Final 1

Question 1

Sutton Hoo Treasure

Answer 1

-jeweled purse -found in burial of King Anna of East Anglia (d. 654 CE)

Question 2

Oratory Chapel at Germigny-des-pries

Answer 2

Greek cross plan -built by Bishop Theodulf of Orleans -east apse has a unique mosaic of cherubs over Ark of the Covenant (Charlemange uses old testament for decoration)

Question 3

The Gatehouse of the Monastery at Lorsch

Answer 3

• late 8th C -ceremonial, resembles triumphal arch, designs from gospel books
• charlemange’s court were nomadic and used monasteries as temporary locations

Question 4

Westwerk, imperial Monastery church, Corvey

Answer 4

• c.873-85 -only surviving example of a Carolingian westwerk
• recalls towers of a city gate or defensive fortress
• imagery of both church and state

Question 5

St. Gall plan for an ideal Benedictine monastery

Answer 5

-c.819-26 -oldest preserved architectural document from the middle ages -discovered in the monastery library in St. Gall, Switzerland, 1939 -double ended semi dome (double ended basilica)

Question 6

Sources of Carolingian buildings

Answer 6

1. Roman Architecture 2.Early Christian Architecture 3. Northern temperament, decorative art from Migration period

Question 7

Charlemagne’s Palatine Chapel at Aachen

Answer 7

• c. 790s-814 -Odo of Metz -modeled on San Vitale
• mosaics in dome show Christ seated in judgment, surrounded by 24 elders

Question 8

Church of St. Pantaleon

Answer 8

• c.870 -Germany -Empress Theophane (wife of Otto II) added a much larger westwerk and an apse with crypt at east end
• somewhat coffered ceiling.
• gallery arcade is multicolored

Question 9

The Benedictine Monastery Church of St. Michael

Answer 9

• Hildesheim, Germany
• 1001-1033
• double ender
• ambulatory surrounds subterraean crypt

Question 10

Benedictine Monastery Church of St. Michael

Answer 10

-c. 1001-1033 -Hildesheim, Germany

Question 11

Gemrode nunnery church

Answer 11

• built after 961
• high clerestory similar to Hildesheim

Question 12

Codex aureus of St. Emmeram

Answer 12

c780 -cover of gold relief and jewels “Golden Book”

Question 13

Carpet page fro Lindesfame Gospels

Answer 13

-late 7c -intricate weaving and interlacements -geometric framework -made by monks in scriptorium

Question 14

Book of Kells

Answer 14

-early 9c -interlaced fantasy and figures

Question 15

San Juan de Banos

Answer 15

-Palencia, Spain -c661 -fragmented space became the in thing for christianity

Question 16

San Pedro de la Nave

Answer 16

c691 -historic capital from the Book of Exodus: Abraham’s disobedience to God -Nave covered by wood truss