Question 1

The "book with many folded skins" referred to a

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A) papyrus scroll. 
B) tablet. 
C) codex. 
D) spiral frieze. 
E) rotulus. 
A) papyrus scroll. 
B) tablet. 
C) codex. 
D) spiral frieze. 
E) rotulus.

Question 2

Compared to Justinian's mosaic at San Vitale,in Theodora's,

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A) the figures are less colorful. 
B) there is less architecture. 
C) the figures are set back from the picture plane. 
D) the figures are all female. 
A) the figures are less colorful. 
B) there is less architecture. 
C) the figures are set back from the picture plane. 
D) the figures are all female.

Question 3

A significant new architectural feature of Old Saint Peter's was

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A) the transept. 
B) the nave. 
C) the atrium. 
D) the clerestory. 
A) the transept. 
B) the nave. 
C) the atrium. 
D) the clerestory.

Question 4

Which is LEAST likely to have been illustrated in the Vienna Genesis?

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A) the story of Joseph and pharaoh 
B) the story of the tower of Babel 
C) the story of Moses on Mt.Sinai 
D) the story of the birth of Christ 
E) the events in the Pentateuch 
A) the story of Joseph and pharaoh 
B) the story of the tower of Babel 
C) the story of Moses on Mt.Sinai 
D) the story of the birth of Christ 
E) the events in the Pentateuch

Question 5

Which feature of Hagia Sophia was NOT part of the original design?

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A) the dome 
B) the pendentives 
C) the minarets 
D) the atrium 
E) the narthex 
A) the dome 
B) the pendentives 
C) the minarets 
D) the atrium 
E) the narthex

Question 6

Which is NOT true of the Christian altar?

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A) It was originally a table. 
B) In most churches it is in the western end. 
C) It is the site of the Eucharist in the Mass. 
D) It often supports a Crucifix. 
A) It was originally a table. 
B) In most churches it is in the western end. 
C) It is the site of the Eucharist in the Mass. 
D) It often supports a Crucifix.

Question 7

In Byzantine iconography,Christ is conventionally

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A) bearded. 
B) Apollonian. 
C) shown in contrapposto. 
D) shown holding a globe. 
E) shown in a horizontal plane. 
A) bearded. 
B) Apollonian. 
C) shown in contrapposto. 
D) shown holding a globe. 
E) shown in a horizontal plane.

Question 8

Dura Europos housed

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A) a synagogue. 
B) a Christian house. 
C) catacombs. 
D) both a synagogue and a Christian house. 
A) a synagogue. 
B) a Christian house. 
C) catacombs. 
D) both a synagogue and a Christian house.

The "book with many folded skins" referred to a

Compared to Justinian's mosaic at San Vitale,in Theodora's,

A significant new architectural feature of Old Saint Peter's was

Which is LEAST likely to have been illustrated in the Vienna Genesis?

Which feature of Hagia Sophia was NOT part of the original design?

Which is NOT true of the Christian altar?

In Byzantine iconography,Christ is conventionally

Dura Europos housed

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Exam 8: Jewish, Early Christian and Byzantine Art

The "book with many folded skins" referred to a

Compared to Justinian's mosaic at San Vitale,in Theodora's,

A significant new architectural feature of Old Saint Peter's was

Which is LEAST likely to have been illustrated in the Vienna Genesis?

Which feature of Hagia Sophia was NOT part of the original design?

Which is NOT true of the Christian altar?

In Byzantine iconography,Christ is conventionally

Dura Europos housed

The Art of Prehistory

The Ancient Near East

Ancient Egypt

The Aegean

The Art of Ancient Greece

The Art of the Etruscans

Ancient Rome

The Early Middle Ages

Romanesque Art

Gothic Art

Precursors of the Renaissance

The Early Renaissance

The High Renaissance in Italy

Mannerism and the Later Sixteenth Century in Italy

Sixteenth-Century Painting in Northern Europe

The Baroque Style in Western Europe

Rococo and the Eighteenth Century

Neoclassicism: The Late Eighteenth and Early Nineteenth Centuries

Romanticism: The Late Eighteenth and Early Nineteenth Centuries

Nineteenth-Century Realism

Nineteenth-Century Impressionism

Post-Impressionism and the Late Nineteenth Century

Turn of the Century: Early Picasso, Fauvism, Expressionism, and Matisse

Cubism, Futurism, and Related Twentieth-Century Styles

Dada, Surrealism, Fantasy, and the United States Between the Wars

Mid-Century Abstraction

Pop Art, OP Art, Minimalism, and Conceptualism

Innovation, Continuity, and Globalization

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