Art Appreciation Quiz - Chapter 5-7

Know who defeated the Umayyeds and established the new capital of Baghdad

The Abbasids

• pg. 148

Know the characteristics of early mosques

Early mosques were generally hypostyle halls, communal worship halls with roofs held up by a multitude of columns. An important later variation is the mosque with four iwans (vaulted rectangular recesses), one on each side of a courtyard.

• pg. 147

Understand the techniques used for the art covering the mosques, madrasas, and palaces

Builders of the time frequently used mosaic tiles to cover the walls and vaults of mosques and madrasas.

• pg. 151, 155

Know what art was in the earliest Korans (Quaran)

The Abbasids produce the earliest Korans with Kufic calligraphy

• pg. 144, 151

List the mediums used in the Muslim luxury arts

The centers of production for objects fashioned from more costly materials, such as ivory or brass inlaid with gold and silver, were usually the courts of the Muslim caliphs and sultans

• pg. 151-153

Know what made the Shahnama important

Depicts Gayumars, the legendary first king of Iran, and his court

• pg. 154

Know what carpet pages are

Interspersed between the text pages are so-called carpet pages resembling textiles, made up of decorative panels of abstract and animal forms.

• pg. 159-160, 185

Be familiar with Carolingian artists

Carolingian architects introduce the twin-tower westwork and modular plans for basilican churches.

• pg. 158, 161-162

Be familiar with Romanesque and where the name comes from

One hallmark of the age that art historians have dubbed Romanesque (Roman-like) because of the extensive use of stone sculpture and stone vaulting in 11th- and 12th-century churches.

Romanesque is a title that art historians invented to describe medieval art and architecture that appeared “Roman-like.”

Romanesque takes its name from the Roman-like barrel and groin vaults based on round arches employed in many European churches built between 1050 and 1200.

• pg. 157-158, 169

Know what Romanesque brought about

The Romanesque period also brought the revival of large-scale stone relief sculpture in cloisters and especially in church portals—for example, Saint-Pierre, Moissac—where scenes of Christ as last judge often greeted the faithful as they entered the doorway to the road to salvation.

pg. 185