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100
Name the culture/time period from which this artwork hails:
What is Islamic Art?
100
This term describes the followers of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam that believe that only one god created and rules the universe.
What is monotheistic?
100
Identify the culture attributed to the image below:
What is Early Christian?
- The Good Shepherd image was used
- Elements of syncretism are suggested through the method of dress
- It shows hallmarks of Roman painting through the use of Classical modeling
100
Near the end of the first century, this replaced the scroll as the primary form of recording texts.
A. codex
B. manuscript
C. miniature
D. vellum
What is A. Codex?
100
Name the period of art that would have built following the architectural plan below:
What is Early Christian architecture?
200
Name the culture/time period from which this artwork hails:
What is Early Christian Art?
200
This is the term for Christians in the Muslim territories.
What are Mozarabs/Mozarabic?
200
Identify the culture attributed to the image below:
What is Middle Byzantine Art?
- The use of a heavy gold background and linear modeling tells us that it is Byzantine.
- The manuscript is showing a religious figure in an iconographic fashion, suggesting this was made after iconoclasm ended
- The tender portrayal follows the Middle Byzantine desire for heightened emotion.
200
This is the period from which most of the earliest surviving examples of Jewish art date.
A. Neo-Babylonian and Egyptian
B. Hellenistic and Roman
C. Minoan and Mycenaean
D. Persian and Greek
What is B. Hellenistic and Roman?
200
Name the period of art that would have built following the architectural plan below:
What is Romanesque architecture?
300
Name the culture/time period from which this artwork hails:
What is Romanesque?
300
This is the architectural plan of most Carolingian churches.
What is basilican plan?
300
Identify the culture attributed to the image below:
What is Early Medieval, Carolingian?
- This illuminated manuscript recalls the Roman author portrait compositional format.
- Conventions for creating the illusion of solid figures in space may have been preserved from Byzantine manuscripts (also evident in the use of gold leaf here).
- The figure is lifelike; Carolingian manuscript illuminators returned to a lifelike representation of human figures.
300
This artistic style was a fusion of Celtic, Romanized British, Germanic, and Norse traditions.
A. barbarian
B. Carolingian
C. Hiberno-Saxon
D. Frank
What is C. Hiberno-Saxon?
300
Name this architectural element:
What is the tympanum?
400
Name the specific culture/time period from which this artwork hails:
What is the Early Medieval, Carolingian Empire?
400
A process whereby artists assimilate and combine images and ideas from different cultural traditions, beliefs, and practices, giving them new meanings.
What is syncretism?
400
Identify the specific culture attributed to the image below:
What is Ottoman Empire, Islamic Art?
- Calligraphery was an esteemed artform in Islamic society, with calligraphers occupying the highest status of all artists.
- This is a tugra, calligraphic script used for political purposes in the Ottoman Empire
- Tugras incorporate three vertical lines along with concentric tear-drop shapes
400
In keeping with the order’s emphasis on disciplined spiritual practice, this kind of architecture is characterized by simplicity, austerity, and purity.
A. Cistercian
B. Cluniac
C. Benedictine
D. Islamic
What is A. Cistercian?
400
Where did all pilgrimage roads lead during the Romanesque?
What is Santiago de Compostela?
500
Name the specific culture/time period from which this artwork hails:
What is Early Medieval, Viking?
500
A Scandinavian wooden structure with four huge timbers at its core.
What is a stave church?
500
Identify the culture attributed to the image below:
What is Early Jewish art?
- A menorah is picture on the right in the image; menorahs are used in Jewish worship.
- A Torah shrine is shown open in the center.
- There is a lack of figural representation in this religious artwork, common in Early Jewish artworks of a religious nature.
500
Any Romanesque image of Mary seated on a throne and holding the baby Jesus on her lap is known as
A. “The Throne of Wisdom.”
B. “Virgin of Compassion.”
C. “Theotokos.”
D. “Mater Dolorosa.”
What is A. "The Throne of Wisdom"?
500
This work—one of the most famous Carolingian manuscripts—uses ink drawings to illustrate the words and images of individual psalms literally.
What are the Ebbo Gospels?