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Romanesque and Gothic Art and Architecture

Total questions: 27

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What term was used to describe European architecture that borrowed elements from Rome?

a)

Grotesque

b)

Gothic

c)

Romanesque

d)

Baroque

2.

During the Byzantine Era, there was a surge in the construction of

a)

villages

b)

churches

c)

resturants

d)

houses

3.

What was a series of religious wars to take back the holy land?

a)

World Wars

b)

Civil Wars

c)

Revolutionary Wars

d)

Crusades

4.

What is an object or personal item of someone of religious significance

a)

relic

b)

mosaic

c)

fresco

d)

artifact

5.

What is a trip to visit the shrines of holy relics?

a)

Vacation

b)

Pilgrimage

c)

Crusade

d)

Relic

6.

Which part of the church was NOT made larger to accommodate crowds?

a)

Apse

b)

Transepts

c)

Nave

d)

None of the above

7.

True or False: Romanesque churches were made of very thick stone with small windows.

a)

True

b)

False

8.

What is a story of biblical characters in sculpture?

a)

tetramorph

b)

story books

c)

typology

d)

pandemonium

9.

What is the semicircular area above the doors of a church?

a)

Typanum

b)

tetramorph

c)

typology

d)

apse

10.

What is a symbolic arrangement of four elements?

a)

duamorph

b)

trimorph

c)

tetramorph

d)

decamorph

11.

Which symbol represents Matthew?

a)

eagle

b)

lion

c)

angel

d)

ox

12.

Which symbol represents Mark?

a)

angel

b)

lion

c)

eagle

d)

ox

13.

Which symbol represents Luke?

a)

ox

b)

lion

c)

eagle

d)

angel

14.

Which symbol represents John?

a)

angel

b)

ox

c)

lion

d)

eagle

15.

Who was always at the center of a tetramorph?

a)

Noah

b)

Moses

c)

Jesus

d)

Satan

16.

Romanesque statues were

a)

elongated and distorted

b)

small and pretty

c)

short and fat

d)

giant and happy

17.

Which term of ridicule was used by Italians to call something barbaric?

a)

Baroque

b)

Gothic

c)

Romanesque

d)

Rococo

18.

True or False: The Gothic church was decorated extravagantly inside and outside.

a)

True

b)

False

19.

Which was NOT a feature of Gothic buildings?

a)

stained glass windows

b)

tall and thin walls

c)

pointed arches

d)

thick walls and small windows

20.

What is the name of an external wall support?

a)

columns

b)

flying buttresses

c)

windows

d)

spires

21.

What is the name of the extravagant Gothic cathedral in Paris that was never actually finished?

a)

Notre Dame

b)

Suger Abbey

c)

Arc De Triumph

d)

Sistine Chapel

22.

What was the focal point inside of a Gothic church?

a)

the door

b)

the pews

c)

the ceiling

d)

the altarpiece

23.

Gothic sculptures became more

a)

thin

b)

tall

c)

rounded

d)

sad

24.

What is a full scale drawing of a stained glass window called?

a)

a cartoon

b)

a blinder

c)

a sketch

d)

a whim

25.

Instead of paper, painters used

a)

alligator skin

b)

human skin

c)

horse skin

d)

calf skin

26.

Who was a famous Florentine artist who was also a role model for Michelangelo?

a)

Giotto

b)

Leonardo

c)

Duccio

d)

Botticelli

27.

Which painter became famous for his large altarpiece in Italy?

a)

Rembrandt

b)

Giotto

c)

Michelangelo

d)

Duccio