Semester Exam Review

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

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

This building on the Acropolis was a temple to Athena.

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

Identify this type of statue: female ALWAYS clothed.

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

External curved support of a Gothic church

Emperor who issued the 'edict of toleration'

Capital city of Eastern Roman Empire

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

Who wrote the book Lives of the Artists?

Identify this building.

Another name for the Eastern Roman Empire

The simplest architectural order

Name this piece of art.

Petrarch is best known for writing which kind of literature?

Greatest ENGLISH writer of the LATE Middle Ages

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

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

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

One of Plato's most famous writings

Open courtyard of a church

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

ROMAN building used for churches

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

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

Who painted Lamentation?

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

Cathedral known for its 173 stained-glass windows

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

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

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

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

First Gothic church (designed by Abbot Suger)

Italian painter known for rediscovering one-point linear perspective

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

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

Name this octagonal church in Ravenna.

Architectural order decorated with acanthus leaves

King of the Franks crowned emperor on Christmas Day, 800

Identify the architecture from the Old Kingdom in Egypt.

Long central aisle in a church

Two INNOVATIONS in Gothic architecture