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1. In the __________ centuries, the period we call Romanesque, there was a revival of art and architecture.
2. Two of the most powerful forces molding the development of Romanesque art and architecture were pilgrimage and the __________ movement.
3. The cult of __________ and the passion for pilgrimage to their shrines were dominant features of medieval culture.
4. What helped pay the construction costs of the great Romanesque pilgrimage churches?
5. The four main pilgrimage routes through France ended up at which Spanish church?
6. Churches competed for __________ and even stole them from each other.
7. To a largely illiterate congregation, __________ were essential to convey the church's message.
8. __________ were self-contained, self-sufficient communities cut off from the world.
9. During the Middle Ages, what was the most important form of painting in Western art?
10. Fourth century Christians, needing places of worship, took over the long Roman __________, which became the standard form for Christian architecture in the West.
11. Christian architects transformed the Roman basilica by adding a transept, thus making the church into a symbolic __________ shape.
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.
13. The most distinctive element of High Romanesque architecture is the great tunnel or __________ vault.
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 __________.
15. The Gothic ideas we see in Durham cathedral were followed up in __________, which gave birth to the new Gothic style.