Chap 15: Romanesque Art
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1) This period is known as "Romanesque" because:
A)
the architecture is romantic
B)
art is created exclusively by people speaking romance languages
C)
the official language of church and state is Latin.
D)
architecture is based on Roman building principles.
2)
are journeys to holy sites.
3) During the Romanesque period, painted decoration was most popular for the walls of a church.
True
False
4) A campanile is a
A)
baptistry gate
B)
belltower
C)
dome lantern
D)
doorway support
5) The monastery at Fontenay was built by the _______, a reform group whose most famous member was St. Bernard of Clairvaux.
A)
Benedictines
B)
Cistercians
C)
Dominicans
D)
Franciscans
6) The majority of church apses, such as the one we studied from Tahull, depict:
A)
Christ in Glory
B)
Last Judgment
C)
Local patron saints
D)
Maiestas Domini
E)
Both A and D, because Maiestas Domini translates to Christ in Glory
7) While the book discussed the pilgrimage church of Ste Foi in Conques, in class we looked at a comparable pilgrimage road church known as:
A)
Chartres
B)
Fontenay
C)
Moissac
D)
St.-Sernin of Toulouse
8) Answer the following questions about this image:
The subject of this work is:
A)
Annunciation
B)
Christ in Glory
C)
Last Judgment
D)
Adam and Eve
9) The inscription GISLEBERTUS HOC FECIT on the lintel has been interpreted to mean:
A)
Gislebertus made the work, i.e. he was the artist.
B)
Gislebertus made up the inscription, i.e. he was a Latin theologian
C)
Gislebertus donated the work, i.e. he "made it happen."
D)
Both A and B have been suggested
E)
Both A and C have been suggested.
10) Which of the following areas is not shown in this image as a place for stone carving?
A)
Lintel
B)
Trumeau
C)
Tympanum
D)
Voussoirs
11) This portal can be found at the church in
A)
Autun
B)
Chartres
C)
St.-Sernin of Toulouse
D)
Moissac
12) Answer the following questions about this image:
Pilgrims at this site would move through the _____ (marked in purple) to view relics in the ring of chapels.
A)
ambulatory
B)
nave
C)
Porte Miègeville
D)
transept
13) The basic shape of this church is cruciform, or cross-shaped.
True
False
14) The area in yellow is known as the
.
15) The main, or "high" altar in this church is most likely found in which spot (marked by letters on the plan):
A)
because it is the eastern-most point in the Church
B)
the formal "apse' area
C)
in the crossing, because it is centralized, and well lit by a tower
D)
in the nave, because it's more accessible to the people
E)
in the transept, because it's where saints relics are stored.
16) In a Romanesque Pilgrimage Road Church, there are probably altars at all of the points (marked A, B, C, D, and E) in the church.
True
False
17) The architectural features circled in green are called:
A)
apses
B)
absidioles
C)
radiating chapels
D)
Both A and B
E)
Both B and C
18) The area on the plan marked in red (with a question mark) is a(n) _______, or the space between any two of a series of similar architectural members.
A)
Apse
B)
Bay
C)
Chapel
D)
Transept
E)
Side Aisle
19) St. Bernard of Clairvaux described the sculpture found in some of the monasteries in this period as:
A)
"beautiful deformity and deformed beauty"
B)
needlessly expensive
C)
distracting, so that monks "read in the marble and not in their books."
D)
all of the above
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