test review for chapters 14, 15, 16 early medieval 500-1000 c.e. romanesque 1050-1170 gothic...

Test Review for Chapters 14, 15, 16

Early Medieval 500-1000 C.E.

Romanesque 1050-1170

Gothic 1140-1350

Be able to identify a work of art as:

•Early Medieval

•Romanesque

•Gothic

mediums

•fresco

•panel painting

•stained glass

•rib vaulting/barrel vaults (roman vaults)

•illuminated manuscripts

What are specific terms you must know for each medium?

What are specific technical details that you must know?

patrons

Who are the primary patrons during these three periods?

Who are the “famous” patrons? What names do we know?

Who would commission the creation of a

1. reliquary?

2. altarpiece?

3. Gothic cathedral?

4. psalter?

5. book of hours?

6. illuminated book of the gospels?

7. frescoed chapel (like the one in Padua)?

8. carved ivory panels?

Architecture:

Do you know the technical terms to describe the different parts of a church?

Do you understand why certain architectural innovations were introduced?

Do you understand the purpose of different architectural decisions?

For example:

Why is the monk’s dormitory in an abbey monastery immediately adjacent to the church?

What is the purpose of the cloister?

What is the purpose of a scriptorium?

What is a keystone?

Why is wood so important for constructing vaults?

Big Ideas:•typological interrelationships•Scholasticism•Benedictine Rule•Pseudo Dionysius and Abbot Suger•divine order•different representations of Christ•the construction of illusionistic space•medieval perspective•hierarchical scale•using light and shade to model drapery and the human form•the purpose of sculptural programs

Social Order:•What are the five most important monastic orders? What is most significant about each?•Why does the Black Death matter?•Why do the living conditions of medieval peasants matter?

What special “technical” terms do you need to know?

What is the intended function of this work?

How did religion affect the production of this work of art?

Please explain:

a. in which direction are you looking

b. through what part of the cathedral you are looking

c. what prominent architectural feature the master builder has used to unify this space

Rheims Cathedralbegun in 1211; almost “complete” by 1285

What is the space delineated by E called?

What is the space delineated by F called?

What is the structural element labeled C called?

What is the structural element labeled D called?

This section of the naveis called?



Amiens Cathedralbegun in 1220; almost “complete” by 1375

Please describe what you are looking at.Try to use as many specific technical terms as you can.

Rheims Cathedralbegun in 1211; almost “complete” by 1285

Please describe what you are looking at.Make sure that you explain the structural purpose of this architectural feature.

What is the name of this architectural feature? How are these different from the one shown in the previous slide?

Notre Dame, Paris

You are looking at the exterior of the nave.What language would you use to describe how the surface of the windows and the window frames has been highly decorated?


You are looking at the west façade.Why do you know that this façade is definitely “Gothic” and not “Romanesque?”


Why do you know that this west façade is definitely Romanesque?

St Peter's Cathedral Angoulême,

Charente, France

This is a floor plan of a cathedral. Is this a Gothic cathedral? How can you tell?

Cathédrale Saint-Lazare d’ Autun

How can you tell that this plan represents a pilgrimage church?

Plan of the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela, Spain

How can you tell that this plan represents a Gothic cathedral?

Which one?

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Documents

work of art

special technical terms

intended function

specific terms

specific technical details

gothic cathedral

different parts

primary patrons