L7: LATE MEDIEAVAL IN ITALY

Question 1

Gothic in Italy is often referred to as ______ or Italian Gothic

Answer 1

Romanesque
Gothic

Question 2

Characteristics of Early Christian Gothic

Answer 2

1. thick walls
2. small windows
3. round arches
4. barrel vaults

Question 3

The oldest example of
Cistercian Romanesque Gothic

Answer 3

FOSSANOVA ABBEY, Latina, C. Italy

Question 4

is austere and beautiful
Cistercian Romanesque Gothic.

Answer 4

CASAMARI ABBEY, Lazio, C. Italy

Question 5

is one of
the most important places of Christian pilgrimage. It is the resting place
of St. Francis of Assisi and an UNESCO World Heritage, 2000

Answer 5

SAN FRANCESCO MONASTERY, Umbria, C. Italy

Question 6

the first Italian Gothic example of French origin

Answer 6

BASILICA OF ST. FRANCIS, Bologna, N. Italy

Question 7

The 2nd largest Gothic cathedral in the world, next to Cathedral of Seville, Spain.
It was finished with Candoglia marble (pink with green layers). The cathedral is the largest medieval cathedral in Italy & can
accommodate 40,00 people. More than 50 architects took part in the construction of the church in a span of 5 centuries

Answer 7

MILAN CATHEDRAL

Question 8

is a 7-domed pilgrimage
church

Answer 8

BASILICA DE SAN ANTONIO PADUA

Question 9

a Dominican church with beautiful
brickwork

Answer 9

S. GIOVANNI e PAOLO, Venice

Question 10

by Cardinal Guala Bicchieri, is
closest in spirit and form to the French gothic style.
Its façade is finished with grey-green stones.

Answer 10

S. ANDREA, VERCELLI

Question 11

was designed perhaps by Filippo Calendario in Islamic and Gothic mix.
The whole scheme of columned and pointed arches with a combination of carved capitals and long horizontal line of open tracery is a unique design of Venetian Gothic. Venetian Gothic is a style of palatial residences for rich merchants and aristocrats. It is faced with white and rose-colored patterned marble with a central ornate window.

Answer 11

DOGE’S PALACE

Question 12

was designed by Giovanni and
Bartolomeo Buon

Answer 12

CA D’ ORO, Venice

Question 13

Was designed by Arnolfo di Cambio. The exterior is faced with polychrome marble panels in various shades of green and pink bordered by white, an elaborate 19th-century Gothic Revival façade by Emilio De Fabris

Answer 13

FLORENCE CATHEDRAL

Question 14

was initially designed by Giotto & later by Andrea Pisano and Francesco Talenti.
The Cathedral, Bell Tower, Baptistery and its surrounding city is a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1982

Answer 14

The FLORENCE CATHEDRAL BELL TOWER

Question 15

Interior with zebra-marble stripes on piers & walls. It is one of the most stupendous undertakings since the building of Pisa cathedral.
Its Piccolomini Library houses the precious illuminated choir books and frescoes painted by the Umbrian Bernardino di Betto, called Pinturicchio, probably based on designs by Raphael.

Answer 15

SIENA CATHEDRAL

Question 16

by Arnolfo di Cambio is faced with striped
marble, basalt & travertine & windows are filled with alabaster.
Its façade has glittering mosaics created by artist Cesare Nebbia.

Answer 16

ORVIETO CATHEDRAL

Question 17

The city’s principal Dominican
church and the first great basilica in Florence . It was designed by Fra Sisto Fiorentino and Fra Ristoro da Campi. The façade was later designed by Leon Battista Alberti in the renaissance style.

Answer 17

S. MARIA NOVELLA, Florence

Question 18

Gothic version of a basilican church by
Arnolfo di Cambio.
It is the largest Franciscan church in the world.
Its most notable features are its 16 chapels decorated with frescoes.
It contains monuments of celebrated Italians. Inside are Michelangelo’s and Galileo’s tombs

Answer 18

S. CROCE

Question 19

was begun during the time of King
Roger.
The façade portals are Gothic.
The bell tower holds one of the largest astronomical clocks in the
world, built in 1933 by the Ungerer Company of Strasbourg.
Every day at midday the figures are set in motion and show scenes from the history.
The open timber ceiling is a beautiful romanesque/basilica type design with colorful Arab motifs

Answer 19

MESSINA CATHEDRAL

Question 20

was erected in by Walter Ophamil.
It was turned into a mosque by the Saracens after their conquest of the city in the 9th cent.
It is characterized by the presence of different styles, due to a long history of additions, alterations, and restorations, the last of which occurred in the 18th cent.
It is a rich mix of Norman and Catalan Gothic.
It is the site of royal coronations and burials.
It is an UNESCO World Heritage, 2015

Answer 20

PALERMO CATHEDRAL