecht Psalter (10.15) was made during the ______period.
a. Carolingian
b. Romanesque
c. Viking
d. Ottonian
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7. The Palace Chapel of Charlemagne (10.18) was modeled after ____________.
Villa at Tivoli
Domus Aurea
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8. The bronze doors of the Abbey Church of Saint Michael (10.27) were
commissioned by _______.
a. Charlemagne
b. Abbess Hitda
c. Margrave Gero
d. Bishop Bernward of Hildesheim
9. The Purse Cover (10.3) from Sutton Hoo represents the ___________style.
a. Byzantine
b. animal
c. Carolingian
d. Ottonian
10. In the design of the Symbol of St. Matthew (10.4) from the Book of Durrow the
influence of patterns used in __________can be seen.
a. metalwork
b. architecture
c. ship building
d. ceramics
11. The church of St. Cyriakus (10.23) is __________.
a. Viking
b. Carolingian
c. Byzantine
d. Ottonian
12. The crypt usually housed the venerated ________of a saint.
a. manuscript
b. statue
c. tomb
d. painting
13. The organization of the New Testament reliefs on the right door of the
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Hildesheim cathedral (10.27) suggested that the Christian message was
___________.
a. uplifting
b. secular
c. expansive
d. true
14. Christ Enthroned (10.12) from the Godescale Gospels is an example of
_______art.
a. Carolingian
b. Viking
c. Ottonian
d. Hiberno-Saxon
15. In the Illustrations to Psalms 43 and 44 (10.15) from the Utrecht Psalter the artist
_____________.
a. does not use a literal approach, instead representing ideas in abstraction
b. does not use energetic forms
c. does not base the work on Classical forms
d. uses a literal approach, representing each phrase visually