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99 Cards in this Set
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Which of the following is the first known historical example of an art object that identifies its subject with a name on its surface?
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Palatte of Narmar
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Which of the following is a sculpture of a nude male youth from the Archaic period?
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Kouros
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The fibula excavated from the Regolini-Galassi Tomb illustrates motifs borrowed from the Orient. Which of the following is one of those designs?
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Walking Lions
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Werner Herzog’s film Cave of Forgotten Dreams emphasizes which aspect of Paleolithic painting?
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That is was collaborative across time and generations
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Which term describes a technique often used by Paleolithic artist for drawing animals?
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Twisted Perspective
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Who was the Babylonian king that codified laws and prescribed penalties for infractions?
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Hammurabi
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What epic poem recounts the exploits of a legendary king of Uruk?
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Epic of Gilgamesh
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Which of the following is depicted as a hawk or falcon and protector of pharaoh?
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Horus
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Which of the following describes a building technique commonly used in Egyptian temples?
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Post and lintel
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Which cardinal direction is associated with death in the Nile River Valley?
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West
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Which animal is a prominent feature of Minoan culture and found throughout the Palace of Knossos?
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Bull
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What is the name for the architectural element that rests above the architrave and usually has metopes and triglyps in the Doric order?
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Frieze
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Which term is a sculpture of a female figure used as an architectural support?
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Carytid
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What Greek era does the artist Praxiteles, known for his sensual sculptures like Aphrodite of Knidos, represent?
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Classical
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What historical event marks the beginning of the Hellenistic era?
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The death of Alexander the Great
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The Greek concept of arête, the combination of beauty and Good, is best exemplified in which of the following sculptures?
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Kroisos Kouros from Anavyssos
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Which complex laid the architectural foundations for the designs of the great pyramids of Giza?
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Stepped Pyramid Mortuary complex of Djoser
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Pedimental sculpture is extremely rare in Etruscan temple architecture. Normally the Etruscans placed their narrative statuary on which of the following elements?
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The peaks of the temple roof
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What medium was used in the wall paintings at Knossos?
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True Fresco
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Which actions were supposed to disrupt the afterlife keeping the Ka and Ba from returning to the deceased?
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Scratching out the name of the dead and breaking noses of sculpted portraits.
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What is unique about the streets of Çatal Höyük?
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There are no streets just passage ways between buildings.
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Which Mesopotamian culture is credited with developing the earliest written language?
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Sumerian
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An important series of caves with paintings from the Paleolithic period is located in ________.
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France
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What is a megalith
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It is a massive sized rock.
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The Ziggurat at Ur can best be described as a __________.
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Sumerian temple base
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The column used on Etruscan temples is similar to which type of Greek column?
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Doric
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Which of the following terms is used to describe the Roman Temple of “Fortuna Virilis” also known as Temple of Portunus?
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pseudoperipteral
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Which of the following is NOT an example of motifs or symbols used by early Christians?
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Footprints
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Which following term describes the raised-hands figures that early Christians used as symbols of intercessors and worshipers?
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Orant
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Which deity did the Julian line believe that they were descended from?
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Venus
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Where would an oculus be found?
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at the center of a dome
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Which of the following have not been found in the Indus River Valley culture?
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religious architecture
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Which culture influenced the sculpture style of the Gandhara school?
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Chinese
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Which river valley did the Chinese Neolithic cultures and the Shang Dynasty build their cities?
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Yellow River
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A yakshi is the personification for which of the following?
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Fertility and vegetation
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The Action of Teaching
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Resting in Meditation
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Enlightenment
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The 3rd Style of Roman fresco painting is distinguished by __________________.
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faux low relief architectural features and decorative elements
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Coffering was used to lighten the weight of the dome in which of these structures?
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Pantheon
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Roman portraiture during the Republic was generally of elderly male statesmen executed with what quality by the sculptor.
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Verism
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Which of the following would be located in a Roman forum and would house the law court for the city?
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Basilica
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Which of the following were carved into the tornas of the Great Stupa of Sanchi?
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Jatakas and yakshi
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Circumambulation is the method of worship at which of the following sites?
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Great Stupa at Sanchi
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Which Hindu deity is often represented in the arts as one of his many avatars?
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Vishnu
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What is this name of this early Christian symbol?
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Orant |
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Early Christians repeatedly used which symbol in tombs and catacombs as and image of hope?
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The Good Sheppard
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What Old Testament narrative was used repeatedly by early Christians because of it foreshadowing of Christ’s death and resurrection?
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Jonah and the Whale
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Which of the following is not found in the first few centuries of Buddhist imagery?
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Portrait of Siddhartha
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Which term is the action of worship performed by both Buddhists and Hindus at stupas and inside temples?
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Circumambulation
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Who was the first emperor of China and had a terracotta army created for his burial site?
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Illusionistic and expansive spaces.
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Tang Dynasty sculptors imported which of the following Indian features?
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sensuous flesh and clinging drapery
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The Great Wall of China was constructed as a defense against the nomadic peoples of the north, in particular the ___________.
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Goths
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Which of the following are among the earliest Japanese artifacts?
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Jomon ceramics
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Which of the following are ceramic vessels that adorned Japanese burial sites during the Kofun Period?
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Haniwa
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Which dynasty was witnessed first-hand and described by Marco Polo, in the 13th century, as the most sophisticated civilization in the world?
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Song
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Which term describes the richly adorned and princely dressed figures, found in Buddhist iconography, whose role is to help humanity while postponing their own enlightenment?
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Bodhisattva
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The large scale landscape paintings of the Song Dynasty are directly influenced by which of the following?
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Daoism
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Which of the following is associated with the Pure Land School sect of Buddhism?
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Amida
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Which building does this detail of a mosaic come from?
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Galla Placidia
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What artistic disruption occurred in the Byzantine world from 726-843
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Iconoclasm
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In which year did Constantinople fall to the Ottoman Turks, there by ending the Byzantine Empire?
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1453
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The Koran’s admonishment against the creation and worship of idols helped propel which art medium to the top of the artistic hierarchy?
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Calligraphy
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Which term describes the type of drill work and carving that is prominent in Islamic and Byzantine architectural surfaces?
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Arabesque
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What architectural element causes the dome of Hagia Sophia to appear to levitate?
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Fenestration |
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Which is the term that describes the entrance or vestibule into a basilica form church?
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Narthex
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Which of the following are characteristics of medieval designs from Nordic and Celtic regions?
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Interlacing and organic-abstract patterns.
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In Islamic and Byzantine architecture, a squinch was used to do what?
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to make the transition from a dome onto a square base.
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Merovingian jewelry utilized the color of red glass and stones in cloisonné and is interpreted to represent which of the following?
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The blood of Christ.
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Abbot Suger began the Gothic movement with his renovation of the choir of which building?
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Saint-Denis
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Which term describes the semicircular niche found in the qibla wall of a mosque?
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Mihrab
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Which of the following is a Romanesque pilgrimage church?
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Saint-Sernin
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Gothic sculpture is different from earlier forms in which of the following ways?
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High relief.
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Which of the following describes the passageway around the apse of a church?
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Ambulatory |
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Which early mosque features noteworthy mosaics of flora and fauna?
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Great Mosque of Damascus
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Which of the following is an example of High Gothic architecture?
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Chartres Cathedral
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Which term means the elevated platform where the imam conducts service in a mosque?
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Minbar
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Which of the following is a portable work of art?
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Lindisfarne Gospel
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Gothic cathedral builders resolved the lateral thrust problem of walls buckling outwards by using which architectural feature?
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Flying Buttress
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Hiberno-Saxon manuscripts utilize elaborate patterns and interlacing with terminal ends of stylized animals. Which of the following terms describes this characteristic?
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Zoomorphic
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Which initials of Christ are represented by this image?
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ICXC
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The term Carolingian describes art and architecture made in the late 8th to early 9th century under the patronage of which ruler?
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Charlemagne
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The image is an example of what kind of manuscript?
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Hiberno-Saxon
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The use of ABBA or ABAB patterns in supports of the nave are characteristic of which period?
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Romanesque
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Which term refers to the mystical splendor of stain-glass windows transmitting True Light into the church and enlightening the congregation?
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Lux Nova
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What architectural feature is prominent in this ceiling detail of Westminster Abbey?
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Fan Vaults
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Which architectural detail is an upside down triangular shape with a slightly concave surface?
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Pendentive
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Which of the follow was NOT a function of an icon a Byzantine church?
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It prays for the faithful.
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Which term describes the part of an interior wall, with fenestration, that rises above an adjacent roof to allow light into the sanctuary?
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Clerestory
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The diagram to the right shows a rose window with two ________ windows.
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Lancet
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Which century did the Umayyad Dynasty conquer the Iberian Peninsula (Spain)?
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8th
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Romanesque and Gothic churches often made use of which iconographic arrangement in the tympanums over the doorways of west facing façades?
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The Last Judgment.
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Which term describes a metal working technique using small divisions filled with enamel or stones?
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Cloisonné
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The Palatine Chapel of Charlemagne shows evidence of Islamic architecture by which of the following?
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Two-toned stone arches.
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The large pilgrimage churches of the 11th and 12th centuries utilized which architectural element in the nave?
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Transverse Arches
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Which is an example of an embroidered work of art that chronicles the historical conquest of England in 1066 by Duke William of Normandy?
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Bayeux Tapestry
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What is the term for the lead I-bar component used in Gothic stained glass
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Cames
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What architectural feature is prominent in this image?
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Flying Buttresses
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For extra credit, choose which style this image represents?
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Byzantine
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