Grade 9 - Quiz # 2: Arts

Early Christian art followed a more complex and less abstract artistic expression than the style of Classical Roman art.

• True

• False

Early Christians viewed pagan sculptures of gods as idolatry.

• True

• False

Mosaics are manuscripts adorned with gold or silver.

• True

• False

Byzantine paintings and mosaics were created to teach religious lessons.

• True

• False

The Roman Empire fell when the German Visigoths conquered Rome in 410 CE.

• True

• False

Hagia Sophia was the crowning glory of Gothic architecture.

• True

• False

Giorgio Vasari coined the term Byzantine

• True

• False

Rib-vaults and flying buttresses are characteristics of Gothic architecture.

• True

• False

Romanesque architecture is heavier than Gothic architecture.

• True

• False

Gothic stained-glass windows are more complex than Romanesque stained glass.

• True

• False