ART 201 - Final Study Guide

Question 1

Roman Art evolved to be

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Biblical and Classical

Question 2

The Tradition of Christian Art was started by Constantine in the year ____

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330

Question 3

With art's purpose now being to represent God, how did artists work around God being faceless?

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Turning to Abstraction/Symbolism in art

Question 4

The medieval church cast Constantine as the symbol of ____

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Christian Virtue

Question 5

Romans continued the greek arts, but what did Byzantium represent?

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The Politics of the Romans

Question 6

Iconoclasm, or “image-breaking” refers to the breaking, or _____ of images for religious or political reason

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Desecration

Question 7

The Basilica of Constantine and Maxentius would be the ____ major expansion of the Forum Romanum Complex

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Last

Question 8

Which religions advanced in Late Antiquity?

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Christianity, rabbinic Judaism and Islam (in the 7th century)

Question 9

What were Roman Basilicas?

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The Basis for Christian Cathedrals, All purpose buildings

Question 10

Animal Style is reflected in Celtic Holy Manuscripts

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True

Question 11

What does the XP stand for in the Chi-Ro

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The Greek name for Jesus Christ

Question 12

Venus and Cupid / the pagan goddess of love, and her sidekick Eros were the basis for the Madonna and Child

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True

Question 13

After 330, art would ____

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lose it's sense of realism

Question 14

Under Constantine the city of Constantinople (Byzantium) rose as the new Eastern and ____ capital of the Roman Empire

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Christian

Question 15

The Arch of Constantine was built as a tribute to the Roman Imperial Victory

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True

Question 16

What type of art is featured in the Church of San Vitale at Ravenna

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Mosaic

Question 17

In 312, Constantine himself oversaw completion of the great Basilica of Constantine and Maxentius

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True

Question 18

What ended Late Antiquity and the beginnings of Medieval Europe?

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Arab Invasions

Question 19

This is the roof of ____ or the "soaring vault of heaven"

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Hagia Sophia

Question 20

How long is The Bayeux Tapestry?

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230 feet

Question 21

The Theotokos (picture) has the inscription "These images which the _____ had cast down, faithful emperors now restore"

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Impostors

Question 22

What is the tapestry that is "embroidered, not woven as tapestry; but is otherwise completely and utterly unique"?

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The Bayeux Tapestry

Question 23

The Book of Kells only survived a Viking Raid because it was _____

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Smuggled

Question 24

A thousand years on, Constantineʼs vision is going to electrify the Roman (now ___) world of the Early Renaissance

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Italian

Question 25

The Capital of the Western Roman Empire (402-476) was the Northern Italian city of ____

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Ravenna

Question 26

The Irish were (for a time) forbidden from creating art that had people, animals, or plants

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True

Question 27

Art of Jesus shows him with his right hand pointed toward Heaven, because "that's where all knowledge comes from"

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True

Question 28

Art of Emperor Justinian and Theodora weren't as much religious as they did represent their ____

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Political Power

Question 29

Iconoclasm is based on the hope that people will praise images of the creator(s) as they would the creator(s) themselves

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False

Question 30

Greco-Roman values of spatial depth and naturalism are replaced by the flat, indefinable space and mystery of the icon

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True

Question 31

What time era is the final on?

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Byzantine to Early Medieval

Question 32

Who was the artist of "Legend of the True Cross"?

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Piero della Francesca

Question 33

Who does the angel appear to?

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Constantine

Question 34

Hellenism was losing momentum, but is NOW expanding into greatness

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False

Question 35

Lindisfarn is a Holy Island in _____

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England

Question 36

What is the style seen in Viking and Norse art during the "Dark Age" called?

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Animal Style

Question 37

What colour are the robes on Christ (middle)?

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Purple

Question 38

What is the most famous example of Christian Art in Celtic Manuscripts

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The Book of Kells

Question 39

The new Christian churches adopted religious symbols from _____

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Pagan Religions

Question 40

What is this mosaic in Ravenna called?

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Lamb of God

Question 41

Despite the appearance, the shine of the pantheon actually comes from bronze, not gold

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False

Question 42

This is the Codex Aureus of St Emmeram (c 870)

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True

Question 43

Byzantium endured an art crisis (the Iconoclasty). The Iconoclasts destroyed countless works of art, seeing them as ____

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Idolatrous

Question 44

Art has become vastly ____ compared to the previous First Century AD art

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Inferior

Question 45

The Battle of Milvian Bridge (October 28, 312) was between which 2 Roman Emperors?

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Maxentius vs Constantine

Question 46

The essential thing in Christian Art was the ___

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Message

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