Exam 2: Review

Question 1

When was the Byzantine period?

Answer 1

339 - 1453 A.D.

Question 2

When was the Romanesque/ Feudal Monarchy period?

Answer 2

1000 - 13000 A.D.

Question 3

When was the Gothic period?

Answer 3

1300 - 1500 A.D

Question 4

What are the 3 main architectural style movements in the Middle Ages?

Answer 4

1. Byzantine
2. Romanesque
3. Gothic

Question 5

What is a strong visual element of the Byzantine period?

Answer 5

Everything moves inside of the buildings to focuses on interior designs.

• Added lots of gold
• The outside was very plain

Question 6

What is a strong visual element of the Romanesque period?

Answer 6

Everything was made very sturdy with thick walls!

• Fortresses
• Barrel vaults

Question 7

What is a strong visual elements of the Gothic period?

Answer 7

Very detailed with open spaces and brought in LIGHT.

-Tall buildings with stained glass were very popular.

Question 8

The Hagia Sofia is an important structural building from what architectural movement?

Answer 8

The Byzantine

Question 9

Who was the Hagia Sofia built by and designed by?

Answer 9

Justinian

Question 10

What did the Hagia Sofia do for the movement?

Answer 10

Brought focus and design to the interior of buildings in the Byzantine period.

Question 11

What is Fashion?

Answer 11

A social phenomenon that is characterized by the acceptance of styles in a shirt period of time by a large number of people

Question 12

When did Fashion develop?

Answer 12

The Romanesque/ Feudal Monarchy period

-Political, social, and economic events effect and influence clothing.

Question 13

The Byzantine Empire was introduced to silk , by what means?

Answer 13

By silk worms!

Question 14

Who produced the silkworm and how did they do it?

Answer 14

• 2 priests from the east stole the silk worm from China
  
  • They stole 2 silkworm eggs and then decided to monopolize them.
    -This brought brocades,
    (Rich silk fabric with raised patterns often in gold or
    silver)

Question 15

What the 3 Cathedrals were built during the Gothic Architecture period and what order did they develop in?

Answer 15

1. St. Dennis Cathedral
2. Norte Dame de Paris
3. Charles Cathedral

(ALL IN FRANCE)

Question 16

What did the St. Dennis Cathedral offer to the Gothic period?

Answer 16

This is were the gothic style originated

Question 17

What did the Norte Dame de Paris offer to the Gothic period?

Answer 17

• • This was the first cathedral to use flying buttresses

* The gold standard to gothic style

Question 18

What did the Charles Cathedral offer to the Gothic period?

Answer 18

• An unaltered cathedral
• The first cathedral to have triforium
• Develops columns that support structures. These depict royalty.
• *It was originated to house the tunic of Mary.
  
  • • this is the tunic she wore when she “gave birth to christ “

Question 19

What were the major fabrics used in the Byzantine period and how were they produced?

Answer 19

Used linen, silk, and wool.

-They began to use silk to produce brocades

Question 20

What were the major fabrics used in the Romanesque period and how were they produced?

Answer 20

Used linen, wool, silk, and cotton.

• Men invented the sitting loom.
• Woman still used the spinning wheel

Question 21

What were the major fabrics used in the Gothic period and how were they produced?

Answer 21

Used linen, wool, silk, brocades, velvet, and fur.

- They used the middle man merchant who brought supplies to be spun by the men on the loom.

Question 22

What were sumptuary laws?

Answer 22

laws that regulate extravagance and luxury

Question 23

What was Ivan the Terrible involved in the invention of?

Answer 23

1. He was involved with the onion dome.

2. He was involved with the cathedral of St. Basil