Medieval & Romanesque Art

Question 1

What was the importance of adding radiating chapels to the apse and ambulatory spaces of Romanesque churches?

Answer 1

they provided extra room for pilgrims visiting relics and offered better movement within the church

Question 2

Romanesque architectural features

Answer 2

Round arches and barrel vaults

Question 3

Elegantly illuminated manuscripts, lavish metalwork, intricate carving, and Romanesque churches and cathedrals

Answer 3

Ottonian Art

Question 4

The main imagery of Christ surrounded by souls being weighed and souls ascending to heaven in the Last Judgement by Gislebertus is specifically located in which section of the portal?

Answer 4

Tympanum

Question 5

These scenes of Christ in Majesty from Spain that promote the Almightly Christ are also known by what name?

Answer 5

Christ Pantokrator

Question 6

Who was the individual who called for the first crusades to “free” Jerusalem and the Holy Lands from Islamic rule?

Answer 6

Pope Urban II

Question 7

William, Duke of Normandy, conquered England in 1066 CE by defeating the __________ kings that ruled the island in the 11th century.

Answer 7

Viking

Question 8

During the Romanesque period, ___________ churches grew larger to accomodate large numbers of people who came to worship at the apsidal chapels that contained relics and other images of saints.

Answer 8

pilgrimage

Question 9

The Bayeux Tapestry (c. 1073 - 1083 CE) describes the invasion of England by William the Conqueror in a ____________.

Answer 9

continuous narrative

Question 10

The illustrations have roots in late classical painting; landscapes are represented in an illusionistic style

Answer 10

Ebbo Gospels Art

Question 11

Spiral motifs, ultimately coming from the pre-Christian, Celtic world. Abstracted, intertwined animals and birds common to early Germanic and Anglo-Saxon art. Ribbons plated together into designs that had their origins in Mediterranean countries.

Answer 11

Book of Kells art

Question 12

can be described as energetic, expressionistic, even frenzied. The artist remains attentive to the use of highlighting and shadow to create three-dimensional forms, but does so with textured rather than smooth modeling, which creates an effect of movement.

Answer 12

Coronation Gospels art

Question 13

The script is written in ink, with gold initials, and the manuscript is extensively illustrated with portraits of the four evangelists (the authors of the four gospels), and scenes from the life of Christ as well as the ruler portrait

Answer 13

Gospels of Otto iii

Question 14

The use of animal motifs, such as the one above, in Medieval books from Northern Europe are known by what name?

Answer 14

Zoomorphic designs

Question 15

Charlemagne’s Palace Chapel (also known as the Palatine Chapel) in Aachen, Germany was directly inspired by which Italian church?

Answer 15

Church of San Vitale in Ravenna

Question 16

From his court in ______________, Charlemagne imported intellectuals and artists from across Europe, influencing art and religious culture for centuries to come.

Answer 16

Aachen

Question 17

On the bronze doors of St. Michael’s Church in Hildesheim, Germany, dating to 1015, the left door depicts scenes from the __________ while the right door depicts scenes from the _____, so that there is a comparision of themes related to the life of Adam and the life of Christ.

Answer 17

Old Testament; New Testament

Question 18

St. Michael’s Church in Hildesheim, Germany was commissioned by which individual?

Answer 18

Bishop Bernward

Question 19

The architectural innovation in Christian churches known as Westwork developed in the Carolingian Period.

Answer 19

True

Question 20

What do the Greek letters, chi-rho-iota (X-P-I) represent?

Answer 20

The name of Christ in Greek