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