Deck 5: Art From 200 to 1000

Question 1

The reassuring hand gesture of the Buddha of the Shaka Triad from the Golden Hall at Horyuji is called the:

A) abhaya mudra.
B) kondo manua.
C) chumon desine.
D) all of these.
E) none of these.

Answer 1

A

Question 2

In the Byzantine apse mosaic Transfiguration of Christ from the monastery of St.Catherine,Christ is shown surrounded by:

A) an almond-shaped halo.
B) a mandorla.
C) blue light.
D) all of these.
E) none of these.

Answer 2

D

Question 3

Characteristic of Anglo-Saxon metalwork,such as the Sutton Hoo purse cover,is the use of a complex pattern composed of a single line that intertwines and overlaps to completely fill the available space,called ____________.

Answer 3

interlace

Question 4

On the Buddhist Temple of Borobudur in Java,the inner and outer walls at each level are covered with carved panels illustrating the path toward ____________.

Question 5

The Buddhist temple called Borobudur was:

A) sited in central Java.
B) designed legendarily by a divine architect.
C) originally considered sacred by Hindus.
D) all of these.
E) none of these.

Question 6

As seen in The Three Hebrew Youths in the Fiery Furnace,the frontal figures stand amid flames with their arms raised in a position of ____________.

Question 7

When the Ottoman Turks conquered Constantinople in 1453,they converted all Christian churches,including Hagia Sophia,into burial shrines.

Question 8

The term "Middle Ages" was invented during the Italian Renaissance to suggest that the period embracing these centuries was an interruption between the new golden age of the Renaissance and the age of:

A) Byzantine iconoclasm.
B) Romanesque renascence.
C) classical Greece and Rome.
D) all of these.
E) none of these.

Question 9

In the Hindu relief at Mahamallapuram,both form and iconography express ____________.

Question 10

In Europe during the tenth century,"lay" artists in cities began to gather themselves into professional organizations,like trade unions,called ____________.

Question 11

The purpose of the Buddhist temple Borobudur has been interpreted as a(n):

A) symbolic mountain.
B) stupa.
C) mandala for meditation.
D) all of these.
E) none of these.

Question 12

Throughout the period covered by this chapter,religious books were written by hand,usually on treated animal skins called vellum or parchment.

Question 13

In the Carolingian period image of Saint Matthew from the Gospel Book of Archbishop Ebbo of Reims,we see the revival of classical elements in the:

A) toga.
B) modeling.
C) spontaneous technique.
D) all of these.
E) none of these.

Question 14

Hundreds of earthenware figures called ____________ once encircled the huge mound tombs of the Japanese yamato rulers.

Question 15

During the period covered by this chapter,the Japanese state defined itself as a political institution-named Yamato.

Question 16

In the San Vitale mosaic of Justinian,Archbishop Maximianus of Ravenna and Attendants,Justinian's placement communicates his position as head of ____________ and ____________.

Question 17

The program of statues and paintings in the kondo at Horyuji makes the temple a terrestrial representation of the Buddha's ____________.

Question 18

The plan of the Carolingian monastery at St.Gall included:

A) a refectory.
B) a cloister.
C) novitiate housing.
D) all of these.
E) none of these.

Question 19

In the Synagogue reconstruction at Dura Europos,the decoration of the shell over the niche signifies:

A) the ruler's seat.
B) a holy place.
C) the site for the treasury.
D) all of these.
E) none of these.

Question 20

One common element of Islamic mosques from all periods is the marking of a wall that indicates which direction Muslims should turn when they pray,called the ____________.

Question 21

The exterior of Old St.Peter's was elaborately and exquisitely adorned with precious materials,including gold,jewels,and mosaics.

Question 22

At the Buddhist Horyuji complex near Nara,Japan,after entering through the chumon,why would a pilgrim make a lateral turn?

Question 23

What did Procopius say about the effect Hagia Sophia had on an observer,and what meaning does it suggest?

Question 24

Why was care taken in the creation of a mosaic to adjust each tessera so that its surface was at a slight angle to that of the neighboring tesserae?

Question 25

The Tang Dynasty is notable in the history of Chinese ceramics for what characteristics?

Question 26

At Santa Costanza,what is symbolized by the cross circumscribed by the circular plan?

Question 27

The interior space of the Mosque at Córdoba functioned as a place for liturgical worship.

Question 28

What influential Carolingian architectural innovation in church design is evident in the Plan of St.Gall Monastery?

Question 29

What fact explains why in The First Sermon Buddha is seated on a throne decorated with lions?

Question 30

What does the word catacomb mean,and from where is it derived?

Question 31

The Hindu Kailasantha Temple at Ellora,India is actually an achievement in sculpture.

Question 32

Pendentives are curving triangular segments that transition from square plan supporting piers to the circular base of a dome.

Question 33

Li Cheng,artist of the Chinese landscape painting Buddhist Temple in the Hills after Rain,lived a poor,illiterate,worldly life.

Question 34

In Moses Giving Water to the Tribes at Dura Europos,Moses stands in a relaxed contrapposto position.

Question 35

In his painting Sailboat in the Rain,Xia Gui does what instead of concentrating on literal depiction?

Question 36

In the Christian tradition,what is the Transfiguration? What and who did it involve?

Question 37

What was the central rite of the Medieval Christian church and what did it reenact and promise?