Deck 11: Gothic Art

Question 1

In the tympanum of the center west door at Chartres

A) The eagle is John, the bull is Luke, the lion is Mark.
B) The eagle is Matthew, the bull is Luke, the lion is John.
C) The eagle is Luke, the bull is Matthew, the lion is Mark.
D) The lion is John, the bull is Luke, the angel is Matthew.

Answer 1

A

Question 2

Which is not used in making stained glass windows?

A) an iron armature
B) clear glass
C) pigments
D) metallic oxides
E) tesserae

Answer 2

E

Question 3

The Gothic style originated

A) on the Ile Saint Louis
B) on the Ile-de-France
C) at Chartres
D) at Amiens

Answer 3

B

Question 4

Which of the following in true?

A) Stones for Gothic cathedrals were cut with power tools.
B) Master builders used geometric principles to organize their templates.
C) Gothic tools were technologically advanced.
D) Only one master builder supervised each cathedral.

Question 5

Compared to the Romanesque tower of Chartres,the Gothic tower is

A) more elaborate
B) shorter
C) less detailed
D) less vertical

Question 6

A gargoyle is a

A) monster
B) finial
C) capital sculpture
D) waterspout

Question 7

Which of the following is true?

A) Over 80 cathedrals and large abbeys were built around Paris in the 13^th century.
B) More Gothic cathedrals were built in England than in France.
C) Gothic builders used power tools to construct more complex buildings than Romanesque builders had.
D) Master builders were not very well paid.

Question 8

A winch is a

A) seductive female
B) small crane
C) pulley system
D) template

Question 9

A cathedral is

A) the seat of a bishop
B) a large church
C) a Gothic church
D) the center of an ecclesiastical hierarchy

Question 10

Which is not a pair?

A) rose window -- circle
B) towers -- vertical
C) gable -- rectangle
D) apse -- semicircle

Question 11

Abbot Suger is credited with creating the first truly Gothic building near Paris.It was

A) Chartres Cathedral
B) St.-Denis
C) St.-Chapelle
D) St.-Pierre, Moissac

Question 12

In a Gothic cathedral,a bay consists of

A) an arch and a triforium
B) the space between two piers
C) clerestory windows and a section of the nave arcade
D) the space in the crossing

Question 13

Which is not an element of Gothic architecture?

A) rib vaults
B) flying buttresses
C) round arches
D) stained glass windows

Question 14

Most great French Gothic cathedrals were dedicated to

A) Christ
B) God
C) the Virgin
D) St. Joseph
E) St. Peter

Question 15

Which is not a pair?

A) Villard De Honnecourt -- sketchbooks
B) Augustine -- the City of God
C) Panofsky -- Gothic Architecture and Scholasticism
D) Suger -- The Life of Saint-Denis

Question 16

The central west portal of Chartres was

A) Late Romanesque
B) Early Gothic
C) High Gothic
D) Late Gothic

Question 17

The text on which the sculptures above the center west portal at Chartres are based is from

A) the City of God
B) the Gospel of John
C) Revelation
D) the Gospel of Matthew

Question 18

A signature window is

A) one that has been signed by the artist
B) one that has been signed by the patron
C) one that has an image of the artist and patron
D) one that has an image of the work done by a guild

Question 19

Saint-Denis was dedicated in

A) 1140
B) 1200
C) 1100
D) 1210
E) 1194

Question 20

In the Middle Ages,the function of the guilds was

A) to protect workers and establish standards of work
B) to permit strikes if workers were dissatisfied
C) to exclude craftsmen from professional organizations
D) to influence patrons

Question 21

The Visitation is when

A) Gabriel visits Mary
B) Christ visits Joseph
C) Mary visits Elizabeth
D) the angel visits Constantine

Question 22

The Corona Chapel was built

A) as a reliquary
B) as a shrine of Henry II
C) by Thomas á Becket
D) by William of Sens

Question 23

The Antichrist was

A) a legendary monster
B) an incarnation of Satan
C) an incarnation of evil
D) Frederick II

Question 24

At Chartres,the trumeau represents

A) St. Stephen
B) an Old Testament prophet
C) an apostle
D) Christ
E) the Virgin

Question 25

The church that contains segments built in the Early Gothic as well as the High Gothic is ____________.

A) Beauvais Cathedral
B) Amiens Cathedral
C) Notre-Dame, Paris
D) St.-Maclou, Rouen

Question 26

The Beau Dieu refers to

A) a book by Augustine
B) a statue at Amiens
C) a statue at Reims
D) a book by Hildegarde of Bingen

Question 27

The Bell Harry Tower was added to Canterbury cathedral in

A) the 15^th century
B) the 16^th century
C) the 14^th century
D) the 13^th century

Question 28

Compared to the west facade of Reims,the west facade at Amiens

A) is symmetrical
B) has glass tympanums
C) is proportionally taller and thinner
D) has a smaller rose window

Question 29

The west portal of _________ has an important sculptural program.

A) Salisbury Cathedral
B) Florence Cathedral
C) Reims Cathedral
D) Cologne Cathedral

Question 30

The Canterbury Tales were written by

A) William the Englishman
B) the monk Gervase
C) Augustine
D) Thomas á Becket
E) Geoffrey Chaucer

Question 31

Which is not true of English cathedrals?

A) They are set in a cathedral close.
B) They have more varied stone than French cathedrals.
C) They have fan vaults.
D) They usually rise directly from the high point of a city.

Question 32

The door jamb statues on the center west door of Chartres

A) are frontal, naturalistic, and represent French royalty
B) are frontal, stylized, and represent Old Testament royalty
C) are frontal, have contrapposto, and are prophets
D) represent prophets, are frontal, and stylized

Question 33

Sainte-Chapelle in Paris was commissioned by

A) Louis IX
B) Suger
C) Louis VI
D) Louis VII

Question 34

English Gothic begins

A) with the facade of Salisbury Cathedral
B) with the fan vaults of Kings College, Cambridge
C) with the choir of Canterbury Cathedral
D) with the Norman tower of Canterbury

Question 35

In contrast to French Gothic cathedrals,Salisbury has

A) a triple transept
B) a square apse
C) clerestory windows
D) a vaulted nave

Question 36

Compared to the west door jambs of Chartres,those on the south

A) are more two-dimensional
B) are more three-dimensional
C) are frontal
D) are elderly
E) are more static