last quizzes
Elaborately decorated Merovingian fibulae have been excavated from graves. Based on this it can be said these small objects are ______.
emblems of prestige
The intersection of two barrel vaults creates which of the following?
groin vault
What manuscript is commonly considered the greatest achievement in Hiberno-Saxon art?
Book of Kells
Equestrian Portrait of Charlemagne
CHARLEMAGNE
The Bayeux Tapestry is unique in Romanesque art. Which of the following supports this claim?
It depicted an actual event in full detail shortly after it occurred.
ST. sernin at Toulouse has been called a "pilgrimage type" church. Which of the following accounts for this designation?
It had radiating chapels attached to the transept and ambulatory.
Cathedral Complex, Pisa
Italian
Cross-inscribed carpet page
Lindisfarne Gospels
The Sutton Hoo purse has two groupings each of a man standing between two lions. This can also be found in what earlier culture?
Sumer
The ____ burial epitomizes the early medieval tradition of burying great lords with rich furnishings.
Sutton Hoo
It has been said that the author-portrait of St. Matthew from the Lindisfarne Gospels shows classical influences. What supports this statement?
The figure is seated as a philospher or poet reading or writing.
The most venerated pilgrimage shrine in the West, outside Rome or Jerusalem, was the ________.
Tomb of Apostle James at Santiago de Compostela
Which of the architectural elements below was used for the exterior supports on Romanesque buildings?
buttresses
The ________ is the covered courtyard in a monastery where monks and nuns prayed and meditated in quiet seclusion.
cloister
The ___________ were the Christian campaigns to reclaim the Holy Land from the Muslims.
crusades
Merovingian looped fibulae
fibula
Pilgrims often journeyed to churches to view ____, which were the material remains of holy figures.
relics
Otto III Enthroned
tempera on vellum
It has been said that Charlemagne was a man of great energy and learning, a strong patron of the arts, and a sincere admirer of classical culture. Which of the following do later generations owe to Charlemagne's patronage?
the copying of important classical texts
The _______ is the semi-circular above the lintel of a romanesque portal.
tympanum
Of the following characterisitcs, which is not relevant to Italian church architecture?
verticality
