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Art of the Western World: "A White Garment of Churches" (Pt. I: Romanesque Art)

1. In the __________ centuries, the period we call Romanesque, there was a revival of art and architecture.

A) 1st and 2nd.
B) 5th and 6th.
C) 11th and 12th.
D) 19th and 20th.

2. Two of the most powerful forces molding the development of Romanesque art and architecture were pilgrimage and the __________ movement.

A) Monastic.
B) Women's.
C) Feudal.
D) Bowel.

3. The cult of __________ and the passion for pilgrimage to their shrines were dominant features of medieval culture.

A) Elvis.
B) Saints.
C) Artists.
D) Knights.

4. What helped pay the construction costs of the great Romanesque pilgrimage churches?

A) Offerings to the saints and their relics by pilgrims.
B) Medieval Super Lotto.
C) Money stolen by bandits.
D) Generous contributions from neighboring towns.

5. The four main pilgrimage routes through France ended up at which Spanish church?

A) Notre Dame.
B) Amiens Cathedral.
C) Chartres Cathedral.
D) Santiago de Compostela.

6. Churches competed for __________ and even stole them from each other.

A) Priests.
B) Relics.
C) Stained glass windows.
D) Worshippers.

7. To a largely illiterate congregation, __________ were essential to convey the church's message.

A) Images.
B) Hand signals.
C) Slow speaking priests.
D) Impressive architecture.

8. __________ were self-contained, self-sufficient communities cut off from the world.

A) Schools.
B) Markets.
C) Artists.
D) Monasteries.

9. During the Middle Ages, what was the most important form of painting in Western art?

A) Oil painting.
B) Manuscript illumination.
C) Watercolor painting.
D) Finger painting.

10. Fourth century Christians, needing places of worship, took over the long Roman __________, which became the standard form for Christian architecture in the West.

A) Triumphal column.
B) Amphitheater.
C) Basilica.
D) Triumphal arch.

11. Christian architects transformed the Roman basilica by adding a transept, thus making the church into a symbolic __________ shape.

A) Circular.
B) Star.
C) Crescent.
D) Cross.

12. To deal with hundreds of pilgrims in the church, the medieval architect evolved a corridor, or __________, to solve the "traffic problem" of the medieval pilgrimage.

A) Ambulatory.
B) Monastery.
C) Buttress.
D) Groin vault.

13. The most distinctive element of High Romanesque architecture is the great tunnel or __________ vault.

A) Pointed.
B) Barrel.
C) Post and lintel.
D) Corbel.

14. Although it has some Gothic elements, Durham cathedral in England is a Romanesque church because it supports its vaulting (ceiling) on great walls and pillars, not on __________.

A) Stained glass.
B) Flying buttresses.
C) The nave.
D) The transept.

15. The Gothic ideas we see in Durham cathedral were followed up in __________, which gave birth to the new Gothic style.

A) England.
B) Egypt.
C) Rome.
D) France.
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