Unit 4 Review

Which of the following characteristics of Early Christian architecture is NOT seen in the Santa Sabina?

• Nave

• Transept

• Apse

• Clerestory

Who was the patron of the Hagia Sophia?

• Emperor Constantine

• Augustus of Prima Porta

• Justinian the Great

• Emperor Hadrian

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of figures within Byzantine figural art?

• Bold black outlines

• Shallow stage

• Linear patterns

• Asymmetrical

Mosaic decoration is different in Byzantine buildings than in previous periods in ancient mosaics,

• Tiles were made from glass, while Byzantine tiles were made of metal

• Tiles only depicted animal forms, while Byzantine mosaics depicted people

• Tiles are colored in flat pastel shades, while Byzantine tiles glow with golden, sparkling colors

• Mosaicists used large blocks of stones rather than miniature pieces called tesserae

According to the plan, the church's ambulatory allows access to its

• Atrium

• Chapels

• Sacristy

• Narthex

All of the following features are typically found in an Early Christian basilica except

• wooden roof

• longitudinal nave

• groin vault

• large clerestory

Church interiors from this time period typically were covered with

• timber roofs

• quadripartite vaults

• pendentive domes

• masonry barrel vaults

Churches like the one shown were based on the design of which ancient structures?

• Administrative buildings

• Private residences

• Mausoleums

• Temples

Scholars think that early medieval fibulae, such as the Merovingian looped fibulae, served as

• magical objects meant to protect the wearer

• ancestral insignia worn to honor the dead

• religious objects used in funerary rituals

• status symbols to enhance prestige

In order to achieve great height and plentiful light, Byzantine churches often used a dome raised from a larger hemisphere by triangular sections called

• pendentives

• groin vaults

• apses

• corbels