Islamic, Early Medieval, Romanesque, and Gothic

Question 1

Dome of the Rock

Answer 1

7th Century; Jerusalem, Isreal

Islamic

Question 2

The Great Mosque of Cordoba

Answer 2

786 CE; Spain

Islamic

Question 3

Early Medieval Art

Answer 3

6th - 9th Century

Question 4

Sutton Hoo Purse Cover

Answer 4

630 CE; England; gold with garnets and Cloisonne;

Northern European Art, Early Medieval

Question 5

Animal Head Post

Answer 5

800 CE; Norway; hardwood

Northern European Art, Early Medieval

Question 6

The Book of Kells (Chi Rho Iota page)

Answer 6

8th-9th Century; Ireland; tempera on vellum

Hiberno-Saxo, Early Medieval Art

Question 7

Lindisfarne Gospels (Cross Page)

Answer 7

700 CE; Ireland; tempera on vellum

Hiberno-Saxon, Early Medieval Art

Question 8

Charlemagne’s Palace Chapel

Answer 8

800 CE; Germany

Caroligian Art; Early Medieval Art

Question 9

St. Matthew

Answer 9

800 CE; France; from the Gospel Book of Charlemagne

Caroligian Art; Early Medieval Art

Question 10

Romanesque Art

Answer 10

1050-1200 CE

Question 11

Santiago de Compostela

Answer 11

1100 CE; Spain

Romanesque

Question 12

Saint Sernin

Answer 12

1100 CE; Toulouse

Romanesque

Question 13

Saint-Pierre Moissac

Answer 13

1100 CE; France; Cloister and portal

Romanesque

Question 14

The Bayeux Tapestry

Answer 14

1070-1080 CE; France; wool on linen

Romanesque

Question 15

Gothic Art

Answer 15

1140-14th Century

Question 16

Abbey Church at St. Dennis

Answer 16

1140 CE; Paris, France

Gothic Art

Question 17

Notre Dame de Paris

Answer 17

1163-1250 CE; Paris, France

Gothic Art

Question 18

Chartres Cathedral

Answer 18

13th Century; Chartres, France

Gothic Art

Question 19

Sainte Chapelle

Answer 19

1243-1248 CE; Paris, France

Gothic Art

Question 20

Qur’an

Answer 20

Sacred text of Islam

Question 21

Minaret

Answer 21

A tower on or near a mosque, varying extensively in form throughout the Islamic world, from which the faithful are called to prayer fivet imes a day.

Question 22

Mosque

Answer 22

A building used as a center for community prayers in Islamic worship; it often serves other functions including religious education and public assembly.

Question 23

Muhammad

Answer 23

Islamic musiah

Question 24

Mecca

Answer 24

Promise land of the Islamic religion

Question 25

Caliph

Answer 25

The cheif muslim civil and religious reader.

Question 26

The 5 Pillars of Faith

Answer 26

are five basic acts in Islam, consideredmandatory by believers and are the foundation of Muslim life.

Question 27

Cloisonne

Answer 27

An enameling method in which the hallows created by wires joined to a metal plate are filled with enamel to create a design.

Question 28

Sutton Hoo

Answer 28

Sutton Hoo, near Woodbridge, in the English county of Suffolk, is the site of two 6th- and early 7th-century cemeteries.

Question 29

Manuscript Illumination

Answer 29

Decoration of handwritten documents, scrolls, or books with drawings or paintings.

Question 30

Charlemagne

Answer 30

Charlemagne, also known as Charles the Great or Charles I, was the King of the Franks from 768, the King of Italy from 774, and from 800 the first emperor in western Europe since the collapse of the Western Roman Empire three centuries earlier.

Question 31

Reliquaries

Answer 31

A container used for storing or displaying relics.

Question 32

Feudalism

Answer 32

Social system in which the nobility held lands from the Crown in exchange for military service, and vassals were in turn tenants of the nobles, while the peasants (villeins or serfs) were obliged to live on their lord’s land and give him homage, labor, and a share of the produce, notionally in exchange for military protection.

Question 33

Tympanum

Answer 33

An arched area between an arch and the lintel of a door or window, frequently carved with relief sculpture.

Question 34

Flying Buttresses

Answer 34

An arch or series fo arches on the exterior of a building to detached pier butresses so that the thrust from the roof vaults is offset. (Buttress = A projecting support built against an external wall, usually to counteract the lateral thrust or a vault or arch within.)