Lesson 1 - Romanesque Architecture

Question 1

Sections of Church Architecture

Answer 1

Early Christian Architecture, Byzantine Architecture

Question 2

Early Christian Architecture started during?

Answer 2

4th Century A.D

Question 3

Christianity had its birth in?

Answer 3

Judea (Eastern Province of the Roman Empire)

Question 4

Christianity was spread and carried out by?

Answer 4

St Peter, St Paul, and other missionaries to Rome

Question 5

Early Christians, as ___ continued old roman traditions

Answer 5

Roman Craftsmen

Question 6

Roman craftsmen utilized materials from?

Answer 6

Roman Temples because they were useless

Question 7

Early Christian Architecture is heavily influenced by?

Answer 7

Roman Art

Question 8

Describe the Architectural Character of Early Christian Architecture

Answer 8

Roman in character but with simpler design and with coarse execution

Question 9

Early Christian Architecture’s first place of worship were?

Answer 9

House Churches

Question 10

Early Christian architecture contributed in the development of?

Answer 10

Ribbed vaults, arcades, and timber trussed roof

Question 11

Early Christian Architecture used ? in their exterior

Answer 11

Bell Towers or Campanile

Question 12

A church built over the burial place of the saint whom the church was dedication

Answer 12

The Basilican Church

Question 13

Burial Place was called?

Answer 13

Crypt

Question 14

Over the crypt was the ?

Answer 14

Ciborium, also known as Tabernacle or Baldacchino

Question 15

Atrium

Answer 15

Entrance with ambulatory

Question 16

Narthex

Answer 16

A covered space between the atrium and inside of the church

Question 17

Aisles

Answer 17

Mga aisle na sa kilid

Question 18

Nave/Central Aisle

Answer 18

Tunga nga aisle

Question 19

What is the space below the apse?

Answer 19

Bema

Question 20

Apse orientation should always?

Answer 20

Face to the east

Question 21

Basilican Church Layout always shaped like?

Answer 21

Latin Cross

Question 22

Enumerate the examples of Early Christian Architecture

Answer 22

St Paolo Fuori Le Mura (Rome), Manila Cathedral, Church of Nativity (Bethlehem), Church of the Holy Sepulchre (Jerusalem)

Question 23

Rome ruled much of?

Answer 23

Europe around the Mediterranean

Question 24

Rome ruled much of Europe around the Mediterranean for over?

Answer 24

1000 years

Question 25

Roman Empire began to decline as it?

Answer 25

Struggled under the weight of its own giant empire

Question 26

In --- to ---, the Roman Empire had to split into two

Answer 26

285 to 293 AD

Question 27

Who changed the capital of the empire from Rome to Constantinople?

Answer 27

Constantine the Great

Question 28

The Western Empire (Rome) collapsed in?

Answer 28

476 AD

Question 29

Eastern Empire (Constantinople) lasted another --- ? What was it known as?

Answer 29

Another thousand years, was known as Byzantine Empire

Question 30

Byzantine Architecture dumped post and lintel to a more?

Answer 30

Dome Centered Construction

Question 31

Architectural Character of Byzantine Architecture

Answer 31

Simple exterior but Rich and Grand Interior

Question 32

Byzantine Architecture utilized the -- cross

Answer 32

Greek Cross

Question 33

Byzantine Architecture used -- as the dome's support

Answer 33

Pendentives

Question 34

3 types of Byzantine Dome

Answer 34

Simple dome, Compound Dome, Melon-shaped Dome

Question 35

Byzantine Architecture Arch Examples

Answer 35

Hagia Sophia (Istanbul, Turkey)

Question 36

The Hagia Sophia name means?

Answer 36

Holy Wisdom

Question 37

Hagia Sophia was built by .. in ..

Answer 37

Justinian I in 532 AD

Question 38

2 Architects of Hagia Sophia

Answer 38

Anthemius of Tralles and Isidorus of Miletus

Question 39

Who turned the Hagia Sophia into a mosque after the Turkish conquest of Constantinople?

Answer 39

Mehmed II

Question 40

Romanesque means?

Answer 40

Roman-like

Question 41

Romanesque is a combination of?

Answer 41

Roman and Byzantine Architecture

Question 42

Romanesque Architecture was from -- until about --

Answer 42

1000 until 1150

Question 43

Series of Religious wars between Christians and Muslims for securing holy sites

Answer 43

The Crusades

Question 44

Arch Character of Romanesque

Answer 44

Articulate Masonry Construction, (Narrow Opening, Round Arches, Barrel Vaults, Sparse Openings)

Question 45

Romanesque Archi is described as?

Answer 45

Sober and Dignified

Question 46

Romanesque Archi was developed in?

Answer 46

Italy, France, Germany, and England

Question 47

Romanesque Archi is known as -- in England

Answer 47

Norman Architecture

Question 48

Romanesque Arch Examples

Answer 48

Cathedral Complex of Pisa (Pisa, Italy), Maria Laach Abbey (Glees, Germany)