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

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