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35 Cards in this Set
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__________ is typically regarded as the first Gothic building.
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- Abbey Church of Saint- Denis
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A _________ is an arcaded wall passageway.
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- Triforium
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Villard de Honnecourt is known for his _________.
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- Drawings
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The Altneschul in _________, which employs a Gothic hall - church design, is the oldest functioning synagogue in Europe.
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- Prague
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The Altneschul in __________, which employs a Gothic hall - church design, is the oldest functioning synagogue in Europe.
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- Plate tracery
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The sculpture of St. __________ at the Magdeburg Cathedral is the first surviving representation of the saint as a black man.
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- Maurice
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The construction of Reims Cathedral near Paris sparked local opposition because __________.
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- Of its great expense
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Nicholas of Verdun's Shrine of the Three Kings, believed to contain relics of the three Magi, is shaped in the form of a __________.
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- Basilica church
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All of the following except __________ are typical of Gothic churches.
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- Mosaics
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The West facade of Reims Cathedral includes a representation of the Visitation, when Mary, pregnant with Jesus, visits her cousin Elizabeth, pregnant with Saint __________.
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- John the Baptist
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In Italy, under Frederick II, the leading exponent of sculpture combining classical and naturalistic element was ___________.
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- Nicola Pisano
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Master masons moved constantly from job to job because __________.
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- Funding shortages and technical delays made work sporadic.
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Holofernes Army Crossing the Euphrates River was one of the stained glass panels to be later removed from __________.
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- Sainte Chapelle
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The Windmill Psalter is an example of _________ from the British Isles.
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- Illuminated manuscript
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__________ was a monk who painted a self-portrait revering the Virgin and Child.
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- Matthew Paris
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In the bar tracery technique, thin stone bars called __________ are inserted into an expansive opening in the wall.
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- Mullions
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The Gothic style originated in monasteries in the __________ region.
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- Paris
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The semicircular section at one end of church is the __________.
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- Apse
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The first use of true flying buttresses was at the __________.
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- Cathedral of Notre-Dame, Paris
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The Miracle of the Crib at Greccio depicts St. ___________ making the first Christmas manger scene in the church at Greccio.
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- Francis
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The right portal at Chartres Cathedral is dedicated to the _________, God's first earthly appearance in Christian belief.
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- Incarnation
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During the time of ___________, Paris became the artistic center of Europe.
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- Louis IX
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Knowledge of the medieval art of stained glass is based on a twelfth-century text, De Diversis Artibus by _________.
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- Theophilus Presbyter
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___________ is an example of a Gothic hall church.
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- The Church of St. Elizabeth of Hungary.
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Gothic churches in France typically had a (n) __________ as the centerpiece of its flat entrance portal.
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- Large rose window.
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The sculpture at Reims Cathedral bore influence from the past, in part because it had been a major _________ city.
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- Roman
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Chartres Cathedral, once the site of a pre-Christian virgin-goddess cult, is dedicated to __________.
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- The Virgin Mary
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In cathedrals, _________ are tall openings with pointed tops.
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- Lancets
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The portrait-like sculptures Ekkehard and Uta were commissioned for a __________.
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- Funerary chapel
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" Giovanni Pisano, Nativity," was made from ___________?
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- Marble
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"Coppo di Marcovaldo, Crucifix is made from __________?
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- Tempera and gold on wood panel.
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What medium was used to make " The Miracle of the Crib at Greccio"?
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- Fresco
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St. Maurice was made from __________?
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- Dark sandstone with traces of polychromy.
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" Matthew Paris, Self-Portrait kneeling Before the Virgin and Child," was made from ___________?
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- Ink and color on parchment.
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The style name "Gothic" was coined later, deriving from the name for a (n) __________ people thought to have "destroyed" Classical Roman civilization.
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Germanic
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