Dates to Remember for the Final Exam
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1) The best all-purpose date to remember for the Carolingian period is the date on which Charlemagne was crowned Emperor, Christmas Day in the year
.
2) The year of the contest to see who would get the commission for the doors of the Florence Baptistery is
. At this time, the rivalry between Brunelleschi and Ghiberti was made fully public.
3) Which of the following statements is not true about Chartres Cathedral?
A)
Some shrine seemed to have existed on the spot by the 5th century.
B)
The Royal Portal dates sometime after the one at St.-Denis, probably 1145-55.
C)
After a fire in 1194, the major part of the cathedral was restored.
D)
The portals were completed in the 1230's, so that's the approximate date of the St. Theodore.
E)
In 1917, during World War I, the cathedral was bombed and lost most of its medieval glass.
4) We can date the beginning of the Gothic period to the dedication of Abbot Suger's choir at Saint-Denis, in the year
A)
1000
B)
1117
C)
1144
D)
1194
E)
1258
5) What is the correct chronological order of the basic art periods?
A)
Carolingian, Romanesque, Ottonian, Gothic
B)
Carolingian, Ottonian, Romanesque, Gothic
C)
Ottonian, Romanesque, Gothic, Carolingian
D)
Ottonian, Carolingian, Gothic Romanesque
6) The best all-purpose date for material from the Ottonian period is:
A)
800
B)
1000
C)
1200
D)
1400
7) The Italian term for the fourteenth century is the
.
8) The work of Botticelli enjoyed the patronage of Lorenzo de' Medici, who ruled in Florence during the
A)
1410's
B)
1440's
C)
1480's
D)
1500's
9) Which of the following artworks can
NOT
be dated to the years around 800?
A)
The purse lid from Sutton Hoo.
B)
The Palatine Chapel at Aachen
C)
The Oseberg Ship burial
D)
The Book of Kells
10) Which of the following works can
NOT
be dated to the 1420's?
A)
Brunelleschi's design for the Duomo in Florence.
B)
Masaccio's frescoes of the Holy Trinity.
C)
Robert Campin's
Merode Altarpiece
D)
Donatello's
Mary Magadlene
.
11) Which of the following works does
NOT
belong to the Trecento?
A)
Giotto's Arena Chapel at Padua.
B)
Simone Martini's
Annunciation
C)
Duccio's
Maestà
.
D)
Nicolo Pisano's Pisa Pulpit.
12) The Italian term for the fifteenth century is the
.
13) The material found at Sutton Hoo represented the customs of the Anglo-Saxons before they were converted to Christianity in the 7th century.
True
False
14) The date of the
Arnolfini Wedding Portrait
by Jan van Eyck is actually painted into the work, and the year is 1484.
True
False
15) The Sainte-Chapelle of Louis IX of France (Saint Louis) dates to the mid-thirteenth century.
True
False
16) Most Romanesque sculpted portals can be dated to the first half of the 12th century.
True
False
17) Which of the following works does
NOT
date to approximately the year 1000?
A)
Christ Crowning Otto and Theophanu
.
B)
The Morgan Beatus manuscript.
C)
The Palatine Chapel at Aachen.
D)
The church of St. Cyriakus at Gernrode.
18) The year that the Black Death struck for the first time with full force is
, killing many artists as it devastated entire towns in Italy.
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