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Early Christian and Byzantine The following is taken from the 1994 Advanced Placement Art History examination. ______1) This work is from which of the following periods? a) Byzantine b) Carolingian c) Romanesque d) Early Christian ______2) This work is found in a) Venice b) Rome c) Ravenna d) Istanbul ______3) The work depicts a) secular rulers b) mythological subject c) Biblical subjects d) the signs of the zodiac ______4) The technique used is a) mosaic b) oil painting c) fresco d) grisaille ______5) This work decorated a a) private home b) catacomb c) public bath d) baptistery ______6) The work is characterized by its a) careful detailing b) asymmetry c) simplified figure style d) chiaroscuro ______7) This work most closely resembles a) Roman wall paintings b) Romanesque manuscript paintings c) Minoan frescoes d) Greek vases The following is taken from the 1994 Advanced Placement Art History examination. ______8) Both of these works portray the theme of a) domestic harmony b) military victory c) human sacrifice d) political power. ______9) The technique used in the work on the left is a) metal

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Early Christian and ByzantineThe following is taken from the 1994 Advanced Placement Art History examination.

______1) This work is from which of the following periods? a) Byzantine b) Carolingian c) Romanesque d) Early Christian______2) This work is found in a) Venice b) Rome c) Ravenna d) Istanbul______3) The work depicts a) secular rulers b) mythological subject c) Biblical subjects d) the signs of the zodiac______4) The technique used is a) mosaic b) oil painting c) fresco d) grisaille______5) This work decorated a a) private home b) catacomb c) public bath d) baptistery______6) The work is characterized by its a) careful detailing b) asymmetry c) simplified figure style d) chiaroscuro______7) This work most closely resembles a) Roman wall paintings b) Romanesque manuscript paintings c) Minoan frescoes d) Greek vases

The following is taken from the 1994 Advanced Placement Art History examination.______8) Both of these works portray the theme of a) domestic harmony b) military victory c) human sacrifice d) political power.______9) The technique used in the work on the left is a) metal repoussé b) bas relief c) lithography d) bronze casting.______10) The technique used in the work on the right is a) oil painting b) fresco c) tempera d) mosaic______11) The figures in the work on the left display a) optical reality b) complete equality c) a hierarchical relationship d) physical conflict______12) The work on the right contains symbolic references to a) democracy b) paganism c) Charlemagne d) Christianity______13) The Byzantine style of the work on the right is shown by all of the following EXCEPT its a) gold background b) frontality c) linear perspective d) planar representation

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______14) Both works contain strong visual reference to actual a) historical figures b) recorded events c) Biblical passages d) geographic locations______15) Both works show a) the link between divinities and rulers b) the separation of church and state c) sin and redemption d) the accumulation of wealth

The following is taken from the 2008 Advanced Placement Art History examination.______16) The building is a) the Great Friday Mosque in Isfahan b) the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem c) San Marco in Venice d) Hagia Sophia in Istanbul______17) The building was constructed in the a) 6th Century b) 7th Century c) 12th Century d) 14th Century______18) The patron of the building was a) Abd al-Malik b) Justinian c) Charlemagne d) Shah Jahan______19) The building combines a) the basilican plan with a central plan b) a double transept with a dome c) a hypostyle hall and an atrium d) an ambulatory and radiating chapels______20) An important structural innovation of the building is the use of a) pendentives b) corbelled galleries c) groin vaults d) concrete construction______21) The architects of the structure were also a) sultans b) generals c) knights d) mathematicians______22) The original interior decoration primarily featured a) bas-relief sculpture b) painted retables c) mosaics d) frescoes

The following is taken from the 1997 Advanced Placement Art History examination.

______23) Where is the building located? a) Florence b) Istanbul c) Ravenna d) Venice______24) The interior surfaces of the upper walls and dome of the building were originally covered with a) sculptural decoration b) frescoes c) mosaics d) stucco______25) The building is in which of the

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following styles? a) Roman b) Romanesque c) Hellenistic d) Byzantine______26) The building originally served as a) a mosque b) a church c) an administrative center d) a public bath______27) The ground plan of the building indicates that it is a a) fusion of the central and basilican plans b) cruciform plan with extended transepts c) peristyle temple d) megaron______28) The dome covering the center of the building is supported by a) columns b) squinchesc) pendentives on piers d) steel girders______29) The building was created during the time of a) Justinian b) Charlemagne c) Julius Caesar d) Augustus

The following is taken from the 2010 Advanced Placement Art History examination.

______30) The church shown is a) Early Christian b) Carolingian c) Ottonian d) Romanesque______31) The plain brick exterior wall of this church resembles the walls of a) Saint-Maclou in Rouen b) the Colosseum in Rome c) the Aula Palatina in Trier d) the Parthenon in Athens______32) Church interiors from this time period typically were covered with a) timber roofs b) quadripartite vaults c) pendentive domes d) masonry barrel vaults______33) The first story of this church interior is a) an arcade b) a narthex c) a clerestory d) a peristyle______34) The plan for this church is best described as a) Greek cross b) open c) octagonal d) basilican______35) Churches like the one shown were based on the design of which ancient structures? a) administrative buildings b) private residences c) mausoleums d) temples______36) The reused columns in this building are examples of a) piers b) spolia c) pediments d) spires______37) Like most churches from this period, the eastern end of the building terminates in a) an apse b) a tholos c) a colonnade d) an ambulatory

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______38) The interior of the building is a) illuminated by an oculus b) ornamented with marble c) furnished with calligraphic panels d) covered with low-relief carvings

The following is taken from the 2012 Advanced Placement Art History examination.

The plan and drawing reconstruct the appearance of Old Saint Peter’s in Rome.______39) The design of the church illustrated was most influenced by a) baths b) temples c) basilicas d) forums______40) The Roman emperor who sponsored the construction of the church illustrated was a) Maxentius b) Justinian the Great c) Theodosius the Great d) Constantine the Great______41) Construction of the building was begun in the a) third century C.E. b) fourth century C.E. c) fifth century C.E. d) sixth century C.E.______42) The building had a) a vaulted ceiling b) pedimental recesses c) radiating chapels d) an atrium______43) The semicircular space behind the altar is a) an apse b) a tribune c) a narthex d) a transept______44) Light entered the nave through a a) gallery b) clerestory c) triforium d) dome______45) For social and political reasons, the church was located on the site a) where many believed Saint Peter was martyred b) of the Roman Forum where Christianity had been made legal c) where many believed Saint Peter was buried d) of an early Christian house church

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The following is taken from the 1991 Advanced Placement Art History examination.

______46) Both of these works, one from the interior of a church and the other from the interior of a mausoleum, are located in a) Pisa b) Florence c) Rome d) Ravenna______47) Both works use a) contrapposto b) balanced and formal arrangement of figures c) linear perspective d) monochromatic color______48) The work on the right reflects a knowledge of the tradition of a) Egyptian symbolism b) Minoan realism c) Roman illusionism d) Romanesque naturalism______49) A characteristic of this tradition that is seen in the work on the right is a) a spatial setting with three-dimensional forms cast in a natural light b) a symbolic representation using flattened images to heighten the spiritual emphasis of the scene c) an otherworldly emphasis with few ties to the natural world d) a celebration of the sacraments______50) In the work on the left, the golden background functions in all of the following ways EXCEPT to a) severely limit the depth of the scene b) enhance a richly decorative and unnatural space c) echo the flatness of the wall d) designate the time of day as afternoon______51) In the work on the left, the artist’s representation of the subject creates a) an effect of timelessness b) a realistic depiction of a Biblical miracle c) an approximation of real life d) an identification with the ordinary worshipper

The following is taken from the 2009 Advanced Placement Art History examination.

______52) The sculptural work originally functioned as a a) reliquary b) sarcophagus c) ciborium d) cassone______53) The sculpture was created during the a) 1st Century b) 4th Century c) 10th Century d) 14th

Century______54) The type of typology (or prefiguration) in the work is evident in its a) pairing of biblical Old and New Testament scenes b) arrangement of

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narratives in chronological order c) carved translations of sacred texts d) portraits of the patron______55) Each scene seen in the work is placed in a recessed area commonly referred to as a a) parapet b) niche c) balustrade d) pilaster______56) The style of the work was influenced by a) Gothic sculpture b) Romanesque sculpture c) late Byzantine sculpture d) late Roman sculpture______57) The central enthroned figure of Christ recalls earlier depictions of a a) Roman emperor b) Greek philosopher c) Carolingian king d) Romanesque abbot______58) Which of the following narratives is depicted in the work? a) The apotheosis of Augustus b) Jonah and the whale c) The entry into Jerusalem d) the flight into Egypt______59) The patron of the work was a a) Franciscan friar b) Byzantine emperor c) Greek soldier d) Roman prefect______60) The figural groups within the work are arranged in a) friezes b) pediments c) registers d) polyptychs

The following is taken from the 2011 Advanced Placement Art History examination.

______61) The work on the left is a rare icon that survived iconoclasm, which was a) the banning or destruction of religious figurative images b) a guild regulation about artists' qualifications c) a law restricting and confiscating luxury materials d) an edict prohibiting the observance of religious ritual______62) The work on the left was painted during the a) first or second century C.E. b) sixth or seventh century C.E. c) tenth or eleventh century C.E. d) fourteenth or fifteenth century C.E.______63) The medium of the work on the left is encaustic, which is pigment mixed with a) water b) linseed oil c) egg yolk d) wax______64) The work on the right demonstrates all of the following EXCEPTa) an interest in individual expression b) a

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dependence on Classical prototypes c) a limited use of shading and volume d) a strong linear sense______65) The medium of the work on the right is tempera, which is pigment mixed witha) animal fat b) linseed oil c) egg yolk d) wax______66) The work on the right was painted during the a) fourth century C.E.b) sixth century C.E. c) twelfth century C.E. d) fifteenth century C.E.______67) The work on the right reflects an interest in a) accurately copying figures and subject matter from nature b) aligning the Old Testament and the New Testament through typology c) emphasizing the role of the saints in the church d) asserting imperial authority over the church

The following is taken from the 2002 Advanced Placement Art History examination.

The plan on the left is of the Pantheon. The plan on the right is of San Vitale.______68) Both San Vitale and the Pantheon have which of the following architectural features? a) Pendentives b) A dome c) An oculus d) An ambulatory______69) Both plans are best characterized as a) axial b) central c) basilican d) directional______70) Which of the following art historical periods did NOT influence San Vitale? a) Roman b) Byzantine c) Early Christian d) Romanesque______71) The plan of San Vitale differs from that of the Pantheon by the inclusion of a a) crypt b) narthex c) transept d) westwork______72) One factor contributing to the difference between these structures is the rise of a) Islam b) paganism c) Christianity d) Russian Orthodoxy______73) The plan of San Vitale is most similar to which of the following? a) Sant' Apollinare in Classe b) Old Saint Peter's c) Hagia Sophia d) The Basilica of Constantine______74) San Vitale is located in a) Pisa b) Rome c) Ravenna d) Constantinople______75)Both buildings are closely associated

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with a a) Greek patriarch b) Visigoth king c) Catholic pope d) Roman emperor

The following is taken from the 2006 Advanced Placement Art History examination.

The work shown is a sixth-century ivory relief depicting Saint Michael the Archangel.

Which elements tie the work to the Classical tradition? Which elements deviate from the Classical tradition?

The following is taken from the 1992 Advanced Placement Art History examination.

From what period does this image come? What pictorial devices are used to communicate the majesty and importance of the figures?

The following is taken from the 2006 Advanced Placement Art History examination.

The work shown is Early Christian. Discuss the characteristics of the work that reveal its classical sources.

The following is taken from the 1996 Advanced Placement Art History examination.

This work is from the Vienna Genesis of the early sixth century. How is the work illustrative of its stylistic period in its treatment of text and image?

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The following is taken from the 2000 Advanced Placement Art History examination.

Identify the work. Discuss how the work’s style and technique reflect its function and subject.

The following is taken from the 2002 Advanced Placement Art History examination.

The work shown is the Sarcophagus of Junius Bassus. Which architectural and figural elements tie the work to the classical past?

The following is taken from the 1999 Art History exam

Discuss the elements of the work that define it as Byzantine.