QUIZ #8 "The Gothic Style: Faith & Knowledge in an Age of Inquiry"

Name the new style of architecture, originally a derogatory term, that begins in the 12th century in France and that was also known as the "French work" (or "French style") or " opus modernum" ("modern work") during its own time period.

Gothic

Name the Abbot who is credited with beginning this new style or "French style" of architecture or "opus modernum" or "modern work" in France.

Abbot Suger

Which of the following is NOT a defining feature of the new "French work" or "French style" of architecture?

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Which of the following French cathedrals is considered the spiritual center of the French "cult of the Virgin" with not only its name Notre Dame, or "Our Lady", but its holy relic which survived a fire 1194.

Chartres Cathedral

Which of the following is NOT part of the liberal arts curriculum known as the trivium?

music

Which of the following is NOT part of the liberal arts curriculum known as the quadrivium?

astrology

Which of the following was the first university founded in Europe?

University of Bologna

Name the most recognizable intellectual of the time period who made one of the greatest efforts to reconcile the spiritual conflict between faith and reason in his work Summa Theologica.

Thomas Aquinas

The Summa Theologica draws heavily on which of the following Greek philosopher's reliance on observation and logically drawn conclusions, as well as his notion of the "unmoved mover"?

Aristotle

Which of the following French style cathedrals is the best example of the later and more elaborate and ornate style of architecture that included crockets (leaf-like forms that curve outward) and finials (knob-like architectural forms also found on furniture)?

Amiens Cathedral

Name the musical instrument that eventually began to replace the choir in the performance of most church music, mostly out of ease and as a practical measure as large choirs were hard to organize.

organ

Name the late version of the French style, also known as "Radiant style", which had been elaborated into increasingly flamboyant patterns of repeated traceries and ornament that is most closely associated with the Court of Louis IX in Paris.

Rayonnant

Name the monastic order founded by Francis of Assisi.

The Franciscans

Which of the following cities in Europe had the highest wages in northern Europe?

Bruges, Belgium

Name the first great Italian painter of the fourteenth century or 1300s.

Giotto di Bondone