Art History 25 - Survey of Art History: Ancient Worlds to Gothic » Summer 2019 » Unit 12 Quiz Romanesque Europe

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Question #1
What purpose did Gislebertus’s image of the Last Judgment on the portal of Saint-Lazare serve?
A.   It encouraged viewers to seek salvation by terrifying them.
B.   It encouraged viewers to go on a pilgrimage.
C.   It displayed the saint to whom the church was dedicated.
D.   It reinforced the virginity of Mary.
Question #2
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.   hand-workers
B.   pilgrims to Jerusalem and Santiago
C.   the inhabitants of India
D.   monks and nuns
Question #3
Which of the following encouraged the growth of towns and cities?
A.   The pilgrimage routes
B.   The end of the power of the Vikings
C.   An increase in trade
D.   A consolidation of power within the papacy
Question #4
One of the factors that contributed to the enormous surge in church building during the Romanesque period was the ____.
A.   thanksgiving experienced at the peaceful conclusion of the first millennium
B.   influx of artists from Byzantium
C.   inexpensive cost of stone
D.   conversion of the Vikings to Christianity
Question #5
Pilgrims often journeyed to churches to view ____, which were the material remains of holy figures.
A.   stained glass
B.   censors
C.   chants
D.   relics
Question #6
The east end of Saint-Étienne at Vignory, which was composed of ____, was innovative.
A.   semi-domes
B.   an apse and a triumphal arch
C.   an ambulatory and three radiating chapels
D.   a double transept and a chancel arch
Question #7
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 #8
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 stage plays
C.   for the pope to greet the crowds
D.   to house the overflow crowds and to buttress the weight of the vaults
Question #9
Compound piers are ____.
A.   pier with painted registers
B.   piers with Doric and Ionic capitals
C.   piers with sculptures of prophets
D.   piers with attached columns or pilasters
Question #10
The revival of monumental sculpture in the Romanesque period was partially influenced by ____.
A.   feudalism
B.   the survival of ancient Roman ruins
C.   the invasion of Germanic tribes
D.   the ease of stone carving

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