Deck 6: Art From 1000 to 1400

Question 1

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.

Answer 1

B

Question 2

The monastic church of Ste.-Foy was located along one of the ____________ that leads to Santiago de Compostela.

Answer 2

pilgrimage roads

Question 3

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 ____________.

Answer 3

spiritual goals

Question 4

The dramatic core of the narrative in Giotto's Lamentation exists in the lower left in the heads of the ____________ and ____________.

Question 5

In addition to being used in Christianity,reliquaries that preserve the remains of holy figures are also found in ____________ and ____________.

Question 6

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.

Question 7

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.

Question 8

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.

Question 9

As examples of narrative painting,Giotto's Arena Chapel frescoes illustrate the lives of Moses and John the Baptist.

Question 10

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.

Question 11

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.

Question 12

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.

Question 13

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.

Question 14

The development of Gothic architecture seems to have been initiated by Abbot Suger at the Royal Abbey Church of ____________.

Question 15

By the time of Marco Polo's Description of the World,the Chinese economy already used paper money.

Question 16

The embroidered narrative of the Bayeux Tapestry depicts events that led to the ____________ of England.

Question 17

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.

Question 18

In the apse fresco from San Clemente in Tahull,Spain,the drapery flutters and folds in a(n) ____________.

Question 19

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.

Question 20

On the Great Mosque at Jenne in Mali,the horizontal protrusions that seem to bristle on the exterior are known as ____________.

Question 21

The ceiling over the nave at the Abbey Church of Ste.-Foy at Conques is a coffered,domical ceiling like the Pantheon.

Question 22

The term "Gothic" originally was a complimentary salute to the sophisticated Visigoths,who preserved much of Roman culture in the 5ᵗʰ century.

Question 23

Why did The Tale of Genji lend itself so well to the format of the Japanese horizontal illustrated scroll,or emakimono?

Question 24

In a typical late-medieval tempera painting,the frame is not integral in the painting process and is added later.

Question 25

What problem with Romanesque pilgrimage churches was solved with the use of an ambulatory?

Question 26

Why did nineteenth-century historians coin the term "Romanesque" to describe the style of a church such as Ste.-Foy at Conques?

Question 27

In the tympanum sculpture at La Madeleine at Vézelay what is used to indicate the significance of Christ?

Question 28

Glowing,gemlike,stained glass windows support the idea that the Gothic cathedral serves as a metaphor for the Heavenly Jerusalem.

Question 29

The Bayeux Tapestry was probably commissioned by the half-brother of William the Conqueror,Bishop Odo.

Question 30

In what fashion is blue usually applied in a fresco painting?

Question 31

By transferring the thrust and weight to an exterior support,what does the flying buttress permit in a Gothic cathedral?

Question 32

The structure of a Gothic cathedral is aptly described as "skeletal."

Question 33

The interior elevation of the typical Gothic church is composed of what three parts?

Question 34

What symbolic role did the plan of the capital city of the Mongol leaders of the Yuan Dynasty play?

Question 35

Discuss the spires of the ideal Gothic church.How do the spires serve the motivations and aspirations of the builders?

Question 36

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.

Question 37

In Giotto's Lamentation in the Arena Chapel,what do the angels do?

Question 38

The main subject of Ife art is the human head,rendered how?

Question 39

What are the color differences between tempera painting and true fresco?