Module 10 (part I): Early Christian Art

Module 10: Early Christian Art

by Dan Ault

Multiple Choice

The earliest examples of Christian art are found in  _____________ painted on the walls.

• the Colosseum

• Roman catacombs

• Greek temples

• the forum of Trajan

Multiple Choice

Early Christian art displays many influences from ____________.

• Jewish art

• Greek art

• Roman art

• Egyptian art

Multiple Choice

Early Christian churches were based on ______________.

• Roman temples

• Egyptian temples

• Roman villas

• Roman basilicas

Multiple Choice

Who legalized Christianity in the Roman empire?

• Constantine

• Nero

• Augustus

• Julius Caesar

Multiple Choice

In Christian art, an orant figure is ______________.

• someone shown praying with arms outstretched

• a person that is shown worshiping false gods

• an angel

• one of Christ's twelve disciples

Multiple Choice

The largest area in a Christian church is called _________________.

• the transept

• the clerestory

• the apse

• the nave

Multiple Choice

In a Christian church the area above the nave that lets light come in is called ________________.

• the ambulatory

• the apse

• the clerestory

• the transept

Multiple Choice

Early Christian art borrowed from Roman art the formula of "traditio legis" which means _____________.

• "total realism"

• "giving of the law"

• "receiving the spirit"

• "dedication to do your duty"

Multiple Choice

The term "Pagan art" refers to _____________.

• a work of art that depicted worship of the devil

• a portrait of Jesus that portrayed him without a beard

• any work of art created by a non-Christian culture

• statues of Hebrew prophets

Multiple Choice

Tesserae are _____________.

• small pieces of colored stone or marble that are used to make mosaics

• windows at the top part of the clearstory of a church that help illuminate that nave

• curved bricks that are used to build a dome

• containers used to store Holy Water in a church