Art History Survey 1 - Final Exam

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Which of the following is the first known historical example of an art object that identifies its subject with a name on its surface?

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Palatte of Narmar

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Which of the following is a sculpture of a nude male youth from the Archaic period?

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Kouros

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The fibula excavated from the Regolini-Galassi Tomb illustrates motifs borrowed from the Orient. Which of the following is one of those designs?

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Walking Lions

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Werner Herzog’s film Cave of Forgotten Dreams emphasizes which aspect of Paleolithic painting?

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That is was collaborative across time and generations

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Which term describes a technique often used by Paleolithic artist for drawing animals?

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Twisted Perspective

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Who was the Babylonian king that codified laws and prescribed penalties for infractions?

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Hammurabi

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What epic poem recounts the exploits of a legendary king of Uruk?

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Epic of Gilgamesh

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Which of the following is depicted as a hawk or falcon and protector of pharaoh?

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Horus

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Which of the following describes a building technique commonly used in Egyptian temples?

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Post and lintel

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Which cardinal direction is associated with death in the Nile River Valley?

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West

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Which animal is a prominent feature of Minoan culture and found throughout the Palace of Knossos?

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Bull

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What is the name for the architectural element that rests above the architrave and usually has metopes and triglyps in the Doric order?

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Frieze

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Which term is a sculpture of a female figure used as an architectural support?

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Carytid

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What Greek era does the artist Praxiteles, known for his sensual sculptures like Aphrodite of Knidos, represent?

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Classical

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What historical event marks the beginning of the Hellenistic era?

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The death of Alexander the Great

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The Greek concept of arête, the combination of beauty and Good, is best exemplified in which of the following sculptures?

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Kroisos Kouros from Anavyssos

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Which complex laid the architectural foundations for the designs of the great pyramids of Giza?

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Stepped Pyramid Mortuary complex of Djoser

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Pedimental sculpture is extremely rare in Etruscan temple architecture. Normally the Etruscans placed their narrative statuary on which of the following elements?

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The peaks of the temple roof

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What medium was used in the wall paintings at Knossos?

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True Fresco

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Which actions were supposed to disrupt the afterlife keeping the Ka and Ba from returning to the deceased?

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Scratching out the name of the dead and breaking noses of sculpted portraits.

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What is unique about the streets of Çatal Höyük?

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There are no streets just passage ways between buildings.

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Which Mesopotamian culture is credited with developing the earliest written language?

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Sumerian

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An important series of caves with paintings from the Paleolithic period is located in ________.

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France

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What is a megalith

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It is a massive sized rock.

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The Ziggurat at Ur can best be described as a __________.

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Sumerian temple base

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The column used on Etruscan temples is similar to which type of Greek column?

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Doric

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Which of the following terms is used to describe the Roman Temple of “Fortuna Virilis” also known as Temple of Portunus?

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pseudoperipteral

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Which of the following is NOT an example of motifs or symbols used by early Christians?

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Footprints

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Which following term describes the raised-hands figures that early Christians used as symbols of intercessors and worshipers?

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Orant

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Which deity did the Julian line believe that they were descended from?

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Venus

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Where would an oculus be found?

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at the center of a dome

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Which of the following have not been found in the Indus River Valley culture?

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religious architecture

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Which culture influenced the sculpture style of the Gandhara school?

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Chinese

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Which river valley did the Chinese Neolithic cultures and the Shang Dynasty build their cities?

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Yellow River

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A yakshi is the personification for which of the following?

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Fertility and vegetation

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The Action of Teaching

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Resting in Meditation

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Enlightenment

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The 3rd Style of Roman fresco painting is distinguished by __________________.

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faux low relief architectural features and decorative elements

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Coffering was used to lighten the weight of the dome in which of these structures?

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Pantheon

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Roman portraiture during the Republic was generally of elderly male statesmen executed with what quality by the sculptor.

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Verism

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Which of the following would be located in a Roman forum and would house the law court for the city?

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Basilica

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Which of the following were carved into the tornas of the Great Stupa of Sanchi?

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Jatakas and yakshi

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Circumambulation is the method of worship at which of the following sites?

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Great Stupa at Sanchi

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Which Hindu deity is often represented in the arts as one of his many avatars?

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Vishnu

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What is this name of this early Christian symbol?

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Orant

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Early Christians repeatedly used which symbol in tombs and catacombs as and image of hope?

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The Good Sheppard

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What Old Testament narrative was used repeatedly by early Christians because of it foreshadowing of Christ’s death and resurrection?

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Jonah and the Whale

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Which of the following is not found in the first few centuries of Buddhist imagery?

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Portrait of Siddhartha

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Which term is the action of worship performed by both Buddhists and Hindus at stupas and inside temples?

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Circumambulation

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Who was the first emperor of China and had a terracotta army created for his burial site?

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Illusionistic and expansive spaces.

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Tang Dynasty sculptors imported which of the following Indian features?

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sensuous flesh and clinging drapery

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The Great Wall of China was constructed as a defense against the nomadic peoples of the north, in particular the ___________.

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Goths

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Which of the following are among the earliest Japanese artifacts?

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Jomon ceramics

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Which of the following are ceramic vessels that adorned Japanese burial sites during the Kofun Period?

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Haniwa

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Which dynasty was witnessed first-hand and described by Marco Polo, in the 13th century, as the most sophisticated civilization in the world?

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Song

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Which term describes the richly adorned and princely dressed figures, found in Buddhist iconography, whose role is to help humanity while postponing their own enlightenment?

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Bodhisattva

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The large scale landscape paintings of the Song Dynasty are directly influenced by which of the following?

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Daoism

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Which of the following is associated with the Pure Land School sect of Buddhism?

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Amida

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Which building does this detail of a mosaic come from?

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Galla Placidia

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What artistic disruption occurred in the Byzantine world from 726-843

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Iconoclasm

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In which year did Constantinople fall to the Ottoman Turks, there by ending the Byzantine Empire?

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1453

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The Koran’s admonishment against the creation and worship of idols helped propel which art medium to the top of the artistic hierarchy?

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Calligraphy

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Which term describes the type of drill work and carving that is prominent in Islamic and Byzantine architectural surfaces?

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Arabesque

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What architectural element causes the dome of Hagia Sophia to appear to levitate?

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Fenestration

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Which is the term that describes the entrance or vestibule into a basilica form church?

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Narthex

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Which of the following are characteristics of medieval designs from Nordic and Celtic regions?

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Interlacing and organic-abstract patterns.

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In Islamic and Byzantine architecture, a squinch was used to do what?

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to make the transition from a dome onto a square base.

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Merovingian jewelry utilized the color of red glass and stones in cloisonné and is interpreted to represent which of the following?

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The blood of Christ.

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Abbot Suger began the Gothic movement with his renovation of the choir of which building?

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Saint-Denis

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Which term describes the semicircular niche found in the qibla wall of a mosque?

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Mihrab

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Which of the following is a Romanesque pilgrimage church?

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Saint-Sernin

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Gothic sculpture is different from earlier forms in which of the following ways?

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High relief.

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Which of the following describes the passageway around the apse of a church?

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Ambulatory

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Which early mosque features noteworthy mosaics of flora and fauna?

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Great Mosque of Damascus

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Which of the following is an example of High Gothic architecture?

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Chartres Cathedral

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Which term means the elevated platform where the imam conducts service in a mosque?

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Minbar

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Which of the following is a portable work of art?

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Lindisfarne Gospel

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Gothic cathedral builders resolved the lateral thrust problem of walls buckling outwards by using which architectural feature?

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Flying Buttress

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Hiberno-Saxon manuscripts utilize elaborate patterns and interlacing with terminal ends of stylized animals. Which of the following terms describes this characteristic?

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Zoomorphic

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Which initials of Christ are represented by this image?

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ICXC

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The term Carolingian describes art and architecture made in the late 8th to early 9th century under the patronage of which ruler?

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Charlemagne

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The image is an example of what kind of manuscript?

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Hiberno-Saxon

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The use of ABBA or ABAB patterns in supports of the nave are characteristic of which period?

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Romanesque

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Which term refers to the mystical splendor of stain-glass windows transmitting True Light into the church and enlightening the congregation?

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Lux Nova

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What architectural feature is prominent in this ceiling detail of Westminster Abbey?

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Fan Vaults

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Which architectural detail is an upside down triangular shape with a slightly concave surface?

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Pendentive

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Which of the follow was NOT a function of an icon a Byzantine church?

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It prays for the faithful.

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Which term describes the part of an interior wall, with fenestration, that rises above an adjacent roof to allow light into the sanctuary?

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Clerestory

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The diagram to the right shows a rose window with two ________ windows.

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Lancet

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Which century did the Umayyad Dynasty conquer the Iberian Peninsula (Spain)?

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8th

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Romanesque and Gothic churches often made use of which iconographic arrangement in the tympanums over the doorways of west facing façades?

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The Last Judgment.

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Which term describes a metal working technique using small divisions filled with enamel or stones?

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Cloisonné

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The Palatine Chapel of Charlemagne shows evidence of Islamic architecture by which of the following?

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Two-toned stone arches.

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The large pilgrimage churches of the 11th and 12th centuries utilized which architectural element in the nave?

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Transverse Arches

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Which is an example of an embroidered work of art that chronicles the historical conquest of England in 1066 by Duke William of Normandy?

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Bayeux Tapestry

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What is the term for the lead I-bar component used in Gothic stained glass

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Cames

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What architectural feature is prominent in this image?

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Flying Buttresses

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For extra credit, choose which style this image represents?

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Byzantine