WorksheetsART 1301 FER - Practice Test
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 36mins
On a scale of 1-5 (1 being the greatest, 5 being the lowest), how prepared do you feel you are for the exam tomorrow?
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Have you worked on your study guide prior to this exam review?
No.
Only just a little; I've answered a few questions
I'm almost done with it; I just came for a few answers
I have finished it; I want to verify my answers
How have you prepared for the exam before this exam review? (select all that apply)
I have reviewed the powerpoints.
I have reviewed the notes I have taken during lectures in class.
I have made flashcards and practiced with them.
I have attended SI sessions prior to this one.
I have formed study groups with peers.
What is a loculi? Who were they made for?
A long rectangular niche in the wall of a catacomb. Holds 2-3 bodies. Made for the poor.
A long, rectangular channel for the flow of water from dams and streams. Made for Byzantium cities.
A large room covered with frescoes; burial for the wealthy upper class.
An iconographic image of a holy figure in Christianity. Made for the poor.
What is a cubiculum?
A long, rectangular channel for the flow of water to cisterns. Made for large cities.
A large room covered with frescoes; used as burial for the wealthy.
Portable paintings of Hagia Sophia, used to show imperial power.
A long rectangular niche in the wall of a catacomb. Holds 2-3 bodies. Made for the poor.
What is syncretism?
The destruction of iconographic images of holy figures, such as Christ, Mary, or the Saints.
A way to describe a basilica plan, which has a horizontal emphasis with focus on the apse at the end.
A method for building monasteries, which are built away from cities and away from the capitol of a country.
The assimilation of imagery and forms from the Greco/Roman world into Christian Art.
The Hagia Sophia, Constantinople; who built it, when did they build it, and what is the symbolism?
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What is the transition piece called when you place a hemispherical dome on an octagon? Provide an example from the lecture.
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What is an icon? (When discussing art history)
An edict issuing the destruction of artwork.
The transition piece on a hemispherical dome that goes into an octagon.
Portable paintings depicting Christ, Mary, Saints, or other Holy figures.
A basilica plan.
What is iconoclasm? When did it occur, and by whose order?
The push by society for the creation of icons. Occurred in 181 CE under the direction of Emperor Nero.
The destruction of all icons, and the inability to create icons. Occurred in 726 CE under the direction of Emperor Leo II.
The coup of an emperor. Occurred in 901 CE under the direction of Emperor Justinian.
The inability for an icon of Christ to be sold and bartered. Occurred in 505 BCE under the direction of Emperor Julius Caesar.
What are the artistic conventions of an icon? (Select all that apply)
Long straight noses
Small mouths
Gold striated drapery
Unbroken background color
Dark skin on males, light skin on females
Why is the Monastery of St. Catherine in Mount Sinai, Egypt important to the art of icons as we know them today?
What is the transitional piece called when you place a hemispherical dome on a SQUARE? Provide an example from the lecture.
What are the three primary architectural plans for a mosque?
Central/open plan
Basilica cross-structure in staves
4 Iwan
Hypostle Hall Mosque: similar to Muhammad's house in Medina
What is a muqarna?
Geometrical architectural decorations found in the iwans.
The site of Muhammad's ascension into Heaven.
Paintings of religious figures in Christianity, such as Christ, Mary, or Saints.
Inscriptions of Islamic Faith.
What is Kaaba?
The symbolic center of Christianity in Jerusalem. Churches are built facing that direction (West).
A wall of prayer closest to the direction of Mecca.
The symbolic center of islam in Mecca. Prayer is directed here.
A wooden corner post in Islamic architecture.
What is Hajj?
A pilgrimage that each Christian must make during a lifetime.
A black silk which covers over the Kaaba.
The burial site of Adam in Islamic and Christian faith.
A pilgrimage that each Muslim must make during a lifetime.
What is Tawaf?
The counterclockwise circumambulation of the Kaaba while saying prayers: must circle 7 times.
The burial site of Adam in Christian and Islamic faith, often covered in icons.
A stave, or wooden corner post in an Islamic mosque.
The geometric shapes or scrolling vines of an Islamic mosque.
What is the Kiswah?
A stave or wooden post in the Islamic Mosque.
A geometric architectural decoration found in Iwans.
A basilica plan that is used for mosques.
The black silk covering over the Kaaba.
What is a qibla wall?
The wall of prayer upon which icons are placed.
A pendentive or hemispherical dome and archway in a Roman basilica.
The wall of prayer closest to the direction of Mecca.
The burial site of Adam.
What are the two types of decorations that can be found in an Islamic mosque? (Select all that apply.)
Paintings and portraits of prophets and saints.
Inscriptions.
Geometric shapes and scrolling vines.
Paintings that depict the burial of Adam and the sacrifice of Isaac.
Speaking of Inscriptions: what are the two aspects or functions of Inscriptions as seen in Islamic mosques?
Decorative: for aesthetics.
Directional: They are often written in places for the meer purpose of directing mosque-goers through the mosque.
Structural: They are often set on staves or beams that are meant to hold up the mosque, and are made from hardy materials to support weight.
Information: they often say something meaningful or are a verse from the Quran.
Why is the Dome of the Rock, Jerusalem sacred to the three religions of the book? Which are they sacred to? (SELECT ALL THAT APPLY)
It is the site of the Temple of Solomon (Christianity and Judaism)
It is the burial site of Adam (Christianity and Judaism)
It is the site of the sacrifice of Isaac (Christianity and Judaism)
It is the site of Muhammad's ascension into Heaven (Islam)
What is a stave?
A wooden corner post in an architectural plan for a Christian church.
A wooden corner post in an architectural plan for an Islamic Mosque.
A wooden beam that suppots murqanas in an Islamic Mosque.
The altar space in an architectural plan for a Christian church.
What is a stave church? How is it defined?
It is defined by the use of square beams and wooden roof slats.
It is defined by the use of wooden crosses and dragons on the roof architecture.
It is defined by the square placement of stave posts.
It is defined by the location in which it sits; a stave church is a church built in Staves, Norway.
The Stave Church of Borgund, Norway has two unusual roof decorations - what are they and what do they symbolize?
What does the epic poem Beowulf confirm for us? Select all that apply.
That nordic (viking) groups often depict wolves on their burial art works and grave goods.
That nordic (viking) groups used rectangular coffins for burial in mounds in the ground.
That nordic (viking) groups used longships for burial in mounds in the ground.
That nordic (viking) groups used longships for burials at sea.
What four changes happen with the art of the Vikings (and Early Medieval) that separate it from Greek and Roman art? NAME FOUR.
What two decorative motifs are found in grave goods in Sutton Hoo? Select all that apply.
Gripping beasts
Qunaras
Interlace
Miniscules
What did Charlemagne do for writing in the Carolingian Empire? Select ALL that apply.
He ordered for the destruction of icons and illuminated manuscripts and the imagery in them.
He ordered for the creation of illustrated and illuminated manuscripts with irreverent drawings.
He ordered for the creation of great temples and the writing of Bibles, which would later be converted into mosques.
He ordered for the unification of script: spaces between letters, and majuscules and minuscules.
