Final Exam

Question 1

Answer 1

Sutton Hoo Purse Cover

Migrations Era (625)

(Early Medieval)

Question 2

Answer 2

Animal Head Post, Norway

Migrations Era (825)

(Early Mediaval)

Question 3

Answer 3

Church Portal, Norway

Migrations Era (1060)

(Early Medieval)

Question 4

Answer 4

Carpet Page, Lindisfame Gospels

Hiberno-Saxon Era (700)

(Early Medieval)

Question 5

Answer 5

Chi-Rho Page, Book of Kells

Hiberno-Saxon Era (800)

(Early Medieval)

Question 6

Answer 6

Equestrian Portrait of a Carolingian Ruler

Carolingian Era (850)

(Early Medieval)

Question 7

Answer 7

St. Matthew Coronation Gospels

Carolingian Era (810)

(Early Medieval)

Question 8

Answer 8

St. Matthew Ebbo Gospels

Carolingian Era (835)

(Earl Medieval)

Question 9

Answer 9

St. Micheals, Hildesheim, (plan)

Ottoman era (1025)

(Early Medieval)

Question 10

Answer 10

Doors of Bishop Bernward, St. Micheals, Hildesheim

Ottoman Era (1015)

(Early Medieval)

Question 11

Answer 11

God accusing Adam and Eve, Doors of Bishop Bernward

Ottoman Era (1015)

(Early Medieval)

Question 12

Answer 12

Gero Crucifix, Cologne Cathedral

Ottoman Era (970)

(Early Medieval)

Question 13

Answer 13

Death of Harold, Bayeux Tapestry

Romanesque Era (1075)

Question 14

Answer 14

Reliquary of St. Foy (St. Faith)

Romanesque Era (1000)

Question 15

Answer 15

St. Sernin, Toulouse, aerial view and plan

Romanesque Era (1100)

Question 16

Answer 16

St. Sernin, Toulouse, Nave

Romanesque Era (1100)

Question 17

Answer 17

Last Judgement, Autun

Romanesque Era (1130)

artist: Gislebertus

Question 18

Answer 18

Last Judgement, Tympanum, Moissac

Romanesque Era (1125)

Question 19

Answer 19

Prophet on Trumeau, Moissac

Romanesque Era (1125)

Question 20

Answer 20

Initital “R” with Knights Fighting Dragons from Moralia in Job (French)

Romanesque Era (1120)

Question 21

Answer 21

Eadwine the Scribe at work (English)

Romanesque Era (1165)

artist: Eadwine

Question 22

Answer 22

Morgan Madonna (French)

Romanesque Era (1175)

Question 23

Answer 23

King David (Italian)

Romanesque Era (1185)

artist: Benedetto Antelami

Question 24

Answer 24

Norte Dame, Paris (west facade and south portal)

Gothic Era (1225)

Question 25

Answer 25

Notre Dame, Chartes, west facade Gothic Era (1150)

Question 26

Answer 26

Notre Dame, Chartes, Royal Portal Gothic Era (1150)

Question 27

Answer 27

Notre Dame, Chartes, Jamb Statues Gothic Era (1150)

Question 28

Answer 28

Notre Dame, Chartes, Nave and Choir Gothic Era (1150)

Question 29

Clerestory Triforium Nave Arcade

Answer 29

The top level of windows above the nave and below the vault. Shallow gallery space between nave acade and clerestory. Pointed arches in repeated pattern.

Question 30

Answer 30

Stained Glass, Rose Window, Notre Dame, Chartes Gothic Era (1210)

Question 31

Answer 31

Notre Dame, Amiens, Nave and Vault Gothic Era (1250)

Question 32

Answer 32

Virgin of Paris, Notre Dame, Paris Gothic Sway Gothic Era (1325)

Question 33

Answer 33

Ekkehard and Uta, Naumburg Cathedral (German) Gothic Era (1250)

Question 34

Answer 34

Roettgen Pieta (German) Gothic Era (1310)

Question 35

Answer 35

Wound of Christ, prayer book of Bonne of Luxembourg (French) Gothic Era (1345)

Question 36

Answer 36

Ivory Mirror Case, Storming the Castle, (French) Gothic Era (1350)

Question 37

Answer 37

Page from Le Roman de la Rose (Romance of the Rose) (French) Gotchic Era (1365)

Question 38

Early Medieval Era dates

Answer 38

400-1025

Question 39

Romanesque Era dates

Answer 39

1000-1200

Question 40

Gothic Era dates

Answer 40

1140-1400

Question 41

Ship Burial

Answer 41

Vikings buried a ship to honor someone important. Usually held precious objects and sometimes other deceased loved ones.

Question 42

Cloisonné

Answer 42

Metal work. Strips of metal are soldered together on a surface creating a intreacate design. Usually colorful

Question 43

Interlace

Answer 43

Lines or shapes that crisscross in a intracite pattern and design. Usually semetrical. Celtic designs are often like this.

Question 44

Illuminated manuscript

Answer 44

Decorated texts and words in an old book. Usually done by hand.

Question 45

Carpet Page

Answer 45

A full page of design in an old book. Accompanied by an illuminated manuscript. Designs contain symbols, pictures of people and animal and adorned with precious metals sometimes.

Question 46

Charlemagne

Answer 46

Charles the Great, was appointed as the Holy Roman Emperor. Very successful in war and expanding his empire.

Question 47

Holy Roman Empire

Answer 47

Was important because it spawned a lot of the churches being built and started a new age of architecture and such.

Question 48

Otto(s)

Answer 48

The emperors of this era. The Ottonian era.

Question 49

Monestery/Abbey

Answer 49

Center for learning and religion. Has many parts and open areas like a small town where many monks lived together.

Question 50

Bishop Bernward

Answer 50

Created the intricate bronze doors and many structures. Was a tutor for the royal family and traveled to many places putting different ideas into architecture. Also influenced monks, was a scholar.

Question 51

Double Transcept

Answer 51

Having 2 transepts crosswise along the nave of the church.

Question 52

Reliquary

Answer 52

Object made to hold a relic, a sacred holy object. Usually made from expensive and precious jets and metals.

Question 53

Pilgrimage

Answer 53

When someone makes a religious journey to visit a holy place or relics to pra to them or in that place.

Question 54

Tympanum

Answer 54

Half circle above the outside of the entrance to a church. Usually depicts Christ and angels welcoming you in in a heiratic way.

Question 55

Trumeau

Answer 55

Band below the tympanum that’s above the doors. Also highly decorated.

Question 56

Barrel Vault

Answer 56

Half round Vault pulled through space a singular arch.

Question 57

Ambulatory

Answer 57

Space behind the apse in front of the radiating chapels.

Question 58

Crusades

Answer 58

Where English Christians try to retake the holy land from the Muslims and take it for themselves. This leads to a series of wars.

Question 59

Radiating Chapels

Answer 59

Small alcoves throughout the church where relics are held and viewed for praying. Usually behind the apse or ambulatory.

Question 60

Theotokos

Answer 60

Describes Mary as the throne of wisdom and Christ being wisdom itself.

Question 61

Homunculus

Answer 61

Christ is seen as always being wise and as never actually being a child just a man of wisdom is a smaller body.

Question 62

Abbot Suger

Answer 62

He modernizes the churches and works towards having more light filter Into the room bu having more stained glass and intricate arches. Also works with unknown artists as well.

Question 63

Pointed Arches

Answer 63

Not round arches allows for taller spaces and more stable supports for the taller structures. Very gothic look.

Question 64

Ribs

Answer 64

Brickwork that goes across the ceilings arches connecting the edges of arches. More complicated webbing is crated the more ribs there are.

Question 65

Flying Buttresses

Answer 65

Half arch carrying the thrust of a roof or wall across an isle to the outer pier or buttress.

Question 66

Compound Piers

Answer 66

Center pier that can contain several more piers around it usually attached together. Very complex and detailed.

Question 67

Stained Glass

Answer 67

Rose window is an example. In many gothic architecture. Depicts pictures and events in colorful glass high up in the tops of the churches.

Question 68

Wound of Christ

Answer 68

What he suffered through for everyone to be resurrected in Christianity. The wound in his feet hands and side. The side wound is an important sign at this time.

Question 69

Courtly love

Answer 69

Symbols meaning affection through different objects such as a hawk etc. big thing to sway a women with gestures of love.

Question 70

Storming the Castle

Answer 70

Seducing the women in bed and having their way with them.

Question 71

Romance texts

Answer 71

Men fighting for women’s affections in symbolic form.