AP Art History Gothic Art and Architecture

These sculptures are from which of the following art historical periods?

• Early Christian

• Romanesque

• Gothic

• Baroque

Which characteristic typically differentiates a Gothic church from a Romanesque church?

• The use of a basilican plan

• The inclusion of a clerestory

• The use of flying buttresses

• The presence of a nave arcade

Which of the following is true of the Gothic period?

• Artists were educated in academies.

• Private patronage encouraged much still-life painting.

• The greatest architectural innovations were made in domestic structures.

• Church patronage encouraged religious art.

The narrative imagery in Gothic stained-glass windows is most comparable to that of

• manuscript illumination

• tomb sculpture

• catacomb painting

• jamb sculpture

The distortions and the anguish seen in the sculpture are intended to inspire

• civic pride

• personal piety

• iconoclastic action

• humanistic ideals

The sculpture depicts a

• holy family group

• sacra conversazione

• Pantokrator

• pietà