Middle Ages Art and Literature

What was the main subject matter of art in the Middle Ages?

• Portraits of people

• Religion

• Animals

• Landscapes

• Bowls of fruit

What features were characteristic of Byzantine art?

• Happy paintings of people having a good time

• Paintings of vivid and realistic landscapes

• Paintings using light and shadow to give a three dimensional effect

• Paintings with no shadows and somber subjects

• Paintings of animals and mythology

What was the Middle Ages style of art that began to move toward realism and use of shadow and light?

• Byzantine Art

• Romanesque Art

• Gothic Art

• All of the above

• None of the above

Which of the following statements describe Romanesque art?

• The subject matter was primarily religion and Christianity

• It was influenced by Roman and Byzantine art

• It used architectural details like stained glass and murals on ceilings

• All of the above

• None of the above

What was the Middle Ages style of art that sprang from the Dark Ages and the Eastern Roman Empire?

• Byzantine Art

• Romanesque Art

• Gothic Art

• All of the above

• None of the above

What Italian artist became famous for his frescos at the Scrovegni Chapel?

• Da Vinci

• Donatello

• Michelangelo

• Lorenzetti

• Giotto

What style of Middle Ages art was influenced by the Romans and was popular between the years 1000 and 1300?

• Byzantine Art

• Romanesque Art

• Gothic Art

• All of the above

• None of the above

What was the subject of much of the writing during the Middle Ages?

• Christianity

• Mysteries

• Romance

• Science

• Mathematics

What epic poem written in England tells the story of a Scandinavian hero?

• The Golden Legend

• The Canterbury Tales

• The Divine Comedy

• Beowulf

• The Decameron

What explorer wrote of his travels to China and the Far East?

• Christopher Columbus

• Vasco de Gama

• Marco Polo

• Zheng He

• Hernan Cortez