Deck 11: Romanesque Art

Question 1

What kind of monastic order is the Franciscan order?

A) mendicant
B) Cistercian
C) Carthusian
D) Benedictine

Answer 1

A

Question 2

Romanesque artists and architects looked exclusively to ancient Rome for inspiration.

Answer 2

False

Question 3

On what part of Romanesque churches were scenes of the Last Judgment were commonly carved?

A) tympanum
B) nave
C) clerestory
D) triforium

Answer 3

A

Question 4

Where can trumeau sculpture be found?

A) the clerestory
B) the crossing
C) the choir
D) the portals

Question 5

Pilgrims were accommodated by the inclusion of:

A) ambulatories and apsidal chapels
B) blind arcades
C) crypts and blind arcades
D) choirs and crossings

Question 6

Romanesque means in the Roman manner.

Question 7

The Bayeux Tapestry tells whose story of crossing the English Channel from England to France to defeat the French?

A) William the Conqueror
B) Harold Godwin
C) Edward the Confessor
D) Charles the Great

Question 8

Typically, what covers a Romanesque nave?

A) wooden roof
B) concrete dome
C) barrel vault
D) pendentives

Question 9

Where can a blind arcade commonly be found?

A) triforium
B) altar
C) tympanum
D) vaults

Question 10

Where is sculpture commonly found in a Romanesque church?

A) tympanum
B) reliquary
C) jambs
D) all of the above

Question 11

The use of which medium characterizes many Romanesque manuscripts?

A) tempera on vellum
B) oil on canvas
C) fresco on paper
D) oil on papyrus

Question 12

The four main pilgrimage routes through France ended up at which Spanish church?

A) Santiago de Compostela
B) Notre Dame
C) Amiens Cathedral
D) Chartres Cathedral

Question 13

Gislebertus:

A) won the Battle of Hastings
B) did intricate enamels and engravings
C) was a painter
D) was a metal worker

Question 14

Which is NOT characteristic of Romanesque architecture?

A) Extremely tall naves
B) plain facades
C) twin bell towers on the west facade
D) apsidal chapels and ambulatories

Question 15

Which of the following tells the story of the Battle of Hastings?

A) the tympanum at Durham
B) the Bayeux Tapestry
C) the trumeau sculpture at Durham
D) a manuscript illumination by Verdun

Question 16

Hildegard of Bingen was:

A) a Benedictine Abbess
B) a correspondent with leaders throughout Europe
C) an author of books on theology, medicine, and science
D) all of the above

Question 17

Islamic visual motifs greatly influenced which country's approach to Romanesque art?

A) Spain
B) France
C) Germany
D) Italy

Question 18

Where is the west facade in a Romanesque church?

A) apse end
B) the transept end
C) the front entrance
D) the altar end

Question 19

The Spanish Islamic Mozarab style is characterized by:

A) horseshow arches, alternating colored voussoirs, and mosaics of colored stone
B) fantastic ornamentation, Old Testament imagery, and sculptural forms
C) crypts, blind arcades, and radiating chapels
D) flying buttresses, groin vaults, and stained glass

Question 20

The function of the Crac des Chevaliers was as a(n):

A) Defensive fortress
B) Religious center
C) Mendicant monastery
D) Royal palace

Question 21

Discuss the Bayeux Tapestry. What story is being told and from whose point of view? How does the telling of the story reflect the values of the age?

Question 22

Monasticism began in the west and spread to the east.

Question 23

What kinds of images are often found in a Romanesque tympanum? What was the intended effect on the viewer of Giselbertus' Last Judgment tympanum?

Question 24

There are no known woman artists and patrons from the Romanesque period.

Question 25

How did the Romanesque church evolve from the Early Christian basilica? What features were added or changed?

Question 26

What is a pilgrimage church? How and why did they develop?

Question 27

Santiago de Compostela was a major pilgrimage site.

Question 28

What were the Crusades? What impact did they have on European art and architecture?