test on romanesque and gothic art

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AP Art History

Mrs. Wiener

Test on Romanesque and Gothic art and architecture:

Part I. Multiple choice. You know what to do.

1. Four roads led to the church of St. James, a saint who was the symbol of Christian

resistance to Muslim expansion. A guidebook described the ways to make a

pilgrimage to the church, which was located ina) Cordoba

b) Aquitaine

c) St. Thierry

d) Vignorye) Santiago de Compostela

2. Romanesque churches often had roofs of

a) timber b) concrete

c) ashlar masonryd) Cyclopean masonry

e) none of the above

3. A feature that was added to Romanesque churches in order to accommodate

pilgrims was

a) a crossing tower

b) groin vaultsc) radiating chapels

d) compound piers

4. All of the following were used to increase space to accommodate pilgrims except

a) increase of the length of the nave

b) increase of the height of the compound piersc) doubling in size of the side aisles

d) addition of a transept, ambulatory and radiating chapels

5. Romanesque churches often used in the aisles as buttresses for the barrelvaults.

a) a crossing tower

b) groin vaultsc) radiating chapels

d) compound piers


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6. When the compound piers reach to the bottom of the transverse bays of a Romanesque

church, the piers are said to reach the vaults .

a) barrelb) groin

c) tribune

d) nave elevatione) springing

7. Cluniac monks favored in their worship, while Cistercian monks

favored .

a) luxury; austerity

b) austerity; luxuryc) music; art

d) art; music

8. There is controversy over whether the first groin vault over a nave was ina) France or Germany

b) France or Italyc) Italy or Germany

d) Germany or Aachen

9. Wiligelmo is known for his impressive frieze of on the Modena

Cathedral in Modena, Italy.

a) the Last Judgement

b) Christ as Pantokratorc) Theotokos

d) Adam and Eve

10. Artists sculpted imaginary beasts and horrific creatures in the early Middle Ages in

order to

a) scare young childrenb) represent sin

c) scare thieves away from church buildings

d) remind people they are purely evil and need not bother entering a

church building

11. Holy Roman Emperors were buried in

a) St. Etienne at Caenb) SantAmbrogio

c) Speyer Cathedral

d) St. Sernin


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12. From Romanesque times, Italians have been concerned with height in the

nave elevation of their northern European counterparts.

a) lessb) more

c) neutrally

13.The masterpiece of Norman Romanesque architecture is

a. Speyer Cathedral

b. St. Serninc. St. Etienne at Caen

d. SantAmbrogio

14. SantAmbrogio church that most closely resembles a basilica isa) Speyer Cathedral

b) St. Sernin

c) St. Etienne at Caen

d) SantAmbrogio

15. The church that has an harmonious tripartite division both vertically and horizontallyon its faade and a sexpartite vault is

a) Speyer Cathedral

b) St. Serninc) St. Etienne at Caen

d) SantAmbrogio

16. Durham Cathedral has quadrant arches in the tribune that are the predecessors toGothic .

a) three-story nave elevations

b) spiresc) flying buttresses

d) Perpendicular Style

17. Durham Cathedral also shows the English preference for

d) modular planning over aesthetic beauty

e) slender proportions over modular planning

f) barrel vaults over groin vaultsg) more massive architecture over a clerestory

18. The use of stone vaults became so popular most probably becausea) they provided a more majestic setting than a timber one for the display

of relics

b) they provided enhanced acoustics for the liturgyc) timber ones were always burning

d) people of the time suddenly re-invented the recipe for cement

e) all of the above

f) a and b only


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19. An alternate support system refers to

a) the clerestory of a church

b) how the nave vault is held aloftc) the triforium

d) flying buttresses

20. An extremely popular subject matter for portals in Romanesque times was

a) the Creation and Fall of Adam and Eve

b) the Assumption of the Virginc) the Annunciation

d) the Last Judgment

21. The prominent semicircular lunette above the doorway, comparable inimportance to the triangular pediment of a Greco-Roman temple is called

a) the voussoirs

b) the archivolt

c) the tympanumd) the lintel

e) the trumeau

22. One of the most important innovations of the Gothic period was

a) the trumeaub) springing

c) the pointed arch

d) the Perpendicular Style

23. The person who coined the term lux nova was

a) St. Denis

b) Eleanor of Aquitainec) King Louis VII

d) Abbot Suger

24. wanted to increase the prestige of his/her abbey and of the

French monarchy by rebuilding Frances royal church grandly.

a) St. Denis

b) Eleanor of Aquitainec) King Louis VII

d) Abbot Suger

25. Statues of kings remind worshipers of the ancestry of Christ

and of the allegiance they should show to their government.

a) Old Testament kingsb) New Testament prophets

c) Old Testament prophets

d) the Merovingian


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26. The church with the highest nave elevation is

a) Laon

b) Parisc) Chartres

d) Amiens

27. The church that was rebuilt over the course of the Gothic period was

a) Laon

b) Parisc) Chartres

d) Amiens

28. allowed Gothic architects to eliminate walls and replace them withbeautiful stained glass windows that filled Gothic churches with light.

a) Rose windows

b) Double lancet windows with oculi

c) Pointed archesd) Flying buttresses

29. The band of arcades below the clerestory is called .

a) the nave arcade

b) oculic) the triforium

d) springing

e) height and light

30. Instead ofcontrapposto, Gothic art has

a) nothing

b) draperyc) the S-curve

d) individualized faces

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