Art 2 2nd sem week 4

Unlike Western churches, Eastern churches usually had a/an

• underground plan.

• triangular plan.

• central plan.

• basilica plan.

The lack of shading in the book illustration The Meeting of the

Theologians makes figures look

• flat.

• realistic.

• three dimensional.

• lifelike.

Mosques were designed for

• housing kings.

• solitary worship.

• group worship.

• holding parties.

Early Christians dug catacombs so they could

• hide from their oppressors.

• bury their dead.

• worship secretly.

• all of the above.

Huge churches used large artworks with bright colors because

• only priests could see them

• rich patrons did not like them.

• only artists understood them.

• worshipers could see them from far away.

The fact that the mihrab was the most intricately decorated area of a

mosque showed that it was the

• most important place in the mosque.

• least important place in the mosque.

• most secret part of the mosque.

• not meant to be seen by worshipers.

Catacomb paintings were designed to

• show the beauty of the human body.

• teach about Christ.

• teach about Muhammad.

• show the beauty of nature.

What did the bright, contrasting colors used in Islamic illustrations add to

the works?

• freshness and vitality

• dullness

• three dimensions

• lifelike

the greatest artistic contributions of

monasteries

• tapestries

• illuminated

  manuscripts

• barrel vaults

• pilgrims

place monks used for private prayer and

contemplation

• the church

• armor

• cloister

• barrel vaults