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 displayed the saint to whom the church was dedicated.
B.   It encouraged viewers to go on a pilgrimage.
C.   It reinforced the virginity of Mary.
D.   It encouraged viewers to seek salvation by terrifying them.
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.   monks and nuns
D.   the inhabitants of India
Question #3
Which of the following encouraged the growth of towns and cities?
A.   A consolidation of power within the papacy
B.   The pilgrimage routes
C.   The end of the power of the Vikings
D.   An increase in trade
Question #4
One of the factors that contributed to the enormous surge in church building during the Romanesque period was the ____.
A.   influx of artists from Byzantium
B.   inexpensive cost of stone
C.   thanksgiving experienced at the peaceful conclusion of the first millennium
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.   relics
D.   chants
Question #6
The east end of Saint-Étienne at Vignory, which was composed of ____, was innovative.
A.   an apse and a triumphal arch
B.   semi-domes
C.   a double transept and a chancel arch
D.   an ambulatory and three radiating chapels
Question #7
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 attached the ambulatory to the nave.
C.   It added perimeter buildings to house pilgrims.
D.   It narrowed the main aisle to create a dignified progress for viewing the relics.
Question #8
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 stage plays
D.   to hold trials
Question #9
Compound piers are ____.
A.   piers with sculptures of prophets
B.   piers with attached columns or pilasters
C.   piers with Doric and Ionic capitals
D.   pier with painted registers
Question #10
The revival of monumental sculpture in the Romanesque period was partially influenced by ____.
A.   the ease of stone carving
B.   the survival of ancient Roman ruins
C.   the invasion of Germanic tribes
D.   feudalism

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