Art History 25 - Survey of Art History: Ancient Worlds to Gothic » Summer 2020 » Unit 12 Quiz. Romanesque Europe

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Question #1
Among those who would be judged favorably in Gislebertus’s Last Judgment are people carrying bags adorned with a shell and a cross. These figures represent ____.
A.   the inhabitants of India
B.   hand-workers
C.   pilgrims to Jerusalem and Santiago
D.   monks and nuns
Question #2
Which of the following encouraged the growth of towns and cities?
A.   The pilgrimage routes
B.   A consolidation of power within the papacy
C.   An increase in trade
D.   The end of the power of the Vikings
Question #3
One of the factors that contributed to the enormous surge in church building during the Romanesque period was the ____.
A.   conversion of the Vikings to Christianity
B.   influx of artists from Byzantium
C.   inexpensive cost of stone
D.   thanksgiving experienced at the peaceful conclusion of the first millennium
Question #4
Pilgrims often journeyed to churches to view ____, which were the material remains of holy figures
A.   relics
B.   chants
C.   stained glass
D.   censors
Question #5
The east end of Saint-Étienne at Vignory, which was composed of ____, was innovative.
A.   an ambulatory and three radiating chapels
B.   an apse and a triumphal arch
C.   a double transept and a chancel arch
D.   semi-domes
Question #6
Saint-Sernin at Toulouse has been called a “pilgrimage type” church. Which of the following accounts for this designation?
A.   It attached the ambulatory to the nave.
B.   It added perimeter buildings to house pilgrims.
C.   It narrowed the main aisle to create a dignified progress for viewing the relics.
D.   It had radiating chapels attached to the transept and ambulatory.
Question #7
The purpose of tribunes such as those found at Saint James at Santiago de Compostela and Saint-Sernin in Toulouse was ____.
A.   for the pope to greet the crowds
B.   to hold trials
C.   to house the overflow crowds and to buttress the weight of the vaults
D.   to stage plays
Question #8
Compound piers are ____.
A.   pier with painted registers
B.   piers with Doric and Ionic capitals
C.   piers with attached columns or pilasters
D.   piers with sculptures of prophets
Question #9
The revival of monumental sculpture in the Romanesque period was partially influenced by ____.
A.   the ease of stone carving
B.   the invasion of Germanic tribes
C.   the survival of ancient Roman ruins
D.   feudalism

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