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A Cruciform church plan is a plan that is in the shape of a __.
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cross
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Define Triptych.
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3-panel artwork
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Hildegard Von Bingen is thought to have written more than __ books in Latin and __ Chants at a time when women were rarely literate.
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9, and 70
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Draw a Romanesque Portal sculpture and label 5 parts.
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1-trumeau 2-lintel 3-tympanum 4-jambs 5-archivolts
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What is the difference between St. John the Baptist and St. John the Evangelist? Were they or were they not the same person?
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No, St. John the Evangelist wrote the gospel according to St. John. St. John the Baptist was the cousin of Jesus and his head was served on a platter
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Who led the building of the Tower of Babel?
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Nimrod
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What is the difference between contrapposto and the "Gothic Sway"?
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contrapposto-The David
Gothic Sway-Virgin's child |
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The author compares the race to build larger and more grand cathedrals to another place and time:
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to the skyscrapers in New York-the race to build the tallest building in the world
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Abbot __ (1081-1151)was the Benedictine Abbott of St. Denis, the church where Charlemagne and a whole line of French kings were crowned.
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Suger.
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The people of the Gothic period did not call themselves Gothic. To describe the new and revolutionary artwork around them, they used teh following two terms:
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1-Modern Style 2-French Style
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The most obvious characteristic of International Gothic is its soaring, light-filled interiors. Chruches were not the only building trhat used the style. The style was also adapted to include what 3 things?
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1-public building like townhalls/courthouses
2-wealthy residences 3-synagogues |
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The rise of the cathedral occurs in teh same period as teh rise of the European University, which included four major European schools?
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1-Paris 2-Cambridge 3-Oxford 4-Bologna
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The Thirteenth century saw the rise of Scholastic philosophy which broaght together __ and __ under the renewed influence of __.
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faith, reason, Aristotle
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The patron saint of Frnace is St. __.
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Denis
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One main goal Abbott Suger's innovation was to bring into the church a __ light.
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divine
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Chartres Cathedral stained glass artwork "The Tree of Jesse" is intended to demonstrate exactly what?
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the lineage of Jesus
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At Reims cathedral, the west portal tympanum scultures were replaced with __ __ __.
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stain glass windows
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Compare the Annunciation and Visitation west facade portal sculptures from Reims.
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Annunciation-stiff, geometric, expressionless
Visitation-the gothic sway, naturalistic,can see some body thru cloth. |
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The reliquary on page 269 of the Virgin and Child is said to contain what particular relic?
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hairs from Mary's head
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Major European Cathedral building was brought to a halt by widespread __.
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plague
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True or False: Elaborately embroidered priest's robes became so heavy tha tpriests sometimes had to have help to move.
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true
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Describe the distinguishing characteristic of the Germanic Hall Church.
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The arcade ceiling is part of the nave ceiling, in the French version the ceiling is split into 3 parts
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quatrefoil
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The term for this figure is...
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Chartes is unique among Gothic buildings. Why?
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It has almost all of it original stainglass
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Describe the distinquishing characteristic of the Germanic Hall Church.
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The nave and arcade share the same ceiling
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