When making an art historical argument, one must always support their statements with this two-word term.
What is "visual evidence"?
100
Europe changed drastically and evolved a diverse cultural identity in the centuries after this major event, occurring in 476 AD.
What is the Fall of Rome?
100
This monk founded the order that produced the Book of Kells around the year 800. He was thought for many years to have been the book's author, but that is now thought to be unlikely.
Who is St. Columba?
(Also accept Columba.)
100
This material is a writing surface made from animal skin.
What is "parchment"?
100
Uniting politics in Northern Europe with the authority of the Roman Pope, this is the date when Charlemagne was crowned Holy Roman Emperor.
What is "December 25, 800 AD"?
(Also accept "Christmas Day, 800 AD")
200
This term, slang for a museum label, includes the most basic information about a work of art, including its culture of origin, materials, artist and date.
What is a "tombstone"?
200
Beginning in the 6th century, these institutions took a leading role in evangelizing to local populations and unifying Europe by a common faith.
What are Catholic monasteries?
200
This term is the cultural designation for early medieval art from Ireland. Another word for it is Insular.
What is "Hiberno-Saxon"?
200
This term refers to a booklet of folios from which a book is formed.
What is a "quire" or "gathering"?
200
This manuscript is significant for the luxurious color of its parchment, the simplicity and clarity of its decoration, and its correlation with a very important event in the life of Charlemagne.
What is the "Coronation Gospels"?
300
This item on a museum label indicates the year in which an art object entered a museum or other collection.
What is an "accession number"?
300
What type of object was the main tool of evangelism for Christian monks in medieval Europe?
What is an illuminated manuscript?
300
This type of illustration was uncommon in earlier Celtic painting, but occurs prolifically in the Book of Kells.
What is "figurative" art?
(Also accept "images of people")
300
This crescent-shaped knife is used for scraping skin during the preparation of parchment.
What is a "lunellum"?
300
This type of image in the Coronation Gospels clearly shows the classicizing elements of Carolingian painting, such as flowing drapery, naturalistic landscapes, and relaxed, scholarly poses. It can be contrasted with similar types of images painted in a more gaudy, decorative style in the Book of Kells.
What is "Evangelist portrait"?
(Also accept: "Gospel-writer portrait")
400
Statements of art historical significance should always communicate the impact of a work of art on one of these two areas, which are alternate terms for "art" and "history."
What are "form" and "context"?
400
These rooms were reserved for the copying of books in medieval monasteries and would be used by both scribes and illuminators.
What are "scriptoria"?
400
This incipit page in the Book of Kells is particularly lavishly decorated because it introduces the Book of Matthew and the incarnation of Christ.
What is the Chi Rho page?
(Also accept Monogram page)
400
This two-word term refers to the first letter of a book or significant portion of text that is decorated with illustrations to support the text.
What is a "historiated initial"?
400
This metal-working technique, involving the hammering of gold from the back in order to create a raised image on the front, was used to sculpt a triumphant image of Christ on the cover of the Lindau Gospels.
What is "repousse"?
500
These are the seven Principles of Design.
What are Balance, Movement, Rhythm, Proportion, Unity, Contrast, and Emphasis?
(Also accept Pattern, Harmony, and Scale).
500
Early medieval Europe developed cultural and artistic tastes related to which three intertwining traditions?
What are "Greco-Roman," "Germanic," and "Christian"?
(Also accept "Classical," "Frankish," "war-lords" and "Catholic")
500
These images related to the Gospel-writers, scattered throughout the Book of Kells, are given unusual emphasis here for a Hiberno-Saxon book.
What are the "Evangelist Symbols"?
500
"Before" or "after" the illuminations are painted? -- this is when the scribe writes the text of the manuscript.
What is "before"?
500
The Palatine Chapel, Charlemagne's royal chapel and first vaulted space in northern Europe since Antiquity, was modeled after THIS other centrally planned church in THIS northern Italian city.