Art Quiz #3
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peekaboo934 on January 5, 2012
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Massive, heavy walls of cathedrals to support stone roof, no great height | Romanesque |
| Slender walls, lots of windows, & great height due to flying buttresses | Gothic |
| Rise of feudalism - castles | Romanesque |
| All sculpture subordinate to architectural structure | Romanesque |
| Scholasticism | Gothic |
| Sculptures independent of columns, placed upon pillars or in niches | Gothic |
| Rounded arch construction used in Cathedral Architecture | Romanesque |
| Predominant use of mosaics | Romanesque |
| Pointed arch construction used in Cathedral Architecture | Gothic |
| Mosiacs and stained glass windows | Gothic |
| What is the stylistic feature of arranging figures in a work of art so that all heads align at the same level? | Isocephaly |
| What do you the triple arches of the facade of a medieval church symbolize? | The Trinity |
| What style resulted because of the Eastern influence in early Christian art? | Byzantine |
| What were paintings most frequently executed upon in the Romanesque period? | Wood |
| What did the Second Council of Nicaea in 787 establish? | A set of rules for artistic representation of religious subjects |
| Which of the Romanesque visual arts that survived are represented by the fewest examples? | painting - wood burns |
| the sculptural distortions of the Romanesque were deliberate ____ of this life. | denials |
| What was Scholasticism? | a philosophy that sought to explain religious dogma by logic |
| How does Gothic sculpture differ from Romanesque sculpture? | it increased humanism of Gothic figures |
| What was the primary purpose of flying buttresses? | Support for the weight of the roof and walls |
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