Deck 23: Art of the Middle Ages

Question 1

The Dura Europos synagogue contains ________.

A) a shrine for the Torah
B) more than one hundred stories in oil paint
C) a large statue of God
D) ancient Roman baths
E) relief carving of Classical myths

Answer 1

A

Question 2

All Islamic manuscripts include a page with a portrait of Allah.

Answer 2

False

Question 3

The small pieces of glass that make up mosaics are called ________.

A) tesserae
B) icons
C) flakes Byzantine Art
D) magi
E) repoussé

Answer 3

A

Question 4

The Church of San Vitale in Ravenna, Italy, is from this period.

A) Byzantine
B) Gothic
C) Romanesque
D) Late Antiquity
E) none of the other answers

Question 5

What is the medium used for the depiction of Theodora and Attendants in the Church of San Vitale in Ravenna, Italy?

A) fresco painting
B) mosaic
C) metalwork
D) collage
E) spray paint

Question 6

Manuscripts in the Middle Ages were produced in factories in which hundreds of duplicate pages were made quickly using a printing press.

Question 7

Once a religious building-such as the Dome of the Rock-is built, it is never altered or added to by later generations.

Question 8

The actions of Theodora and her assistants in the mosaic depicting them in the Church of San Vitale in Ravenna, Italy, bear no relation to the religious ceremonies held in the church.

Question 9

"Cross and Carpet" pages were used only in Islamic manuscripts.

Question 10

The scribe responsible for making the Lindisfarne Gospels was ________.

A) Hildegard of Bingen
B) a bishop named Eadfrith
C) an unknown nun
D) the King's favorite nobleman
E) St. Luke

Question 11

The decorative elements in manuscript illumination can also function to guide the reader, for example to signify headings or breaks in the text.

Question 12

The manuscript painting of The Ascent of the Prophet Muhammad on his Steed from a copy of Nizami's Khamsa (3.43) demonstrates how human figures are sometimes shown in Islamic art.

Question 13

The Dome of the Rock was built on a site sacred to Jews, Christians, and Muslims.

Question 14

The frontispiece of the Liber Scivias (3.42) shows Hildegard of Bingen ________.

A) burning as she asks forgiveness for her sins
B) receiving a vision from heaven
C) surprised as a river of blood breaks through the ceiling
D) speaking with God face-to-face
E) researching astronomy

Question 15

The manuscript painting of The Ascent of the Prophet Muhammad on his Steed from a copy of Nizami's Khamsa (3.43) shows Muhammad and the angel Gabriel surrounded by flames. These flames are symbolic rather than literal.

Question 16

Christ as the Good Shepherd was a common theme in early Christian art.

Question 17

The Dura Europos synagogue is from this period.

A) Late Antiquity
B) Byzantine
C) Romanesque
D) Gothic
E) none of these answers

Question 18

The Emperor Justinian I can be linked to which of the following major works of architecture?

A) Hagia Sophia in present-day Turkey
B) San Vitale in Ravenna
C) the monastery of St. Catherine at Mt. Sinai
D) all of the previous answers
E) none of the previous answers

Question 19

The process used to create the beaten-silver face of the twelfth-century reliquary of the Head of Saint Alexander (3.44) is called ________.

A) repoussé
B) gilding
C) tesserae
D) hatching
E) intaglio

Question 20

The earliest examples of Christian art have been discovered in ________.

A) catacombs
B) Dome of the Rock
C) Chartres Cathedral
D) Hagia Sophia
E) Dura Europos

Question 21

Which of these statements about the mihrab from the Madrasa Imami in Isfahan, Iran, is ?

A) it is covered with glazed tiles
B) it is covered with quotes from the Koran
C) it includes elements of the arabesque style
D) it is covered with abstract floral designs
E) all of the other answers

Question 22

The floor plan of the Romanesque church of St. Sernin in Toulouse, France, resembles ________.

A) an English rose
B) a Latin cross
C) a circle
D) a Greek cross
E) a tree

Question 23

In the sculptures of the tympanum above the west door of the church of St. Trophîme in Arles, France, the artist used hierarchical scale to designate the importance of Christ.

Question 24

The tall towers surrounding a mosque, from which the faithful are called to prayer, are called ________.

A) minarets
B) mihrabs
C) Kaabas
D) Meccas
E) tesserae

Question 25

If you were to build a cathedral with a huge stained-glass window covering nearly an entire wall, you would use these architectural features to ensure the building's structural stability.

A) flying buttresses
B) naves
C) tympanums
D) transepts
E) labyrinths

Question 26

Styles of architecture and painting from the Middle Ages are not at all related to each other.

Question 27

Cimabue's student was ________.

A) Eadfrith
B) Giotto
C) Hildegard
D) St. Matthew
E) Justinian