What was the function of the church of Sainte Foy?

Pilgrimage Church on the route to Santiago de Compostela

How would you describe Romanesque architecture?

conveys a sense of heaviness with thick walls & few windows

the Bayeux Tapestry is actually a

embroidery (continuous narrative)

Date for reliquary of Saint Foy

9th century CE, with later additions

Images of heaven and hell had what impact?

caused medieval people to consider their eternal fate

What did the reliquary of Sainte Foy contain?

remains of Saint Foy, she was revered as a martyr.

Monastery for monks/covent for nuns

The Bayeux Tapestry depicts

the conquest of England by William the Conqueror

what are radiating chapels?

chapels arranged radially around the ambulatory

Dates for the Church of Sainte Foy

mid 11th century CE through 12th

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1
a wedge-shaped stone that forms the curved part of an arch (think keystone)
Voussoir
trumeau
jamb
archivolt
2
What is the floor plan for Sainte Foy?
axial plan
there is no plan. The architect just winged it.
central plan
cruciform plan
3
What was the function of the church of Sainte Foy?
refectory
Pilgrimage Church on the route to Santiago de Compostela
chapter house
just a regular old church
4
How would you describe Romanesque architecture?
conveys a sense of heaviness with thick walls & few windows
So last millenium
classical architecture influence
many stained glass windows and thinner walls
5
the Bayeux Tapestry is actually a
tapestry
illuminated manuscript
painting on vellum
embroidery (continuous narrative)
6
what does the tympanum over the portals at Sainte Foy depict?
The Last Judgment
Jesus doing his thing at the Last Supper
The Lamentation of Christ
Ascension & resurrection of Christ
7
decorative semi-circle placed over the portal of a medieval church
frieze
clerestory
pediment
tympanum
8
Date for reliquary of Saint Foy
14th century CE
11th century
5th century CE
9th century CE, with later additions
9
Images of heaven and hell had what impact?
No impact. Most people were atheist.
caused medieval people to consider their eternal fate
all of the above
back fired, people committed more sins
10
What did the reliquary of Sainte Foy contain?
remains of Saint Foy, she was revered as a martyr.
Saint Anthony's ashes
a golden statue within a golden statue
Mary's tunic she worn during childbirth
11
a series of arches supported by columns
bay
narthex
clerestory
arcade
12
What is an Abbey?
building used for the religious meetings
the vestibule, or lobby, of a church
British drama series following the lives of the Crawleys
Monastery for monks/covent for nuns
13
what types of vaulting was used in Romanesque architecture?
barrel vaulting
ribbed vaulting
groin vaulting
fan vaulting
14
The Bayeux Tapestry depicts
a bunch of bros fighting it out then grabbing some food
The Wars of the Roses
The conquest of Russia by Ivan the terrible
the conquest of England by William the Conqueror
15
what are radiating chapels?
all of the above
chapels arranged radially around the ambulatory
projecting chapels around the transept
glowing chapels
16
when a series of arches faces a wall and are not self supporting
archivolt
blind arcade
clerestory
transverse arch
17
Dates for the Church of Sainte Foy
late 9th century CE
early 22nd century CE
mid 11th century CE through 12th
13th century CE
18
Which building type, Romanesque or Gothic, allows more light into the interior of the building
Gothic
both allowed same amount
Romanesque
neither
19
The bayeux tapestry (embroidery) is an example of
Anglo-Saxon art
Gothic art
Hiberno-Saxon art
Merovingian art
20
Dates for Bayeux Tapestry
1200-1225 CE
1300-1350 CE
year 3000
1066-1080 CE

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