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Storia Dell'Arte Final
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162
Art History
Undergraduate 3
11/16/2010

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In Paleo-Christian paintings, Jesus is always represented on a cross or during his resurrection
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FALSE
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During the last period of the Paleo-Christian era sculptures represent Jesus on a throne, Jesus in his glory and majesty
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TRUE
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Byzantine basilicas have a Latin cross plan
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FALSE
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Byzantine basilicas have many domes, semi-domes, pinnacles, niches, and apses
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TRUE
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Byzantine basilicas are very simple in the inside and very decorated on the outside
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FALSE
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Byzantine basilicas do not have a transept
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TRUE
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Byzantine basilicas do not have a gallery for women
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FALSE
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Byzantine basilicas are polygonal outside but have circular apses inside
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TRUE
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What's a pulvino?
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An extra ornament added to cloumns between the capital and the ceiling
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Byzantine basilicas are decorated with mosaics
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TRUE
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Byzantine basilicas use blue and gold
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TRUE
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Byzantine basilicas don't have marble or geometric designs
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FALSE
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Byzantine mosiacs represent realistic images in movement
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FALSE
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Byzantine mosiacs represent fixed stiff images with a flat background
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TRUE
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Byzantine art exalts the spiritual power of the Emperor
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TRUE
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Byzantine art wants to show the glory of God and wants to teach about Him; God is the center
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TRUE
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The center of Byzantine art is man
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FALSE
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Byzantine representations are very realistic, naturalistic and proportionate
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FALSE
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Byzantine images have a spiritual value
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TRUE
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Byzantine art is not interested in technical perfection
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FALSE
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What does Middle Ages mean?
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It is the era between the Classical age and the Renaissance
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Who is the most famouse Romanesque painter?
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Cimabue
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Name three pictorial themes in the Romanesque period (you should probably look up more, too)
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Mary and Jesus, Annuciation of Christ, Saints
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Romanesque frescos are flat, without perspective, two-dimensional
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TRUE
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Romanesque frescos are exactly like Byzantine frescos
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FALSE
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Romanesque frescos are usually placed on the apse or on the inside of the church's facade
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TRUE
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Romanesque frescos are slightly more classical and realistic compared to the Byzantine frescos
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TRUE
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Romanesque frescos are made to teach about theology and God, having an ethical function
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TRUE
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What's a painted cross?
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A painting of the crucified Christ on an actual wooden cross.
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What's a miniature?
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A illustration/hand-drawing in manuscripts, such as the Bible, that illustrate the text.
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What's a protio?
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A decorative element outside Romanesque churches that serves as an entrance before the entrance, usually in front of the main door, usually covered and displays sculptures, such as lions.
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What's a cloister?
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A small walled off garden found in Romanesque churches, similar to open-air courtyards.
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Romanesque basilicas used many windows and had a lot of light.
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FALSE
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Romanesque basilicas used only cross-vault ceilings made of stone.
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FALSE
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Romanesque basilicas used stronger columns/pillars.
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TRUE
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Romanesque basilicas had thin walls and did not use sculpture as decoration.
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FALSE
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Romanesque basilicas used pulvinos.
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FALSE
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Romanesque basilicas sometimes had a protio and a cloister.
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TRUE
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Some Romanesque basilicas had a crypt.
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TRUE
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Where was "gothic" born?
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France, baby.
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Why was "gothic" born in France?
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(1) France had just acquired a new government (monarch) and was more wealthy than surrounding civilizations at that time. (2) Also, Romanesque influence was not as strong as it was in other areas, like Italy.
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When was "gothic" born?
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1200 AD
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The pointed arch is ______ while the rounded arch is _______.
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Gothic, Romanesque
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Gothic basilicas have little light coming in b/c of the small windows.
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FALSE
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Gothic churches don't use pillars but only columns.
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FALSE
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Gothic churches use rose windows and decorated glass.
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TRUE
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Gothic church structure is completely different from Romanesque church structure.
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FALSE
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Gothic churches are tall, slim, elongated, and use many pinnacles for decoration.
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TRUE
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Gothic churches use very thick walls.
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FALSE
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Nicola Pisano is a Gothic painter.
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FALSE
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Nicola Pisano is Giovanni's father.
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TRUE
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Nicola Pisano is the first Gothic sculptor influenced by classical art.
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TRUE
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Giovanni Pisano created lively and expressive figures.
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TRUE
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What's the difference b/w Northern European Gothic churches and Italian Gothic churches?
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Gothic churches in Italy still maintain some ROMANESQUE elements. In Northern Europe, this influence was phased out.
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Gothic churches use light for religious and symbolic purposes.
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TRUE
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Gothic art is made for the poor and needy.
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FALSE
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Stained glass windows represent Biblical and dogmatic themes.
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TRUE
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In Gothic sculpture, only monsters are represented.
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FALSE
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In all of Italy, there are no churches similar to Northern European ones.
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FALSE
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Where's the only "Northern European gothic" church found in Italy?
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Milano
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What's a grisaille?
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A monochrome painting born in Gothic time.
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What's a capital?
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It's the decorative top of a column.
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Name the three orders of columns.
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Doric, Ionic, Corinthian
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Name two kinds of Greek architecture.
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Temples, Amphitheatres
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Name two kinds of columns that represent a man and a woman.
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Caryatid, Telemon
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Classical Greek sculptures are very realistic.
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FALSE
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Classical Greek idea of beauty is to portray wrinkles and physical defects.
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FALSE
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What are the differences b/w Classical Greek and Hellenistic Greek statues?
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Hellenistic statues represent people in movement more than the Classical Greek ones
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Hellenistic artists work for the public and not for private people.
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FALSE
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Hellenistic artists introduce the use of gold and silver in sculpture
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TRUE
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Hellenistic artists never portray children, nor old or sick people.
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FALSE
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Hellenistic artists do not represent gods, they represent only heroes
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FALSE
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Which of the two techniques is used first for Greek vases?
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Black on red
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Etruscan necropolis are the cities of the dead.
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TRUE
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Etruscans do not decorate their temples
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FALSE
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Etruscans do not use temples
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FALSE
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The Etruscans are very good at building channels and other works of engineering
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TRUE
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The Etruscans learn things from the Greeks and teach the Romans
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TRUE
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The Etruscans are famous for the tombs
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TRUE
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Etruscan tombs are furnished with chairs, tables, and various objects
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TRUE
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The Romans love and appreciate Classical and Hellenistic Greek art from the beginning.
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FALSE
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The Romans think that art needs to useful and that beauty .
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TRUE
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Roman sculpture is influenced by Hellenistic art and they make copies of Greek statues
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TRUE
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The Romans do not have contact wth the Greeks, they keep far away from them b/c they don't appreciate their art
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FALSE
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A new fashion for the Romans is to have Greek statues in their houses
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TRUE
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The Romans never make portraits
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FALSE
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During Imperial Rome the emperor is like God
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TRUE
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Roman statues are very realistic and represent the emperor or the other imporant people, exactly how they are
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TRUE
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Name six works of architecture made by the Romans
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Temple, arena, triumphal arch, aqueducts, forum, basilicas
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What happens in 313 A.D.?
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Constantine allows Christians to worship freely
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What are the names of the basilica plans?
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Latin cross, Greek cross, central plan
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How many naves does a Basilica have?
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3 or 5
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What's a transept?
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One arm of a latin-cross basilica layout
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Paleo-Christian art developed only in the Western Roman empire
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FALSE
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Paleo-Christian churches in Western Roman
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TRUE
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The first Paleo-Christian churches were the Roman basilicas
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TRUE
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Paleo-Christan basilicas were only built of Rome
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FALSE
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What are the four styles found in Pompeiian frescos?
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Architectural, Encrustation, Intricate, Ornamental
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Greeks love beauty, proportion, and harmony in their sculptures
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TRUE
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Classical Greeks use a lot of movement in their sculptures
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FALSE
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Classical Greek sculptures are based on precise rules
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TRUE
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In Greek art, God is the very center
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FALSE
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Greek statues are very detailed
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TRUE
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In Greek art, man is the center
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TRUE
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Classical Greek statues often represent people who suffer in pain
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FALSE
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Classical Greek artists portray children and old people
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FALSE
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The Greeks use difficult materials to work with: marble, hard stone, and bronze.
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TRUE
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Before 1200, paintings were influence a lot by the Byzantine style. Images were fixed, frontal, and expressionless.
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TRUE
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Before the 1200, paintings were quite realistic, used anatomical definition, and represented drama.
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FALSE
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After 1200, Byzantine influence was completely gone
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FALSE
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B/w 1200 and 1300, Byzantine traits started changing -- drama, naturalism, anatomical definition
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TRUE
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Simone Martini was a revolutionary Gothic painter who invented foreshortening (scorcio)
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FALSE
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Simone Martini used volume, 3d images, depth.
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FALSE
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Giotto used lines to define the bodies, used a lot of gold and very slim, elegant images.
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FALSE
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Giotto invented foreshortening, and used volume, realism, and a sense of space
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TRUE
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Simone Martini used fine lines, gold, and decoration
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TRUE
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Simone Martini used bright, strong colors full of life (blues, reds, yellows, etc.)
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FALSE
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With Giotto, people are represented as real and naturalistic for the first time since the classical age
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TRUE
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Simone Martini's art has been greatly influenced by working with gold/golden objects
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TRUE
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Giotto was very Byzantine in his paintings
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FALSE
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Martini worked in Siena while Giotto worked in Florence
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TRUE
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What's foreshortening?
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A technique used to give the illusion of depth.
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What's a tryptic?
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It's an altarpiece divided into three parts.
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Arnolfo di Cambio is a painter
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FALSE
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Arnolfo di Cambio is Nicola Pisano's pupil
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TRUE
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Arnolfo di Cambio combines architecture and sculpture
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TRUE
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Arnolfo di Cambio is classical but uses gothic elements
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TRUE
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I Comuni are born after Le Signorie
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FALSE
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Le Signorie are born during the gothic time
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TRUE
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The town hall in the north of Italy was also the magistrate's house
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FALSE
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The town hall in Tuscany has a tower but doesn't have a loggia on the ground floor
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TRUE
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The town hall in the north of Italy has a loggia on the ground floor
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TRUE
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Which social class became the commissioner of works of art during the 1300s?
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Borghesia
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In what time period is the International Gothic born?
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1350
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What are the four names of International Gothic
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(1) Gothic of the Court, (2) Gothic of the Flame, (3) Flowery Gothic, (4) Late Gothic
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Why is it called International Gothic?
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It spread across Europe, not limited to one particular country/region.
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What's the Book of Models used for?
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For replicating designs...blah.
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Why did I.G. artists use personal albums?
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They developed their skills drawing from nature/real life.
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During the I.G. time, art was more secular
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TRUE
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I.G. is strongeer in central Italy than in the rest of the country
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FALSE
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I.G. time produced tapestries
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TRUE
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There are no miniatures during I.G.
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FALSE
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I.G. represents many dramatic images
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FALSE
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During I.G. there is a rising interest in plants/flowers/animals
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TRUE
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I.G. art represents poor and needy people
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FALSE
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During I.G., men used to wear long pointy shoes and women wore tall hairstyles
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TRUE THAT.
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I.G. is most developed in Venice and Milan
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TRUE
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I.G. is the phase between Gothic and the Renaissance
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TRUE
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Name two I.G. artists
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Pisanello, Stefano da Verona
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Who was the first I.G. artist to paint portraits?
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Pisanello
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Who painted the Adoration of the Magi at the Uffici?
Definition
Gentile di Fabriano
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What does Renaissance mean?
Definition
Rebirth
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When was the Renaissance born?
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1400
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Where was the Renaissance born?
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Florence
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What's the most important part of the Rennaissance?
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Mature rennaissance
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Renaissance is a time of discoveries.
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TRUE
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The center of the universe during the Renaissance was God
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FALSE
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Perspective was discovered during the Renaissance
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TRUE
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The artist was just an artisan
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FALSE
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During the first Palaeo-Christian period Jesus is painted as the Good Shepherd
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True
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Christian catacombs are not decorated at all because the first Christians did not like art
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False
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During the Palaeo-Christian period, both paintings and sculptures are influenced by Classical Greek and Roman art
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True
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