Ch. 6 Gothic and Rebirth of Naturalism

Question 1

___________ was considered the center of the cult of the Virgin throughout the twelfth and thirteenth centuries

Answer 1

Chartres

Question 2

The __________________ was considered the most cherished relic at the Chartres Cathedral

Answer 2

tunic Mary wore at Jesus’ birth

Question 3

The chief purpose of the stained-glass programs in all gothic cathedral was to ___________________

Answer 3

tell stories of the bible

Question 4

One of the stained glass windows at the Charts Cathedral shows the __________________

Answer 4

genealogy of Christ

Question 5

The window called “Tree of Jesse” depicts the Virgin Mary as descended from Jesse, _______________, Thus fulfilling a prophecy in the book of Isaiah

Answer 5

the father of King David

Question 6

In a Gothic church, _______________ was traditionally built against an exterior wall to provide support for more windows and brace it against strong winds.

Answer 6

the flying buttress

Question 7

The figure of Saint Theodore found on the jamb of Chartres´ south transept portal stands in a ____________ position

Answer 7

contrapposto

Question 8

The _____________________is a collection of musical works created by many composers which provided music for all the feast days of the church calendar

Answer 8

Magnus Libri Organi

Question 9

________________ is a four-part polyphonic composition intended to be sung in the middle of the Christmss Mass at Notre-Dam Cathedral in Paris

Answer 9

Viderunt Omnes

Question 10

The minimum number of voices included in a _________ is three

Answer 10

motet

Question 11

The trivium consisted of

Answer 11

Grammar
Rhetoric
Dialectic

Question 12

____________ was the first city to found a university, establishing itself as a center for the study of law

Answer 12

Bologna

Question 13

_______ was mandatory, and students studied it in all courses of their first four years of study

Answer 13

Latin

Question 14

________________ played a significant role in organizing theology students in Paris

Answer 14

Robert de Sorbon

Question 15

_______________, a logician and author of the treatise Sic et Non taught by the dialectical method

Answer 15

Peter Abelard

Question 16

_______ is widely recognized as the author of On the Diseases of Women

Answer 16

Trotula

Question 17

______________ wrote the Summa Theologiae and was one of the prominent spokesmen for Scholasticism

Answer 17

Thomas Aquainas

Question 18

The Gothic church at _______________ features the highest ratio of glass to stone

Answer 18

Sainte-Chapelle

Question 19

______________ is credited with painting the fresco known as the Allegory of Good Government

Answer 19

Ambroigo Lorenzettie

Question 20

By the twelfth century, ___________ was the center of _________ production in the Western world and played a central role in European trade markets

Answer 20

Florence
Textile

Question 21

Florentine bankers introduced Europe´s first single currency, __________.

Answer 21

the gold florin

Question 22

The gold florin was considered the most important contribution of ____________________________ to world trade

Answer 22

Florence´s bankers and money lenders

Question 23

__________ formed the Opera del Dunno, or department of works of the Duomo, a committee in charge of building a new cathedral

Answer 23

Arte dei Lana

Question 24

a committee in charge of building a new cathedral

Answer 24

Duomo

Question 25

The ______________________ were both mendicant orders: that is, they neither held property nor engaged in business, relying for their support on contributions from their communities

Answer 25

Dominicians and Franciscans

Question 26

The accomplishments of Pope Innocent III consisted of:

Answer 26

Formalized the Church hierarchy

Gave full sanction to the doctrine of transubstantiation

Made annual confession and Easter communion mandatory for all adult Christians

Question 27

________________ is credited with painting the Maseta (Virgin and Child), which once hung in the council chamber of Sienaś Palazzo Pubblico

Answer 27

Simone Martini

Question 28

According to an old story, one day Cimabue discovered a talented shepherd boy by the name of ____________________ and tutored him in the art of painting. The pupil soon surpassed the teacher

Answer 28

Giotto di Bondone

Question 29

_________________ is credited for being the author of the Divine Comedy

Answer 29

Dante Alighieri

Question 30

When Dante and Virgil reach the lowest level of Hell, they found Satan himself chewing on the worst of all traitors; _____________________________

Answer 30

Judas, Brutus, and Cassius

Question 31

__________, the love of his life, serves as Dante’s guide through paradise

Answer 31

Beatrice

Question 32

The ______________ provides a startling description of Florence during an outbreak of the plague

Answer 32

Decameron

Question 33

_________________ is composed of heroic couplets

Answer 33

The Canterbury Tales

Question 34

__________________ is credited with being the author of The Canterbury Tales

Answer 34

Geoffrey Chaucer

Question 35

Chaucer’s characters come from all three estates, or social ranks:

Answer 35

The nobility
The clergy
The common people

Question 36

Christine de Pizan is credited with being the author of the Book of ______________

Answer 36

the City of Ladies