Deck 22: Art of the Middle Ages

Question 1

All Islamic manuscripts include a page with a portrait of Allah.

Answer 1

False

Question 2

The Dura Europos synagogue is from this period.

A) Late Antiquity
B) Byzantine
C) Romanesque
D) Gothic
E) none of these answers

Answer 2

A

Question 3

The small pieces of glass that make up mosaics are called ________.

A) tesserae
B) icons
C) flakes
D) magi
E) repoussé

Answer 3

A

Question 4

In the sixth-century Christ icon from the monastery of St.Catherine at Mt.Sinai (3.2.6),the artist represented the dual nature of Christ as both human and god.

Question 5

The Dura Europos synagogue contains ________.

A) a shrine for the Torah
B) more than one hundred stories in oil paint
C) a large statue of God
D) ancient Roman baths
E) relief carving of Classical myths

Question 6

Christ as the Good Shepherd was a common theme in early Christian art.

Question 7

The earliest examples of Christian art have been discovered in ________.

A) catacombs
B) Dome of the Rock
C) Chartres Cathedral
D) Hagia Sophia
E) Dura Europos

Question 8

Manuscripts in the Middle Ages were produced in factories in which hundreds of duplicate pages were made quickly using a printing press.

Question 9

The sixth-century Christ icon in this Chapter (3.2.6)survived the outbreak of iconoclasm that swept the Byzantine Empire in the eighth and ninth centuries by being protected in the monastery of St.Catherine on Mount Sinai,in the middle of the Egyptian desert.Find out more about Byzantine iconoclasm and describe the events of this turbulent period.Who was involved? Where did it happen? Why did religious images,such as the Christ icon,so disturb the iconoclasts?

Question 10

The actions of Theodora and her assistants in the mosaic depicting them in the Church of San Vitale in Ravenna,Italy,bear no relation to the religious ceremonies held in the church.

Question 11

The frontispiece of the Liber Scivias (3.2.12)shows Hildegard of Bingen ________.

A) burning as she asks forgiveness for her sins
B) receiving a vision from heaven
C) surprised as a river of blood breaks through the ceiling
D) speaking with God face-to-face
E) researching astronomy

Question 12

The fresco panel in the Dura Europos synagogue depicting the biblical exodus of the Jews from Egypt (3.2.3)does so as a continuous narrative.Find another artwork in the book that tells a story,either another continuous narrative,or one that has separate scenes,or selects only a part of the story.How does each one communicate the events in the narrative to the viewer? Which do you think tells the story more effectively?

Question 13

The sixth-century Christ icon from the monastery of St.Catherine at Mt.Sinai (3.2.6)is a good example of perfect symmetrical balance.

Question 14

The decorative elements in manuscript illumination can also function to guide the reader,for example to signify headings or breaks in the text.

Question 15

"Cross and Carpet" pages were used only in Islamic manuscripts.

Question 16

What is the medium used for the depiction of Theodora and Attendants in the Church of San Vitale in Ravenna,Italy?

A) fresco painting
B) mosaic
C) metalwork
D) collage
E) spray paint

Question 17

Iconoclasm is the destruction of images.

Question 18

The Emperor Justinian I can be linked to which of the following major works of architecture?

A) Hagia Sophia in present-day Turkey
B) San Vitale in Ravenna
C) the monastery of St. Catherine at Mt. Sinai
D) all of the previous answers
E) none of the previous answers

Question 19

The scribe responsible for making the Lindisfarne Gospels was ________.

A) Hildegard of Bingen
B) a bishop named Eadfrith
C) an unknown nun
D) the King's favorite nobleman
E) St. Luke

Question 20

The Church of San Vitale in Ravenna,Italy,is from this period.

A) Byzantine
B) Gothic
C) Romanesque
D) Late Antiquity
E) none of the other answers

Question 21

Which term refers to part of a church doorway?

A) lintel
B) jamb
C) tympanum
D) archivolt
E) all of the other answers

Question 22

The Dome of the Rock was built on a site sacred to Jews,Christians,and Muslims.

Question 23

Match the term with its definition:
a.a tower on a mosque
b.a prayer niche oriented toward Mecca
c.a form of abstract pattern
d.a cube-shaped building in Mecca
e.a kind of Arabic script
f.direction of Mecca
g.pulpit
minaret

Question 24

What style is the Church of Sainte-Foy at Conques,France?

A) early Christian
B) Byzantine
C) Romanesque
D) Gothic
E) none of the other answers

Question 25

Muhammad's tomb is located under the Dome of the Rock.

Question 26

Match the term with its definition:
a.a tower on a mosque
b.a prayer niche oriented toward Mecca
c.a form of abstract pattern
d.a cube-shaped building in Mecca
e.a kind of Arabic script
f.direction of Mecca
g.pulpit
mihrab

Question 27

In the sculptures of the tympanum above the west door of the Church of Sainte-Foy in Conques,France,the artist used hierarchical scale to designate the importance of Christ.

Question 28

The process used to create the beaten-silver face of the twelfth-century reliquary of the Head of Saint Alexander (3.2.14)is called ________.

A) repoussé
B) gilding
C) tesserae
D) hatching
E) intaglio

Question 29

Match the term with its definition:
a.a tower on a mosque
b.a prayer niche oriented toward Mecca
c.a form of abstract pattern
d.a cube-shaped building in Mecca
e.a kind of Arabic script
f.direction of Mecca
g.pulpit
kufic

Question 30

The tall towers surrounding a mosque,from which the faithful are called to prayer,are called ________.

A) minarets
B) mihrabs
C) Kaabas
D) Meccas
E) tesserae

Question 31

Match the term with its definition:
a.a tower on a mosque
b.a prayer niche oriented toward Mecca
c.a form of abstract pattern
d.a cube-shaped building in Mecca
e.a kind of Arabic script
f.direction of Mecca
g.pulpit
qibla

Question 32

Reliquaries often look like the body part they contain.

Question 33

Match the term with its definition:
a.a tower on a mosque
b.a prayer niche oriented toward Mecca
c.a form of abstract pattern
d.a cube-shaped building in Mecca
e.a kind of Arabic script
f.direction of Mecca
g.pulpit
Kaaba

Question 34

Match the term with its definition:
a.a tower on a mosque
b.a prayer niche oriented toward Mecca
c.a form of abstract pattern
d.a cube-shaped building in Mecca
e.a kind of Arabic script
f.direction of Mecca
g.pulpit
minba

Question 35

The Dome of the Rock is located in ________.

A) Constantinople
B) Jerusalem
C) Rome
D) Ravenna
E) Arles

Question 36

Once a religious building-such as the Dome of the Rock-is built,it is never altered or added to by later generations.

Question 37

The manuscript painting of The Ascent of the Prophet Muhammad on his Steed from a copy of Nizami's Khamsa (3.2.13)demonstrates how human figures are sometimes shown in Islamic art.

Question 38

The manuscript painting of The Ascent of the Prophet Muhammad on his Steed from a copy of Nizami's Khamsa (3.2.13)shows Muhammad and the angel Gabriel surrounded by flames.These flames are symbolic rather than literal.

Question 39

The floor plan of the Romanesque Church of St.Foye in Conques,France,is ________.

A) an English rose
B) a Latin cross
C) a circle
D) a Greek cross
E) a tree

Question 40

Match the term with its definition:
a.a tower on a mosque
b.a prayer niche oriented toward Mecca
c.a form of abstract pattern
d.a cube-shaped building in Mecca
e.a kind of Arabic script
f.direction of Mecca
g.pulpit
arabesque

Question 41

Compare Cimabue's Virgin and Child Enthroned (3.2.26)with Giotto's artwork of the same subject,painted just thirty years later (3.2.27).How do the artists handle the arrangement and volume of the figures? How does each create a sense of depth in their composition?

Question 42

Consider Chartres Cathedral.What is the history of the site and the church? How does the design of the church reflect the values and needs of Christians? How was/is the space used by worshipers? What symbolism is shown in the art of the church (the building,its windows,sculpture,etc.)?

Question 43

The structure of Romanesque churches recalls architectural elements from ________.

A) ancient Greece
B) Southeast Asia
C) Mesopotamia
D) ancient Rome
E) Anglo-Saxon England

Question 44

Write a comparison essay describing the requirements,function,and design of both a cathedral and a mosque.

Question 45

Which two Gothic architectural innovations allowed cathedral walls to be built higher than before?

A) apses and illuminations
B) flying buttresses and rib vaults
C) transepts and ambulatories
D) stained-glass windows and altarpieces
E) none of the other answers

Question 46

Cimabue's student was ________.

A) Eadfrith
B) Giotto
C) Hildegard
D) St. Matthew
E) Justinian

Question 47

Styles of architecture and painting from the Middle Ages are not at all related to each other.

Question 48

If you were to build a cathedral with a huge stained-glass window covering nearly an entire wall,you would use these architectural features to ensure the building's structural stability.

A) flying buttresses
B) naves
C) tympanums
D) transepts
E) labyrinths