Semester Exam Review

True or False? Romanesque is the most important style of architecture from about 1000-1150.

Greatest ENGLISH writer of the LATE Middle Ages

Name this octagonal church in Ravenna.

True or False? Cycladic idols were often buried with ancient Egyptians.

Name this piece of art.

Who wrote the book Lives of the Artists?

This cathedral in Paris is a transition from Romanesque (symmetry) to Gothic architecture (flying buttress).

True or False? Divine Comedy was the 1st secular drama of the Middle Ages.

Two INNOVATIONS in Gothic architecture

The largest of the paintings titled Madonna Enthroned was painted by this man, Giotto's mentor

King of the Franks crowned emperor on Christmas Day, 800

This photo shows an example of which artistic medium (painting on wet plaster)?

Identify this type of statue: female ALWAYS clothed.

Open courtyard of a church

Factors playing a part in the rise of formal education in the 12th century; read all answer choices.

True or False? Constantinople was the intellectual/cultural center of western Europe from 1150-1300.

Another name for Mary, the mother of Jesus - Read ALL the choices!

Usually semicircular, eastern end of the church, where the altar is located

First Gothic church (designed by Abbot Suger)

Who painted Lamentation?

ROMAN building used for churches

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of a civilized society?

Another name for the Eastern Roman Empire

architectural feature that serves a practical purpose (rain gutter) & is a religious symbol

External curved support of a Gothic church

True or False? Charlemagne's Palace (& center of Carolingian Renaissance) was located in Baghdad.

Lost a sculpting contest; designed the duomo for the Florence Cathedral (Santa Mariadel Fiore)

Which civilization used this structure as a temple? It was the center of social life.

Cathedral known for its 173 stained-glass windows

One of Plato's most famous writings

Long central aisle in a church

This building on the Acropolis was a temple to Athena.

Italian painter known for rediscovering one-point linear perspective

Event that decimated nearly 2/3 of Europe's population

The simplest architectural order

An outside aisle around the apse and behind the high altar inside a church

Identify this structure that sat atop the Acropolis in ancient Greece.

Identify the architecture from the Old Kingdom in Egypt.

Capital city of Eastern Roman Empire

Architectural order decorated with acanthus leaves

Identify this building.

Emperor who issued the 'edict of toleration'

Petrarch is best known for writing which kind of literature?