Chapter 13 Questions

all of the above

Many late thirteenth-century manuscripts produced in Paris were influenced by____________________.

Rayonnant

Sainte-Chapelle, with its walls of stained glass and delicate ornamentation, is the most representative church of the ____ style.

St.-Denis

Speyer Cathedral was considered the burial church of the emperors of the Holy Roman Empire. Which of the following churches was the burial church for the kings of France?

True

The term Gothic originated among historians who believed that the Goths were responsible for the style of this period.

True

The use of flying buttresses in Gothic cathedrals made possible the replacement of stone walls with immense stained-glass windows, which transformed natural sunlight into Abbot Suger's divine lux nova, as seen in the Rose window and lancets, north transept, Chartres Cathedral, Chartres, France.

True

Using rib vaults with pointed arches, flying buttresses, and stained-glass windows, French Gothic builders constructed towering cathedrals with statue-lined portals and interiors flooded with mystical multicolored light, which was considered to be a manifestation of divine light.

True

As with early Christian art, the Gothic artists adopted a non-naturalistic, sacred aesthetic featuring wafer-thin, frontal figures and gold backgrounds. However theOld Testament Kings and Queens, from the central doorway of Royal Portal, Chartres Cathedral, Chartres, France, displays the 1st signs of a new naturalism in European sculpture

Ste-Chapelle

Which of the following is considered a masterpiece of the Rayonnant style?

St.-Denis

Abbot Suger is credited with creating which of the following churches?

Nicolas of Verdun

Cologne's archbishop commissioned the Shrine of the Three Kings, from silversmith and sculptor ________________

Virgin of Jeanne d'Evreux

Commissioned by the wife of Charles IV, the statuette ___________________, donated to the abbey church of Saint-Denis, France, depicts the new intimate human characterization of the Late Gothic Period

Redemption and the gentle intercession of the Virgin Mary

If the chief iconographic theme of Romanesque sculpture had been damnation, the chief Gothic theme was

flying buttresses

Introduced in French Gothic architecture, ____, are arm-like extensions that helped support the weight of the nave vaults on the outside of the building.

the Virgin Mary (Notre-Dame)

Many Gothic cathedrals were dedicated to which of the following?

Queen of Heaven

Jeanne d'Evreux, wife to Charles IV, donated a statue of the Virgin and Child to the Abbey of St.-Denis. What is the common name of this statue?

True

The Gothic age was a time of profound change in Europe. The Hundred Years' War began, shattering the peace between France and England. The Black Death swept over Western Europe and killed at least a quarter of its people. Opposing popes resided in Rome and in Avignon in southern France during the political-religious crisis known as the Great Schism.

The figures have greater freedom from the architectural lines.

The Reims portal sculpture of the Visitation has been described as two women conversing. This is in sharp contrast to earlier Gothic portal sculpture. How is theVisitation unique?

the court of Louis IX

The development of the Rayonnant style is connected with _______. Sainte Chapelle in Paris is an example of this style.

It was a time of great prosperity.

The focus of both the intellectual and religious life changed from monasteries in the countryside and pilgrimage churches to cathedrals in expanding cities. Which of the following would account for this change?

the impression of capturing the likeness of specific individuals

The fourteenth-century German sculptures of Ekkehard and Uta at Naumburg are particularly significant because these sculptures conveyed ____.

the Virgin Mary

The new spirit of the Gothic period that replaced the severity of Romanesque themes of judgment and damnation could be symbolized by the dedication of cathedrals to ____. Her iconography can be seen in the Royal Portals of Chartres Cathedral, the earliest and most complete surviving Early Gothic sculptural complex.

cames

Which are the narrow lead strips that join pieces of glass in a stained-glass window?

swaying S-curve

Which is the pose that is the signature of Gothic style figural sculpture?

bar tracery

Which is the stone framework that supports the stained glass window from the outside of the church?

rose window

Which of the following became a standard feature of French Gothic façades?