Art history Exam3
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Question 1
3 out of 3 points
(photo: Steven Zucker, CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)
The Emperor Triumphant (Barberini Ivory) carving
was meant to represent something like: ________
Selected Answer:
the foreign peoples of the world who have submitted to the Byzantine emperor, Roman emperor, and emperor residing on earth under God in heaven.
Answers:
the foreign peoples of the world who have submitted to the Byzantine emperor, Roman emperor, and emperor residing on earth under God in heaven.
the emperor of Rome, conquering the Byzantine and east has put Barbarians (foreigners) under his rule
the foreign peoples have heard and been converted to God in heaven by the emperor of Rome and Byzantium
God had appointed the Byzantine emperor to crush the religions of Rome and the East under his feet
Question 2
0 out of 3 points
Galla Placidia who commissioned the Mausoleum of Galla Placidia
and daughter of Emperor Theodosius, ruled the Western Empire as ________
Selected Answer:
Empress
Answers:
Empress
Regent
Queen
Ceasar
Question 3
0 out of 3 points
(photo: Steven Zucker, CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)
The Deësis
Mosaic shows a style moving toward ________ compared to earlier mosaics of similar subjects.
Selected Answer:
symbolism
Answers:
naturalism
abstraction
flatness
symbolism
Question 4
3 out of 3 points
Borrowed from pagan sources, the image of the shepherd
with his sheep appears frequently in
Early Christian art
as a symbol of ________
Selected Answer:
Jesus Christ
Answers:
Adam
Constantine
Jesus Christ
God
Question 5
3 out of 3 points
(photo: Steven Zucker, CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)
The dome is the crowning achievement of Hagia Sophia
, and in its ambitious scale, it recalls the engineering brilliance of the ________
Selected Answer:
Pantheon in Rome.
Answers:
Treasury of Atreus in Mycenae.
Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem.
Pantheon in Rome.
Temple of Mercury in Baiae (Naples).
Question 6
3 out of 3 points
(photo: Steven Zucker, CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)
Hagia Sophia is an example of _________ art and architecture.
Selected Answer:
Byzantine
Answers:
Jewish
Early Christian
Greek
Byzantine
Question 7
3 out of 3 points
Byzantine Emperor Leo III initiated ________, a movement that sought to destroy religious images and remove them from Christian worship.
Selected Answer:
iconoclasm
Answers:
Christian abstraction
classicism
orthodoxy
iconoclasm
Question 8
3 out of 3 points
The columns in San Vitale
church incorporate ________
Selected Answer:
Christian symbolism.
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Answers:
Greek orders from Ancient Greek architecture (Ionic, Doric, and Corinthian).
the Tuscan order from Ancient Roman architecture.
Christian symbolism.
Egyptian columns reminiscent of hypostyle halls.
Question 9
3 out of 3 points
(photo: Steven Zucker, CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)
What element of the capitals in Hagia Sophia
reflects the general shift away from the solidity of Greek and Roman architecture?
Selected Answer:
They used drill work to create a thin and dematerialized effect contradicting their
support function.
Answers:
They used drill work to create a thin and dematerialized effect contradicting their
support function.
They introduced curved volutes as a decorative feature of the capitals.
They do not serve any structural function in the building.
They added painted decoration to obscure the solid stone material.
Question 10
3 out of 3 points
In Christian teaching, Christ is often seen as the "second Adam."
Selected Answer:
True
Answers:
True
Fals
e
Question 11
3 out of 3 points
Ravenna was an important Roman port city and served as the capital city for the western half of the empire.
Selected Answer:
True
Answers:
True
Fals
e
Question 12
3 out of 3 points
(photo: Steven Zucker, CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)
The
iconography of the Lindau Gospels cover
foretells the contents of the book within, for example, The Heavenly Jerusalem in the book is represented on the cover by ________
Selected Answer:
the jewels and precious stones set in gold
Answers:
the jewels and precious stones set in gold
the raised cruciform shape
pearls set in the four inner corners of the cross
the jeweled boarder as city walls
Question 13
3 out of 3 points
Each of Bishop Bernward's bronze doors of Saint Michael's at Hildesheim was cast using ________
Selected Answer:
the lost wax process.
Answers:
the lost wax process.
a hammering method to create repoussé
separately-cast pieces that were later welded together.
the chasing method.
Question 14
3 out of 3 points
(Kaiserliche Schatzkammer, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna) and (Bibliothèque Municipale, Épernay)
In comparing the painting style of St. Matthew from the Ebbo Gospels to St. Matthew from the Coronation Gospels (Gospel Book of Charlemagne), the one from the Ebbo Gospels shows more
________.
Selected Answer:
movement
Answers:
experience
piety
color
movement
Question 15
3 out of 3 points
The term "Carolingian"
is applied to Charlemagne and his successors.
Selected Answer:
True
Answers:
True
Fals
e
Question 16
3 out of 3 points
In the bronze doors at Hildesheim, scenes on the left door show episodes from ________, while scenes on the right door show events from ________.
Selected Answer:
Genesis, life of Christ
Answers:
Genesis, the book of Revelation
life of Christ, Genesis
Genesis, life of Christ
life of Christ, the lives of the saints in the book of Acts
Question 17
0 out of 3 points
What do the objects from the Sutton Hoo Ship Burial
tell us about England c. 700 C.E.?
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Selected Answers:
Christianity was spreading in England
Answers:
it was a time of political unrest
Christianity was spreading in England
Christianity had not yet come to England
it was a time of political stability
Question 18
3 out of 3 points
(British Library)
The Lindisfarne Gospel
book was made at Lindisfarne Priory in the early 8th century, but later that century, the book was saved by the monks from potential destruction by ________
Selected Answer:
Viking invasions
Answers:
civil war
hurricanes
Saxon invasions
Viking invasions
Question 19
3 out of 3 points
Otto I created an alliance with the ________
Selected Answer:
Pope
Answers:
Byzantine Emperor.
Pope
the Frankish king.
the Bishop of Rheims.
Question 20
3 out of 3 points
The Muslim calendar begins in the year 622 C.E. when the Prophet Muhammad and his followers fled Medina
and were welcomed into the city of Mecca
.
Selected Answer:
Fals
e
Answers:
True
Fals
e
Question 21
3 out of 3 points
(photo: Steven Zucker, CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)
The Ardabil Carpet
is a luxury item because of its high ________ which allows for a more detailed and elaborate pattern.
Selected Answer:
knot-count
Answers:
knot-count
thread count
pile count
base grid count
Question 22
3 out of 3 points
(photo: Steven Zucker, CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)
The horseshoe arches
at the Cordoba mosque likely derive from ________ architecture.
Selected Answer:
Visigoth
Answers:
Gothic
Ottonian
Visigoth
Greek
Question 23
3 out of 3 points
(photo: Steven Zucker, CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)
Hagia Sophia
converted as a mosque changed only a few key things.
Selected Answer:
True
Answers:
True
Fals
e
Question 24
3 out of 3 points
(photo: Steven Zucker, CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)
The hypostyle hall of the Great Mosque of Córdoba
is built with ________ from which sprout a striking combination of two-tiered, symmetrical arches, formed of stone and red brick.
Selected Answer:
recycled ancient Roman columns
Answers:
post and lintel structures
columns of marble from Damascus
recycled ancient Roman columns
stone covered in tesserae
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Question 25
3 out of 3 points
According to Islamic tradition, who led the Prophet on his famous Night Journey
?
Selected Answer:
The Angel Gabriel
Answers:
Abraham
The Angel Gabriel
Moses
The Angel Michael
Question 26
3 out of 3 points
(Pixabay)
The Alhambra
was built by the ________ Dynasty
Selected Answer:
Nasrid
Answers:
Timurid
Abbasid
Nasrid
Umayyad
Question 27
3 out of 3 points
(Pixabay)
The Taj Mahal was commissioned as a _______.
Selected Answer:
tomb
Answers:
museum
tomb
palace
temple
Question 28
0 out of 3 points
(photo: reibai, CC BY 2.0)
The Great Mosque of Isfahan
is unique because it was made during a single building campaign and not over a long period of time.
Selected Answer:
True
Answers:
True
Fals
e
Question 29
3 out of 3 points
(photo: Steven Zucker, CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)
A medallion on the Pyxis of al-Mughira
shows two men collecting eggs from the nests of falcons, which were a symbol of Umayyad ________
Selected Answer:
legitimacy
Answers:
military strength
religious authority
wealth
legitimacy
Question 30
3 out of 3 points
The Christian mosaics were removed when the Hagia Sophia
was converted as a mosque.
Selected Answer:
Fals
e
Answers:
True
Fals
e
Question 31
Needs Grading
Why are images of humans traditionally unused in Islamic Art?
Selected Answer:
Because it is believed in the Islamic that depicting a human is thought to be competing with the creator.
Correct Answer:
[None]
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