Art History 1440 – Ch. 17: Gothic Europe – Flashcards
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What did people call the Gothic style at the time?
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French style
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The Gothic style of art and architecture coincides with the...
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rise of cities
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A cathedral is a...
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bishop's church
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How was royal power most commonly illustrated in French Gothic pictorial programs?
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images of biblical kings and queens
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The purpose of a flying buttress was to...
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resist the vaults' outward thrust
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Which aspect of Abbot Suger's Church at Saint-Denis represented the new Gothic style?
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flowing space and stained glass walls
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Which term best describes Gothic architecture?
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skeletal
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Thanks to their imagery, French Gothic stained glass windows serve as...
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sermons of light
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Which characteristic of British early medieval art appears in English Gothic manuscript painting?
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interlaced designs
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Which feature distinguishes English Gothic architecture?
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long nave
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Salisbury Cathedral is unlike most English Gothic architecture due to its...
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two transepts
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Stokesay Castle is considered fortified thanks to its...
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crenellations
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What feature of the Gothic hall church made it particularly appropriate for German religious practices?
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the open interior accommodated large congregations
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The Old-New Synagogue in Prague differs from contemporary German Gothic churches in its...
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two-aisle plan
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German Gothic sculpture reveals the influence of...
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Roman and Byzantine art
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German Gothic sculpture reveals a growing interest in...
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descriptive realism
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Which feature of Nicholas of Verdun's Shrine of the Three Kings reveals his classicizing style?
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lifelike figures in clothing that reveals the bodies underneath
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Frederick II encouraged artists to...
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emulate the natural world
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Italian Gothic sculpture is described in your text as...
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classicizing and naturalistic
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What political event profoundly impacts the style of Italian Gothic painting?
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the crusader's victory in Constantinople
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What formal characteristic is typical of maniera greca painting?
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expressionism
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Italian Gothic painting at the Church of St. Francis in Assisi, Italy, reveals the quest for...
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lifelike naturalism
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Two of the visual hallmarks of French Gothic Architecture are...
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pointed arches and ribbed vaults
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Gothic flying buttresses permitted larger...
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windows
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What aspect of the sculptures of Mary and Elizabeth on the facade of Reims Cathedral reveal their likely Classical sources of inspiration
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the figures
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What is Stainte-Chapelle in Paris widely seen as the embodiment of Abbot Suger's vision for architecture?
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its walls are almost entirely stained glass
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The Gothic period's emphasis on Mary's role in the Christian faith is embodied in images of the...
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incarnation of Christ
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Which formal approach dominated later French Gothic figural arts?
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aristocratic refinement
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Why was rib vaulting an important innovation in the construction of Gothic churches?
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It could provide a strong skeletal support for a lightweight masonry skin
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Gothic architects in France often replaced Romanesque galleries with what element in the nave elevation?
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triforium
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An architectural feature of early German Gothic churches is...
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naves and aisles of equal height
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Francisan paintings in Italy typically include...
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recognizable anecdotal details
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Which theme that appears in the Windmill Psalter is used to show Christ as a descendant of the Hebrew kings?
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the Tree of Jesse
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What provided inspiration for the use of round towers in English castles of the Gothic period?
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Muslim and Byzantine structures seen by European crusaders
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What detail of Coppo di Marcovaldo's painted crucifix helps identify this as a "historiated crucifix"?
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the narrative scenes next to the primary figure
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Compared with French Gothic architecture, English churches placed less emphasis on...
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height
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Which of these churches is typically regarded as the first Gothic building?
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the abbey church of Saint-Denis
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What aspect of this maniera greca style painting leads your text to describe its emphasis on pathos?
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the suffering body
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Hall churches are common in the Gothic period in...
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Germany
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Descriptive realism increasingly appears in the Gothic art of...
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Germany
