Unit 10: Medival Christian Art and Architecture

Question 1

Why is it called the Gothic Era

Answer 1

Scholars were striving to be like the greeks/romans. Gothics were the people that sacked Rome. They are insulting the era because it wasn’t like the era before

Question 2

Basilica

Answer 2

major type of building that emerged in gothic era. commonly used for churches

Question 3

Parts of a basilica

Answer 3

Central hall called nave
has columns
lower isles on either side
pointed roof

Question 4

What is this building called

Answer 4

Basilica

Question 5

What are the orange, green, yellow, and pink parts called?

Answer 5

orange = nave
dark green = crossing
light green = transept
yellow = choir
pink = apse

Question 6

Ottonian churches

Answer 6

very large and solid
dont really have many windows

Question 7

Answer 7

St. Michael’s
Hildesheim, Germany
1000 CE
Ottonian church

Question 8

West Works

Answer 8

west entrance

Question 9

Romanesque Architecture

Answer 9

Built for religous reasons and show of wealth
Has lots of columns and rounded arches
more windows than ottonian

Question 10

Answer 10

Piazza del Duomo
Pisa, Italy
1063-1272 CE
Romanesque

Question 11

How was romanesque architecture termed?

Answer 11

they still had roman ruins and basically modified it to make similar buildings

Question 12

Answer 12

Saint Marco Palace of the Doge
Venice
1063-1250 CE
Chapel attached to palace, is a show of power
Romanesque

Question 13

facade

Answer 13

front of building

Question 14

Answer 14

s marco
venice
1063 CE
has rounded arches
romanesque

Question 15

Answer 15

St. Sernin
Toulouse
1080-1120 CE
romanesque

Question 16

Answer 16

St Sernin
Toulouse
Romanesque
has lots of columns and arches that require thick walls ,but allows the roof to be raised

Question 17

technique for supporting arched ceilings

Answer 17

ribbed groin vaults

Question 18

Answer 18

Ribbed groin vault
durham cathedral
1093-1130 CE
Ribbed groin vault is big step towards gothic art

Question 19

Early Gothic architecture

Answer 19

arches become pointed
more windows (natural light was important)
ribbed groin vault
tall and airy

Question 20

Answer 20

st Denis
renovation
1140
early gothic

Question 21

Answer 21

canterbury cathedral
1174
early gothic

Question 22

Answer 22

notre Dame Cathedral
1163
early gothic

Question 23

high gothic

Answer 23

buildings very tall and airy
mostly windows, hardly any walls
has flying butress

Question 24

Answer 24

Amiens cathedral
1163
high gothic

Question 25

Answer 25

ste. Chapelle
paris
1243-8
stained glass came from middle east
high gothic

Question 26

Answer 26

Chartres cathedral
1194-1220
has flying buttresses
high gothic

Question 27

flying buttress

Answer 27

external support of building

Question 28

Collegiate gothic

Answer 28

first universities were similar to churches

Question 29

Answer 29

Thorv building
collegiate gothic

Question 30

Answer 30

cross of Gero
969-76
sunburst was added 700yrs after sculpture was made

Question 31

Answer 31

Judgement scene
Tympanum, Autun Cathedral
1130
relief carving that has elongated, stylized figures (not natural)

Question 32

Tympanum

Answer 32

large semi circle above church door

Question 33

gothic sculptures

Answer 33

become more 3 dimensional and natural
faces are very realistic and are different from each other

Question 34

Answer 34

Reims Cathedral
1225-55

Question 35

Answer 35

Pulpit by Giovanni Pisano
pistoia
1297
faces are realistic and different

Question 36

Answer 36

Well of Mosesby Claus Sluter
1297

Question 37

Answer 37

St. Francis Alterpiece on wood
bonaventura Berlinghieri
1235
symbolism (wounds on hand, angels) depict how holy he is

Question 38

Answer 38

Cimabue
1280-90
gold backround and halos symbolize holyness. Highly stylized, basically 2D

Question 39

Answer 39

Duccio
Maesta alterpiece
1308-11
has more dimension and is more 3D

Question 40

Answer 40

Giotto
Scrovegni Chapel
1304-13
fresco

Question 41

Answer 41

Giotto
Scrovegni chapel
1304-13
spaces are connectedby mountains and sky

Question 42

Answer 42

Giotto
Scrovegni Chapel
1304-13
had to be painted in sections because it had to be painted when plaster is just wet enough

Question 43

Answer 43

Bayeux tapestry
1073-83
Embroidery/needlepoint

Question 44

tapestry

Answer 44

coloured thread embroidered on linen

Question 45

Answer 45

bayeux tapestry
made to celebrate invasion of Eames conquering England. 70 meters long

Question 46

what is true tapestry

Answer 46

it is woven, not embroidered

Question 47

Answer 47

Apocalypse tapestry
Angers, France
1377
true tapestry

Question 48

why were tapestries popular

Answer 48

were portable and durable. When they were hung on stone walls, they provided some insulation

Question 49

palimpsest

Answer 49

text erased and another text written on top

Question 50

what is parchement made of

Answer 50

animal hide

Question 51

golden ratio for manuscripts

Answer 51

3 by 3

Question 52

Manuscript production

Answer 52

made from parchement, with lots of the page empty (luxury item). They were very durable because they were made from leather and the ink soaked in like a fresco

Question 53

Answer 53

Book of hours (privately owned book of prayers)
psalms 145
France
mid 1400s

Question 54

how did people who wrote manuscripts write straight

Answer 54

had pinholes for straight edges to go across

Question 55

Answer 55

has historiated intial (has images in it)

Question 56

Why did some manuscripts have images on them

Answer 56

dont really know.