AP Art History Medieval

This image depicts what famous biblical story?

• Christ multiplying loaves and fishes to feed a multitude
• The destruction of the walls of Jericho
• Christ turning water into wine at a wedding
• Jonah being swallowed by a whale

The catacombs of Priscilla demonstrate which of the following trends in Europe? 

• The shift from naturalism to conceptualism
• The growing emphasis on realistic depictions of the human form
• The blend of Christian and Egyptian artistic traditions
• The growing emphasis on non-figural art in the Christian world

This building demonstrates the Christian adaptation of what type of Roman building?

• Forum
• Basilica
• Transept
• Amphitheater

The columns of this building are from a Roman temple which makes them...

• Spolia
• Corinthian
• Impluvium
• Peristyle

How does the artist tell the story of Jacob on this page?

• Linear perspective
• atmospheric perspective
• compressed narrative
• hierarchal scaling

Evidence of Classical influence on the Christian manuscript, the Vienna Genesis, is found in images of:

• Apollo representing the son of God
• A water nymph representing the fountain of water
• The Greek temple representing the City of God
• The nude servants emphasizing a lingering presence of humanism

The Lindisfarnes Gospels were written by

• apostles
• kings
• monks
• prophets

What are the gospels?

• Four written accounts from the Bible about the life of Jesus
• The Story of the Creation Adam and Eve to the Flood of Noah
• The flight of the Jews from Egypt
• Old Testament Stories used to relate to the life Jesus

What is the purpose of this page?

• To begin the gospel of Saint Luke
• to tell the story of Creation
• To be merely decorative
• To reveal hidden secrets to the initiated

What was the primary purpose of this object?

• A burial object
• a shoulder pin to hold your tunic in place
• to show wealth and status
• to demonstrate the divine right to rule