Final

Question 1

Difference between Romanesque and gothic architecture

Answer 1

Romanesque: Horizontal, modest height, multiple units, rounded arch, piers and walls, barrel and groin vaults, dark, solemn, simple, severe, damnation

Gothic: vertical, soaring, unified, unbroken space, pointed arch, exterior buttresses, ribbed groin vaults, airy bright stained glass windows, richly decorated with sculpture, salvation

Question 2

High Renaissance vs. Mannerism

Answer 2

Normal vs. abnormal
Direct vs. elaborate
Controlled vs. disjointed
Harmonious vs. conflicted
Normative vs. uncanonical
Easily posed vs. tensely posed
Balance vs. contrasted
Natural vs. artificial

Question 3

Technical term for a vaulted, semicircular recess at the end of an aisle, a chapel, or the chancel of a church

Answer 3

Apse

Question 4

The most important forces that influence the development of Romanesque architecture

Answer 4

Pilgrimages and monasticism

Question 5

The greatest center of pilgrimage in the late Middle Ages was?

Answer 5

Santiago de compostela

Question 6

In the Middle Ages, which language did scholars in Western Europe generally use

Answer 6

Latin

Question 7

The distinguishing feature of many Romanesque churches is?

Answer 7

Barrel vaults

Question 8

The model for charlemagnes architectural Renaissance was?

Answer 8

San vitale

Question 9

This woven document narrates the events in the Norman conquest of Britain

Answer 9

Bayeaux tapestry

Question 10

Name of the notable sculptor responsible for much of the monumental sculpture at autun cathedral

Answer 10

Gislebertus

Question 11

Anything that is used as container for memorabilia of a saint of the Catholic Church

Answer 11

Reliquary

Question 12

This architectural structure proved to be a useful addition to Romanesque churches

Answer 12

Ambulatories

Question 13

A unique architectural feature in Italian Romanesque churches which will continue into the gothic period

Answer 13

The independent campanille

Question 14

It is in this cathedral that the elements of the gothic reach their most perfect harmony

Answer 14

Chartres

Question 15

An important new technique in the paintings of Giotto

Answer 15

Atmospheric perspective

Question 16

This cathedral was the intellectual center of Western Europe during the late Middle Ages

Answer 16

Notre dame in Paris

Question 17

A unique peculiarity of this monumental gotchic cathedral in France is that its twin spire are uneven and different in style

Answer 17

Chartres

Question 18

We say that the gothic was born between 1137 and 1144 under the leader ship of?

Answer 18

Abbot sugger

Question 19

Which was the first country to adopt the gothic outside of France

Answer 19

England

Question 20

The great difference between the Romanesque theme and the gothic theme

Answer 20

Damnation vs. salvation

Question 21

The two great centers of the late Italian gothic period are?

Answer 21

Florence and siena

Question 22

This architectural element became a standard of gothic church decoration

Answer 22

Column statues

Question 23

Giottos masterpiece frescos are found in the?

Answer 23

Arena chapel in Padua

Question 24

This philosopher was able to integrate faith and reason in what came to be known as scholastic philosophy

Answer 24

Saint Thomas aquinas

Question 25

This sculpture is also a metaphor of the miraculous victory of right over wrong

Answer 25

David

Question 26

This fresco by lorenzitti in Siena is considered the first panoramic work in western art

Answer 26

The effects of good government

Question 27

The patron family of Florence in the 15th century was the?

Answer 27

Medicis

Question 28

The work of Renaissance painters benefitted from the invention of what medium

Answer 28

Oils

Question 29

The subject matter of botticellis Spring is?

Answer 29

Mythology

Question 30

Technical term for the use of light and shade in a painting

Answer 30

Chiaroscuro

Question 31

What is a major innovation of Flemish painters

Answer 31

Complex treatment of light and detail

Question 32

A series of short, circular posts with a rail ontop: sometimes you will find ironwork under the rail

Answer 32

Balustrade

Question 33

The focus of Andrea del castagnos monumental last supper is on?

Answer 33

Not on Christ but of the youthful apostle John

Question 34

Who was the most innovative of early Italian Renaissance painters

Answer 34

Masaccio

Question 35

Which was the first large scale bronze equestrian portrait since antiquity

Answer 35

Donatellos equestrian statue of erasmo de narni

Question 36

The overall appearance of botticellis primavera recalls?

Answer 36

Flemish tapestries

Question 37

Where did theatre-dance become a successful art form

Answer 37

France

Question 38

In oil painting, a technique in which a heavy amount of paint is applied to the canvas with a hard bristle brush

Answer 38

Impasto

Question 39

In oil painting, a technique in which layer after layer is applied with a very soft hair brush to achieve the effect of translucence

Answer 39

Glazing

Question 40

The only painter who was extremely successful during his lifetime, in fact, he became quite wealthy as a result of the commissions he received from all corners of Europe

Answer 40

Rubens

Question 41

The altar of the cornaro chapel can be described as?

Answer 41

A multimedia art work which mixes sculpture, gilded bronze, architecture, and even the effects of light from a window

Question 42

Berninis david is characterized by?

Answer 42

Baroque naturalism The foreshortening is necessary to achieve the dynamic effect

Question 43

The emergence of the rococo style in painting is marked by the career of the French artist?

Answer 43

Watteau

Question 44

The artist most closely associated today with the height of the rococo and particularly noted for his nudes is?

Answer 44

Boucher

Question 45

The French Protestants were known by the name?

Answer 45

Huguenots

Question 46

The fountain of the four rivers is located in?

Answer 46

The piazza navona in Rome

Question 47

This baroque artist has been called the painter of the soul

Answer 47

Rembrandt

Question 48

___________ became a new and popular medium for rococo painters

Answer 48

Pastel

Question 49

The rococo is linked to the court of?

Answer 49

Louis XV

Question 50

This work by the painter Jacques Louis David ante-dates the French Revolution yet indicates attitudes that would be cherished by the French revolutionaries

Answer 50

The oath of the horatii

Question 51

The greatest mistake of the French national constituent assembly was?

Answer 51

None of its members were eligible for election to the new legislative assembly

Question 52

These series of meetings held in 1815 decided the geo-political situation of Europe after the defeats of Napoleon

Answer 52

Congress of vienna

Question 53

In Jacques Louis David's death of Marat we notice a clear influence of the the painter:

Answer 53

Caravaggio

Question 54

What element in Ingres la grande obalisque makes the painting easily recognizable as romantic

Answer 54

The exoticism of a harem

Question 55

The painting Liberty leading the people can be described with the literary term:

Answer 55

Allegory

Question 56

Impressionism as an artistic movement was given that name from a two dimensional work by the painter

Answer 56

Monet

Question 57

In Pierre Augustae renoirs moulin de la gallete we can notice the influence of one of _________ most famous works

Answer 57

Manet

Question 58

The best known of degas themes is ________, an entertainment that played an important role in the upper middle class social life at the time

Answer 58

Ballet

Question 59

Expressionism aims at what

Answer 59

Expressing truth in deep emotional terms

Question 60

The artist is required to express the vortex of modern life, a life of steel, machinery, and velocity

Answer 60

Futurists

Question 61

In guaguins paintings during his maturity you find?

Answer 61

An invitation to leave a sorry industrial society and return to Eden

Question 62

Important characteristics of David's paintings death of Marat:

Answer 62

Drama and intense emotion Image recalls the dead Jesus

Question 63

Which of the following apply to the painting by gericault raft of the medusa

Answer 63

Expose of human tragedy and injustice Recognizance influence of michaelangelos last judgment in the Sistine chapel

Question 64

The seminal work in cubism is?

Answer 64

Demoiselles davignon

Question 65

The quintessential painting of the romantic period is?

Answer 65

Liberty leading the people, 1830

Question 66

Edyard munch can be identified with:

Answer 66

Irrational eroticism The painting the scream

Question 67

George Seurat is identified with:

Answer 67

Pointilism