Semester Exam Review

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

Another name for the Eastern Roman Empire

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

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

Who painted Lamentation?

Greatest ENGLISH writer of the LATE Middle Ages

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

Identify the architecture from the Old Kingdom in Egypt.

Open courtyard of a church

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

Identify this building.

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

Architectural order decorated with acanthus leaves

Cathedral known for its 173 stained-glass windows

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

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

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

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

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

Long central aisle in a church

External curved support of a Gothic church

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

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

This building on the Acropolis was a temple to Athena.

Who wrote the book Lives of the Artists?

Name this octagonal church in Ravenna.

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

The simplest architectural order

Name this piece of art.

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

ROMAN building used for churches

Emperor who issued the 'edict of toleration'

Capital city of Eastern Roman Empire

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

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

Identify this type of statue: female ALWAYS clothed.

Petrarch is best known for writing which kind of literature?

First Gothic church (designed by Abbot Suger)

One of Plato's most famous writings

Italian painter known for rediscovering one-point linear perspective

King of the Franks crowned emperor on Christmas Day, 800

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

Two INNOVATIONS in Gothic architecture