Deck 11: Gothic Art

Question 1

Which of the following was typical of English cathedrals?

A)thin walls and piers
B)wide projecting transepts
C)narrow nave arcades
D)large rose windows

Answer 1

B

Question 2

What is the slender stone bar that divides a window into smaller parts called?

A)cames
B)armature
C)oculi
D)mullion

Answer 2

D

Question 3

English needlework was well known outside England by the name

A)opus anglicanum.
B)mozarabic.
C)punchwork.
D)Hiberno-Saxon style.

Answer 3

A

Question 4

Which of the following is the pose that was a stylistic signature of the Gothic period?

A)contrapposto
B)figura serpentinata
C)column-like
D)graceful S-curve

Question 5

At Reims Cathedral,what technique permitted the creation of even more expansive walls of glass?

A)bar tracery
B)stone tracery
C)plate tracery
D)gold tracery

Question 6

In architecture,what are the vertical sculptural elements on both sides of an opening called?

A)mullions
B)archivolts
C)jambs
D)compound piers

Question 7

What types of buildings were built in the Gothic style?

A)Christian churches
B)Jewish synagogues
C)town halls
D)all of the above

Question 8

What is significant about the Altneuschul in Prague?

A)It is the oldest synagogue in Europe.
B)It was the first central-plan church.
C)It was the first university in Europe.
D)It is the tallest synagogue in the world.

Question 9

Which of the following was an innovation in Gothic architecture?

A)horseshoe arches
B)round arches
C)ribbed groin vaults
D)stained glass windows

Question 10

Which ancient scholar's work became available to Thomas Aquinas and consequently changed the Church after the Crusades brought Europe into closer contact with Byzantium and Islam?

A)Sophocles
B)Plato
C)Aristotle
D)Virgil

Question 11

Which feature characterized a "hall church"?

A)It had a dome over the crossing.
B)The vaults of the side aisles and nave were the same height.
C)The arcade,triforium,and clerestory were clearly separated.
D)The nave roof was open-beam,not vaulted.

Question 12

Who introduced the term Gothic?

A)Michelangelo Buonarroti
B)Giorgio Vasari
C)Petrarch
D)Dante

Question 13

Which of the following was made possible by combining structural devices in Gothic churches?

A)sculptural decoration
B)taller nave walls
C)a continuous ambulatory
D)huge windows

Question 14

What was Gothic architecture called in its own time?

A)modern
B)Italian
C)old-fashioned
D)ancient

Question 15

Which is the real subject of the ivory box showing the attack on the Castle of Love?

A)military tactics
B)romantic love
C)physical prowess
D)athletic competition

Question 16

Which conveys the idea that the scene of the Annunciation in Jean Pucelle's Petites Heures of Jeanne d'Evreux is a vision?

A)You can see through the wall of the house.
B)Queen Jeanne is included,kneeling with her book.
C)The scene depicts clowns and jesters.
D)The musicians are a symbol of sleep.

Question 17

Which of the following is the name for a new type of church that developed in the thirteenth century in Germanic lands?

A)a central-plan church
B)a basilican church
C)a hall church
D)a pilgrimage church

Question 18

In manuscripts during the Gothic age,illuminators used columns of medallions and colors,both of which were derived from

A)stained-glass windows.
B)cloisonné metalwork.
C)portal sculpture.
D)Italian frescos.

Question 19

Which of the following is the very large round window above the entrance to a Gothic church?

A)lancet
B)oculi
C)rose window
D)grisalle

Question 20

Which two new religious orders arose to serve the urban populations in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries?

A)the Augustinians and the Benedictines
B)the Cluniacs and the Cistercians
C)the Franciscans and the Dominicans
D)the Jesuits and the Trappists

Question 21

Contrast the two Virgin and Child Enthroned paintings by Cimabue and Giotto.What are their similarities and differences? Which artist was more important to the future of painting,and why?

Question 22

Discuss the composition,movement,and technique of Nicola Pisano's baptistery pulpit relief sculpture,Annunciation,Nativity,and Adoration of the Shepherds.

Question 23

At this time,Italian painters working in tempera paint most often mixed powdered pigments with water,a touch of glue,and

A)beeswax.
B)gum arabic.
C)linseed oil.
D)egg yolk.

Question 24

Ambrogio Lorenzetti painted his work,Allegory of Good Government in the City,on a wall in

A)the Siena cathedral.
B)the Duke's palace.
C)the Siena town hall.
D)the Vatican.

Question 25

List and describe the architectural elements that combined to make the Gothic style and describe the overall effect that was achieved.

Question 26

Where did the pope and his court move in 1309?

A)Rome
B)Constantinople
C)Avignon
D)Athens

Question 27

To whom did Giorgio Vasari give the credit for "[having] revived the modern and excellent art of painting,introducing good drawing from live natural models,something that had not been done for more than two hundred years"?

A)Giotto di Bondone
B)Cimabue
C)Duccio di Buoninsegna
D)Ambrogio Lorenzetti

Question 28

Where were the two important centers of Italian Gothic painting located?

A)Rome and Naples
B)Venice and Ravenna
C)Milan and Bologna
D)Siena and Florence

Question 29

Describe the style and the significance of the two-page opening with Psalm 1 from the Windmill Psalter from the thirteenth century.

Question 30

What stylistic differences are seen in the figures of the Annunciation and Visitation sculptures at Reims Cathedral? What influences are felt and in which figures?