Question 1

To whom were most French Gothic cathedrals dedicated?

Accepted Answer

A)  the Virgin Mary 
B)  Jesus 
C)  Saint Peter 
D)  a local saint important to the community in which the cathedral was built 
A)  the Virgin Mary 
B)  Jesus 
C)  Saint Peter 
D)  a local saint important to the community in which the cathedral was built

Question 2

Which of the following architectural features was NOT a standard part of Gothic architecture?

Accepted Answer

A)  rib vaults 
B)  compound piers 
C)  rounded arches 
D)  flying buttresses 
A)  rib vaults 
B)  compound piers 
C)  rounded arches 
D)  flying buttresses

Question 3

The cathedral at Reims differs from that at Chartres in all of the following ways EXCEPT that

Accepted Answer

A)  the statues at Reims are more naturalistic. 
B)  the plan of Reims is longer. 
C)  the towers at Reims are taller. 
D)  the transept at Reims is wider. 
A)  the statues at Reims are more naturalistic. 
B)  the plan of Reims is longer. 
C)  the towers at Reims are taller. 
D)  the transept at Reims is wider.

Question 4

What were the most common colors used in Gothic stained-glass windows?

Accepted Answer

A)  red and gold 
B)  blue and red 
C)  gold and green 
D)  blue and gold 
A)  red and gold 
B)  blue and red 
C)  gold and green 
D)  blue and gold

Question 5

The cathedral at Chartres took almost a full twenty years to build.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

Until 1890, the tallest building in the world was a Gothic cathedral located where?

Accepted Answer

A)  Chartres 
B)  Cologne 
C)  Reims 
D)  Salisbury 
A)  Chartres 
B)  Cologne 
C)  Reims 
D)  Salisbury

Question 7

Accounts of the construction of which ancient structure had the most influence on the development of the Gothic style?

Accepted Answer

A)  Solomon's Temple 
B)  the ziggurat at Ur 
C)  the Parthenon 
D)  the Coliseum 
A)  Solomon's Temple 
B)  the ziggurat at Ur 
C)  the Parthenon 
D)  the Coliseum

To whom were most French Gothic cathedrals dedicated?

Which of the following architectural features was NOT a standard part of Gothic architecture?

The cathedral at Reims differs from that at Chartres in all of the following ways EXCEPT that

What were the most common colors used in Gothic stained-glass windows?

The cathedral at Chartres took almost a full twenty years to build.

Until 1890, the tallest building in the world was a Gothic cathedral located where?

Accounts of the construction of which ancient structure had the most influence on the development of the Gothic style?

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Exam 13: Gothic Art

To whom were most French Gothic cathedrals dedicated?

Which of the following architectural features was NOT a standard part of Gothic architecture?

The cathedral at Reims differs from that at Chartres in all of the following ways EXCEPT that

What were the most common colors used in Gothic stained-glass windows?

The cathedral at Chartres took almost a full twenty years to build.

Until 1890, the tallest building in the world was a Gothic cathedral located where?

Accounts of the construction of which ancient structure had the most influence on the development of the Gothic style?

Why Do We Study the History of Art

The Language of Art

Prehistoric Western Europe

The Ancient Near East

Ancient Egypt

The Aegean

The Art of Ancient Greece

The Art of the Etruscans

Ancient Rome

Early Christian and Byzantine Art

The Early Middle Ages

Romanesque Art

Precursors of the Renaissance

The Early Renaissance

The High Renaissance in Italy

Mannerism and the Later Sixteenth Century in Italy

Sixteenth-Century Painting and Printmaking in Northern Europe

The Baroque Style in Western Europe

Rococo, the Eighteenth Century, and Revival Styles

Neoclassicism: the Late Eighteenth and Early Nineteenth Centuries

Romanticism: the Late Eighteenth and Early Nineteenth Centuries

Nineteenth-Century Realism

Nineteenth-Century Impressionism

Post-Impressionism and the Late Nineteenth Century

The Early Twentieth Century: Picasso, Fauvism, Expressionism, and Matisse

Cubism, Futurism, and Related Twentieth-Century Styles

Dada, Surrealism, Social Realism, Regionalism, and Abstraction

Mid-Century American Abstraction

Pop Art, Op Art, Minimalism, and Conceptualism

Continuity, Innovation, and Globalization

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