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Q:
Masaccio's The Trinity:
A) demonstrates Brunelleschi's method of linear perspective.
B) depicts the ideal Renaissance central-plan church.
C) depicts the Father, Son, and Holy spirit.
D) demonstrates the Renaissance technique of sfumato.
E) None of the answers is correct.
Q:
A Libyan qasr is a:
A) small mosque.
B) steep-walled tent.
C) storage fortress.
D) type of indigenous courtyard house.
E) None of the answers is correct.
Q:
Brunelleschi set off for Rome after losing a competition to design a new set of bronze doors for the baptistery of Florence Cathedral to:
A) Masaccio.
B) Donatello.
C) Leonardo da Vinci.
D) Ghiberti.
E) All of the answers are correct.
Q:
A Dogon village toguna is a:
A) meeting house.
B) family shrine.
C) cooking pit.
D) cylindrical storage shed.
E) None of the answers is correct.
Q:
King Lalibela's St. George's Church is distinctive:
A) for its pointed spires covered with adobe.
B) for its vast size.
C) for having been built by immigrant Egyptian stonemasons.
D) for having been carved from live rock.
E) None of the answers is correct.
Q:
The Great Mosque in Djenn in Mali is distinctive for its:
A) magnificent iwans that were carved out of live rock rather than enclosed by quarried stones.
B) twin adobe-covered minarets mottled with white and terracotta-colored pigments.
C) sandstone gateway carved with geometric ornament.
D) prominently projecting, horizontal, wooden members that cast dramatic shadows.
E) "ancestral pillars" shaped like attenuated pyramids.
Q:
Nez Perce pit houses included:
A) timber frames.
B) an entrance from above.
C) coverings of pine needles, reed or grass mats, and earth.
D) earthen walls for insulation.
E) All of the answers are correct.
Q:
A sipapu in Pueblo architecture refers to:
A) a sunken, circular pit.
B) an arrangement of semicircular terraces.
C) an unlit, lower-lever room for storage.
D) a ceremonial opening to the world below.
E) None of the answers is correct.
Q:
The La Venta site in Tabasco included:
A) earthen platforms and walled enclosures around a series of courts.
B) a conical earth mound and stepped pyramid that stand at the opposite ends of an axis defined by earthen platforms and walled enclosures.
C) pyramids inside a giant court surrounded by earthen platforms and walled enclosures.
D) a cross-axial plan with pyramids at the ends of all axes.
E) None of the answers is correct.
Q:
The earliest sophisticated culture in Mexico was that of the:
A) Maya.
B) Zapotecs.
C) Toltecs.
D) Olmecs.
E) None of the answers is correct.
Q:
The sloping walls of Pre-Columbian ball courts were:
A) a part of the playing field.
B) used for bleacher-like seating.
C) a part of the drainage system.
D) once covered with polychromatic fresco paintings.
E) None of the answers is correct.
Q:
Teotihuacn's Pyramid of the Sun is made of:
A) sun-dried brick covered with a stone veneer.
B) earth covered with a stone veneer.
C) sun-dried brick covered with glazed bricks.
D) earth covered with glazed bricks.
E) None of the answers is correct.
Q:
The Decorated style:
A) includes tierceron and lierne ribs.
B) is sometimes divided into geometric and curvilinear patterns.
C) includes ribs that do not rise from a pier colonnette and are not ridge ribs.
D) includes trefoil and quatrefoil.
E) All of the answers are correct.
Q:
Maya astronomers made use of:
A) the wheel.
B) a twenty-six-letter alphabet.
C) zero.
D) a form of algebra.
E) zero and a form of algebra.
Q:
The English Gothic religious building with a plan based on Cistercian planning is:
A) King's College Chapel at Cambridge.
B) the Salisbury Cathedral cloister.
C) Canterbury Cathedral.
D) Salisbury Cathedral.
E) All of the answers are correct.
Q:
Stelae are:
A) slabs placed atop graves.
B) sculpted frieze panels.
C) upright slabs with inscriptions.
D) calendar stones.
E) None of the answers is correct.
Q:
An unusual aspect of Salisbury Cathedral is that it:
A) shows strong Norman influence, even though it was built some distance from the French coast.
B) was built almost entirely in a homogenous style.
C) has no tall crossing tower.
D) was founded by Vikings who had been converted to Christianity.
E) None of the answers is correct.
Q:
An extraordinary feature of the complete ensemble of Tikal's pyramids is:
A) the presence of royal residences inside them.
B) their verticality, especially when viewed as an urban unit.
C) their use as viewing platforms for rituals.
D) the presence of ritual chambers inside them.
E) their similarity with the Great Pyramid of Giza.
Q:
Lincoln Cathedral's choir vaults are called "crazy" because:
A) their rib pattern is asymmetrical.
B) their stonework has changed in color because of atmospheric conditions.
C) they were constructed by a mason known for his eccentricities.
D) they have repeatedly collapsed.
E) None of the answers is correct.
Q:
The Aztecs believed Hernn Corts to be:
A) the god Quetzalcatl returned from a mythical journey.
B) the devil made incarnate.
C) a descendant of the rain god Chac sent to nourish the crops.
D) a messiah sent by ancestors to save their culture.
E) None of the answers is correct.
Q:
A hammerbeam is a:
A) beam whose profile resembles a medieval hammer handle.
B) beam assembled using hammered wood pegs.
C) long beam similar to those used in medieval hammer forges.
D) short, horizontal member attached to the foot of a principal rafter.
E) None of the answers is correct.
Q:
The Peruvian Huaca del Sol is:
A) an enormous earth mound.
B) a series of canals built for large-scale irrigation.
C) a temple dedicated to the fire god.
D) a group of adobe-covered platforms surrounding a huge court.
E) None of the answers is correct.
Q:
Ely Cathedral's lantern is unusual in being:
A) built of stone taken from the same quarries as the Stonehenge monoliths.
B) the work of immigrant French masons.
C) built of wood.
D) a Renaissance period replacement of the original.
E) All of the answers are correct.
Q:
The exceptional fan vaults at King's College, Cambridge, were designed by:
A) William Hurley.
B) John Wastell.
C) William of Sens.
D) William the Englishman.
E) None of the answers is correct.
Q:
Native American tribes of the Southwest included all of the following EXCEPT the:
A) Pima.
B) Navajo.
C) Nez Perce.
D) Papago.
E) All of the answers are correct.
Q:
The exhibition of excavated skeletal remains at Moundville in Alabama:
A) has been recently expanded to include materials from the period of Spanish exploration.
B) has been closed because the exhibits were considered societally intrusive.
C) contains dinosaur bones mixed in with human ones.
D) has been recently compromised by flooding from the Warrior River.
E) None of the answers is correct.
Q:
The snow-block walls of iglu construction are:
A) an example of corbelling.
B) comparable to Byzantine dome construction.
C) canted inward to create a stable domical profile.
D) unstable during the period of summer thawing.
E) None of the answers is correct.
Q:
Which of the following statements is true about the Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris?
A) Direct light admitted into its nave by the original clerestories proved to be too bright for the space.
B) Clerestories all around the cathedral were shortened in about 1225.
C) Flying buttresses were removed from the choir to stabilize the great hemicycle.
D) In the late thirteenth century, chapels were inserted between all the buttresses around the choir and nave.
E) In the late thirteenth century, transepts with their simple round windows were added.
Q:
Notre-Dame Cathedral, Chartres, was rebuilt after:
A) a fire damaged the old Romanesque church.
B) the arrival of Abbot Suger.
C) the arrival of Villard de Honnecourt.
D) an earthquake damaged the choir vaults.
E) All of the answers are correct.
Q:
The cathedral of St. Etienne at Bourges has:
A) features similar to the Notre-Dame Cathedral in Chartres.
B) double aisles that flank the nave and continue in uninterrupted arcs around the choir.
C) wall buttresses linked together horizontally by iron tie-rods.
D) vaulting elaborated with extra ribs, called tierceron and lierne.
E) window tracery worked into trefoil (three-part) or quatrefoil (four-part) cusped shapes.
Q:
The Sainte-Chapelle in Paris was built:
A) to house relics brought back from Constantinople.
B) to accommodate Catholics on the le de la Cit.
C) to commemorate the ending of the Plague.
D) to commemorate the birth of a son to the Queen of France.
E) All of the answers are correct.
Q:
Rayonnant style tracery is characterized by:
A) brilliant yellow stained glass.
B) radiating lines.
C) a brightness compared in the thirteenth century to the sun's rays.
D) extreme verticality.
E) None of the answers is correct.
Q:
The Perpendicular style is:
A) typified by panel tracery.
B) the most decidedly English Gothic style.
C) distinguished by fan vaulting.
D) most common in Northern Italy.
E) None of the answers is correct.
Q:
An English castle might include a motte, which is a:
A) type of moat.
B) wooden palisade.
C) type of courtyard.
D) mound of earth.
E) None of the answers is correct.
Q:
French bastides were:
A) fortified towns.
B) towns with moats.
C) new town foundations.
D) towns with cathedrals.
E) None of the answers is correct.
Q:
In a Venetian palace like the Ca' d'Oro, the grand salon:
A) extends the full width of the house.
B) extends the full depth of the house.
C) covers the entire piano nobile.
D) surrounds a courtyard that provides illumination.
E) None of the answers is correct.
Q:
Discuss the origins of Gothic architecture as seen at the choir of St. Denis near Paris.
Q:
Compare the structural organization of Chartres Cathedral and St. Etienne Cathedral in Bourges.
Q:
Discuss the Cistercian interpretation of the Gothic Style.
Q:
Discuss the features of the overlapping phases of English Gothic architecture.
Q:
The key elements of Gothic structures are the:
A) pointed arches, ordinary buttresses, and transverse arches.
B) pointed arches, rib vaults, and flying buttresses.
C) groin vaults, flying buttresses, and pendentives.
D) pointed arches, flches, and pendentives.
E) None of the answers is correct.
Q:
The skeletal nature of the Gothic construction of St. Denis facilitated the:
A) installation of large windows in the shallow chapels surrounding the apse.
B) provision of more space for the church's canons.
C) addition of flying buttresses to the choir to stabilize the great hemicycle.
D) addition of a transept to the original plan.
E) addition of alternate nave piers that have cylindrical and octagonal cores.
Q:
The man who played a major role in the building of St. Denis was:
A) the Pope.
B) Abbot Suger.
C) Louis IX.
D) Villard de Honnecourt.
E) None of the answers is correct.
Q:
In a hall church, ________.
A) double aisles, or halls, flank the nave
B) a hall, or great room, serves as the narthex
C) the nave and aisles are virtually the same height
D) a banqueting hall for royalty is attached to the nave
E) None of the answers is correct
Q:
St. Barbara Church at Kutn Hora in the Czech Republic is:
A) built on the model of the Bourges Cathedral.
B) a copy of the Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris.
C) the first monument of the High Gothic.
D) an extraordinary example of English Gothic.
E) an extraordinary example of Late Gothic.
Q:
Distinctive features of the church of S. Maria Novella are its:
A) polychrome vault ribs.
B) huge flying buttresses.
C) twin campaniles.
D) wood trusses covered with bronze.
E) All of the answers are correct.
Q:
The Gothic style was brought to Italy by:
A) masons from Bohemia.
B) the Cistercians.
C) the Benedictines.
D) the Master of Bourges.
E) None of the answers is correct.
Q:
In sharp contrast to the Cluniacs, the Cistercians:
A) allowed luxurious features like towers, stained-glass windows, or paved floors.
B) produced an international set of buildings with strikingly diverse features.
C) had complex plans for monasteries based on a circular module.
D) shunned expensive materials and discouraged sculptural ornament.
E) built houses that were in close proximity to existing settlements.
Q:
A medieval manor house might include all of these EXCEPT a:
A) solar.
B) buttery or pantry.
C) hall.
D) keep.
E) All of the answers are correct.
Q:
The nave vaults at St. Cuthbert in Durham are:
A) septpartite.
B) quadripartite.
C) barrels with transverse ribs.
D) warped groins.
E) None of the answers is correct.
Q:
Like many Northern Italian medieval towns, S. Gimignano is distinctive for its:
A) many courtyards.
B) manor houses built by noblemen.
C) masonry towers built by families.
D) tall cisterns built by the commune.
E) None of the answers is correct.
Q:
Norman architecture made its way to England with the:
A) armies of William the Conqueror.
B) Cistercians.
C) Vikings.
D) Cluniacs.
E) None of the answers is correct.
Q:
The Galilee Chapel at St. Cuthbert in Durham is attached to the:
A) eastern end of the cathedral.
B) western end of the cathedral.
C) south transept of the cathedral.
D) north transept of the cathedral.
E) None of the answers is correct.
Q:
The nave piers at St. Cuthbert in Durham are distinctive for having:
A) octagonal cross sections.
B) capitals displaying Viking ornamentation.
C) classically inspired capitals.
D) incised geometric designs.
E) None of the answers is correct.
Q:
Discuss Charlemagne's Palatine Chapel at Aachen as a merging of local, Lombard, and Byzantine building traditions.
Q:
Discuss the ideal monastic layout as represented in the Plan of St. Gall.
Q:
Discuss the features of the stave churches built by the Vikings.
Q:
Discuss the planning, vaulting, and detailing of Speyer Cathedral.
Q:
Compare the regional Romanesque styles in Aquitaine and Provence.
Q:
Discuss the planning of the Pilgrimage Road churches.
Q:
Compare the planning of the monastery of Cluny III to that of the abbey of Fontenay in Burgundy.
Q:
Sculpture in the west-front tympanum at St. Lazare in Autun depicts the:
A) Tree of Jesse.
B) Supper at Emmaus.
C) Last Judgment.
D) transfiguration.
E) All of the answers are correct.
Q:
An atypical feature in Western medieval architecture that the Romanesque churches in Aquitaine have is:
A) churches with timber roofs.
B) a series of some seventy churches with domes.
C) a series of some seventy churches with high groin vaults.
D) churches with multiple cloister vaults.
E) churches with stained-glass windows and paved floors.
Q:
The Palatine Chapel at Aachen was modeled on:
A) S. Vitale in Ravenna.
B) Old St. Peter's.
C) Hagia Sophia.
D) St. Mark's in Venice.
E) None of the answers is correct.
Q:
Stereotomy is the art of:
A) acoustic design as understood in the Middle Ages.
B) stonecutting.
C) brick masonry.
D) depicting Biblical stories through stone sculpture.
E) None of the answers is correct.
Q:
A distinctive feature of the Palatine Chapel is:
A) its westwerk.
B) its cloister vault.
C) its sixteen-sided perimeter aisle.
D) the use of polychrome masonry on the interior.
E) All of the answers are correct.
Q:
The faade design of the church of St. Gilles-du-Gard was based on:
A) a Roman triumphal arch.
B) peculiar local building traditions.
C) a well-known Ostrogoth model.
D) the Church of Old St. Peter's.
E) None of the answers is correct.
Q:
The design of the Abbey gatehouse at Lorsch was modeled on:
A) the Roman triumphal-arch form.
B) a typical Roman city gateway.
C) the fortified gateways of Constantinople.
D) the provincial gatehouses of the Byzantine Empire.
E) All of the answers are correct.
Q:
The plan of the Oratory of Germigny-des-Prs suggests a connection to:
A) Romanesque architecture.
B) Byzantine architecture.
C) Ostrogoth architecture.
D) Venetian architecture.
E) All of the answers are correct.
Q:
The Plan of St. Gall was developed for:
A) Charlemagne.
B) the Cluniac Order.
C) the Benedictine Order.
D) Pope Gregory I.
E) None of the answers is correct.
Q:
The oldest extant stave church is the church at:
A) Urnes, Norway.
B) Reykjavik, Iceland.
C) Borgund, Norway.
D) Greensted, England.
E) None of the answers is correct.
Q:
The monastery of ________ (1001-1026) in southwestern France survives as an example of the process by which monasticism spread, and its buildings illustrate architectural accomplishments of the early Romanesque period.
A) St. Foy at Conques
B) Cluny III
C) St. Michael at Hildesheim
D) St. Martin at Canigou
E) St. Gall
Q:
Charlemagne traveled to Rome in the year 800 to:
A) pray at Old St. Peters.
B) confront the Ostrogoths.
C) be crowned Holy Roman Emperor.
D) be baptized by the Pope.
E) None of the answers is correct.
Q:
The combination of corbel tables and pilaster strips is called:
A) long-and-short work.
B) Ostrogoth paneling.
C) stereotomy.
D) Lombard bands.
E) None of the answers is correct.
Q:
A distinctive feature of Speyer Cathedral is:
A) its large scale.
B) its high groin vaults.
C) its multiple towers.
D) its transverse arch bands.
E) All of the answers are correct.
Q:
The faade of S. Miniato al Monte in Florence demonstrates:
A) Ostrogoth influence.
B) the lack of skill among masons after the fall of the Roman Empire.
C) a continuity with the Roman past.
D) Venetian influence.
E) None of the answers is correct.
Q:
The Leaning Tower of Pisa is actually a:
A) lookout post.
B) tall city gate.
C) medievalized Roman monument.
D) campanile.
E) None of the answers is correct.
Q:
All of the following are Pilgrimage Road churches EXCEPT:
A) St. Sernin, Toulouse.
B) St. James, Compostela.
C) Ste. Madeleine, Vzelay.
D) St. Foy, Conques.
E) All of the answers are correct.
Q:
The sculpted Mystic Mill capital at Vzelay represents:
A) flour grinding as a metaphor for the process of redemption.
B) the transformation of Old Testament vengefulness into New Testament redemption.
C) the transformation of Old Testament prophecies into New Testament teachings and blessings.
D) the miller's work as metaphor for Jesus's work on earth.
E) None of the answers is correct.
Q:
In the context of Romanesque architecture, a tympanum refers to:
A) a spherical triangle that transforms a square bay into a circle for the springing of a dome.
B) a surface representing one-fourth of a sphere and often covering an apse.
C) the semicircular panel created under the arch of a doorway.
D) a large hall composed of many columns placed close together to support the roof.
E) the vault formed by two intersecting barrel vaults.