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.   the inhabitants of India
C.   pilgrims to Jerusalem and Santiago
D.   hand-workers
Question #2
Which of the following encouraged the growth of towns and cities?
A.   A consolidation of power within the papacy
B.   The end of the power of the Vikings
C.   The pilgrimage routes
D.   An increase in trade
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.   influx of artists from Byzantium
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.   chants
B.   censors
C.   relics
D.   stained glass
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.   an ambulatory and three radiating chapels
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 added perimeter buildings to house pilgrims.
B.   It narrowed the main aisle to create a dignified progress for viewing the relics.
C.   It attached the ambulatory to the nave.
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 house the overflow crowds and to buttress the weight of the vaults
C.   to hold trials
D.   to stage plays
Question #8
Compound piers are ____.
A.   piers with Doric and Ionic capitals
B.   pier with painted registers
C.   piers with sculptures of prophets
D.   piers with attached columns or pilasters
Question #9
The revival of monumental sculpture in the Romanesque period was partially influenced by ____.
A.   the ease of stone carving
B.   feudalism
C.   the survival of ancient Roman ruins
D.   the invasion of Germanic tribes

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