Chapter 6: ART FROM 1000 TO 1400
1. In the Romanesque monastic church of Ste. Foy at Conques:
a. the ambulatory solves an important architectural problem
b. the vault is replaced by the wooden truss roof
c. the dome is larger than at Hagia Sophia
d. the transverse arches were discarded
2. Abbot Suger in his Church at St. Denis:
a. believed in the use of light to create a spiritual effect
b. reinforced current theological concepts
c. wanted to separate the church from the monarchy
d. invented the ambulatory
3. The Gothic Cathedral at Chartres:
a. was commissioned by the Duke of Chartres
b. was a monumental union of dome and basilica
c. is characterized by simple decorative elements
d. had a high, narrow nave
4. The Gothic cathedral is the result of the union of what three distinct constructional elements?
a. round arch, cross vault, and buttresses
b. pointed arch, ribbed cross vault, and flying buttresses
c. skeleton, stained glass, and nave
d. tower, nave, and cross truss
5. Early Gothic portal sculpture at Amiens Cathedral was characterized by:
a. elongated and columnar figures
b. sculpture in the round
c. naturalism
d. awareness of underlying anatomical structure
6. Giotto’s Madonna showed the development of:
a. the idea of the painting as a window
b. fresco technique
c. emphasizing the physical, not the psychological
d. massive, weighty space
7. The Bayeux Tapestry, probably created by a group of women artists, depicts:
a. Charlemagne being crowned in Rome in 800
b. Abbot Suger at St. Denis
c. The Adoration of the Magi
d. William the Conqueror’s invasion of England
8. The patron of the Bayeux Tapestry was probably:
a. Charlemagne
b. Abbot Suger
c. The Duke of Bayeux
d. William the Conqueror
9. In a Romanesque portal, the semi-circular area over the door, which usually contained relief
sculpture, is termed the:
a. lintel
b. trumeau
c. tympanum
d. jamb
10. The usual medium for late Medieval painting on wood was:
a. fresco
b. oil
c. encaustic
d. tempera
11. The artist who revolutionized Italian painting in the opening years of the fourteenth century
was:
a. Leonardo
b. Duccio
c. Giotto
d. Cimabue
12. Ribbed groined vaults, pointed arches, stained glass windows, and flying buttresses are all
characteristic of what kind of a building?
a. Islamic mosque
b. Carolingian church
c. Romanesque church
d. Gothic church
13. Romanesque churches usually favored:
a. pointed arches
b. ribbed vaults
c. barrel vaults
d. wooden coffered ceilings
14. One manifestation of the religious enthusiasm that characterized the Romanesque Period
was, from 1095 CE on, the:
a. Norman Conquests
b. crusades
c. expansion of trade routes
d. revival of commerce
15. The Mission of the Apostles tympanum of Ste. Madeleine, Vézelay, exemplifies which style?
a. Carolingian
b. Celtic-Germanic
c. Gothic
d. Romanesque
16. 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
17. Angkor-Wat is a(n):
a. Indian pilgrimage site
b. Muslim monument
c. Rock-cut Temple
d. Cambodian Hindu center
18. The monumental stone figures on Easter Island that probably served as memorials to dead
leaders are known as:
a. moai
b. momento mori
c. tufa
d. ancestor figures
19. The narrative Tale of Genji uses the format of the horizontal scroll, known in Japanese as:
a. manga
b. emakimono
c. fusuma
d. anime
20. The term that refers to the patch of a fresco painting that has been completed in a single day
is:
a. buon fresco
b. fresco secco
c. arriccio
d. giornata
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