Art History Quiz 5

What architectural element of Romanesque portals was used to depict the most important imagery?

What was the motivation for many churches to alter the traditional basic basilica plan by adding transepts with eastern chapels that led to an ambulatory with radiating chapels around the apse?

The timber churches that survive in rural Norway are called __________ churches, from the four huge staffs that form their structural core.

An influential manuscript of the Carolingian period, the ______________ is characterized by the closely linked illustrations to the text, the active figures, agitated movement and outlined drawings.

The First Crusade was promoted by Pope __________.

Windows along the aisles and chapels at Chartres Cathedral included multi-scene narratives, characterized by _________________.

Gothic cathedrals differ from those built in the Romanesque period in their _______________.

The Scivias records ___________________of Hildegard of Bingen.

The _______________ is an arcaded passage between the clerestory and nave arcade.

During Medieval times, books were either written on __________ or __________.

___________help support nave vaults by transferring their outward thrust over the aisles to massive, free-standing upright external buttresses.

Who coined the term "Gothic", referring to the Goths, as a pejorative reference to its rejection of the classical principles that regained popularity in the Renaissance?

What religious theme was often used to decorate the tympanum of Romanesque portals?

Why did many Ottonian cathedrals burn down in the eleventh century?

Which architectural feature was used in Romanesque churches?

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of the so-called "animal style" which dominated the arts by the fifth century?

Which of the following is NOT true of Irish high crosses?

Monumental stone crosses were influenced by ____________.

One of the most famous Carolingian manuscripts, the __________ uses ink drawings to illustrate the words and images of individual psalms literally.

Christians in the Muslim territories were called __________.

The page illustrating Matthew Writing His Gospel from the Lindisfarne Gospel Book (Fig. 15-17) demonstrates _________.

The large-scale single figures in the lancets of the north transept at Chartres (Fig. 17-11) refer to the ______________.

Carved historiated capitals such as The Magi Asleep and The Flight into Egypt (Fig. 16-24) inside the Cathedral of Saint-Lazare emphasize ___________.

What architectural element of the choir at the Abbey Church of Saint-Denis was introduced at the time of Abbot Suger's redesign?

The page with Matthew the Evangelist in the Ebbo Gospels (Fig. 15-20) shows Matthew receiving the Word of God from his symbol, the distant __________.

What historical condition did NOT impact the rise of Gothic architecture?

Holes cut in the stone of the wall and filled with stained glass are called __________.

Any Romanesque image of Mary seated on a throne and holding the baby Jesus on her lap is known as __________.

Why did Celtic Christians develop their own liturgical practices and distinctive artistic traditions?

The instructor provided an example of St. Gregory's dedication book to Bishop Leander created in the major scriptorium of the Cistercian order at Citeaux. This work shows the influence of the Hiberno-Saxon style in the ornamented letters. What is this manuscript?