Chapter 9

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A container to enshrine holy remnants or relics is called a _____________________.

Animal style was clearly metalwork, wood, stone, and paint. Gold with garnets and enamels

20. What is the medium (what it is made of) of the purse cover from the Sutton Hoo ship burial (fig. 9.3).

False

Anglo-Saxon metalworkers did not attain high social status because the work they produced was small in scale. T/F

The doors at Hildesheim

During the Ottonian period what were the first monumental sculptures since antiquity to be made using the lost wax process?

True

During the Ottonian period, Germany was the leading nation of Europe politically and artistically. T/F

True

During the Ottonian period, the scale of sculpture increased. T/F

True

During the early Middle Ages, the spiritual and cultural leaders of Western Europe were the Hibernians. T/F

True

Fixed rules and design principles governed the decoration of Hiberno-Saxon manuscripts. T/F

True

In the Middle Ages , The church was an important force in European unification. T/F

Feudalism

In the Middle Ages, a political and economic organization resulting in vassals and landholders bound by tribal allegiances and mutual obligations is called _____________________________.

The abed

In what part of an Irish monastery were literary and religious texts copied?

True

Jesus Washing the Feet of St. Peter', from the Gospel Book of Otto III shows the influence of ancient Roman wall painting and of Byzantine painting and mosaics. T/F

1. Weaving 2. Metalwork 3. Jewelry 4. Woodcarving

List four types of art that are characteristic of the Anglo-Saxon arts

False

The mazelike design of snarling and intertwining animals on the cross page of the 'Lindisfarne Gospels' can be seen as a metaphor for the Irish tribes who submitted to Christianity. T/F

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Name the category, medium (what it is made of - what kind of paint and what it is painted on), and function of the cross page (fig. 9.3) from the Lindisfarne Gospels.

Charlemagne

Pope Leo III crowned ______________________________ as Holy Roman Emperor on Christmas Day in the year 800

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The Great Mosque of Cordoba is a typical example of an Arab ____________________ hall

False

Ship burials originated among the Romans in the first millennium CE. T/F

colophon

The ____________________________, notes at the end of a manuscript, may contain valuable information about a manuscript

True

The art of the early Medieval Period is the result of significant cultural interchanges. T/F

On surface; pattern; line; solidity

The artists of the Carolingian period created enduring art that combined northern decoration using _________________________, __________________________, and ___________________ with Mediterranean concern for _______________________ and monumentality.

False

The arts of Anglo-Saxon Germanic peoples were not very portable. T/F

horror vacui

The density of animal style design has sometimes been attributed to __________________________.

False

The figure of Christ on the cover of the Lindau Gospels seems to suffer in excruciating pain. T/F

Iwan

The four-________________________ mosque was a type of prayer structure with a massive brick recess in the middle of each side of the rectangular courtyard.

Military, ecclesiastical

The illumination, 'Otto III Between Church and State', from the Gospel Book of Otto III shows the emperor flanked by the ________________________ and the ____________________.

False

The manner in which the emperor is shown in 'Otto III Between Church and State' does not parallel historical facts. T/F

Bernward

The most ambitious patron of architecture and art in the Ottonian period was _________________________.

Mina'i

The polychrome enamel decoration found on Iranian ceramics such as figure 9.21 was known as _______________________.

Old testament, new testament

The stories depicted on the Hildesheim Doors come from the ________________________ and the ___________________________.

Abstract, organic

The traditional style of Germanic peoples, called animal style by some scholars, produced a unique combination of ___________________ and _________________ shapes when combined with the intricate ornamental metalwork of the Celts.

False

Unlike San Vitale, The Palace Chapel of Charlemagne is light and airy, and its mass seems to dematerialize. T/F

Shows how ornamental pattern can animates a figure even while accentuating its surface decoration

What animates the figure in the 'Symbol of St. Matthew' in the 'Book of Durrow'?

The clear geometry and powerful masses of the exterior

What do the height and expansive surfaces of the westwork of the Abbey Church at Corvey, Germany emphasize?

A manuscript illumination, since there are very similar scenes in medieval bibles.

What does the composition of the Hildesheim Doors most likely derive from?

Metalwork

What was the chief medium of animal style art objects?

False

When Vikings invaded northwestern France, Otto III gave them a land grant in the area now known as Belgium. T/F

Charles the bald, Louis the german, lothair I, the distribution of the Carolingian domain among louis's heirs weakened the empire, brought a halt to Carolingian cultural efforts.

Who were the grandsons of Charlemagne and what did they do to weaken the empire?

They are significant for the way they illustrate the transmission of motifs and techniques through the migration of various peoples

Why are the Sutton Hoo objects, like the Sutton Hoo purse cover significant?