Exam 9: Byzantium

____ remained the Byzantine foothold in Italy for two centuries.

Which of the following reasons likely persuaded Emperor Leo III to initiate iconoclasm?

The Middle Byzantine artist assimilated classicism's simplicity,dignity,and grace and synthesized it with Byzantine piety and pathos.Which of the following follows this formula?

The presentation of the Norman king,William II,twice in the Monreale mosaic program,continued the theme of ____.

The monastic movement began in ____ in the third century.

Where would a squinch most likely be found?

The interior mosaic program for Saint Mark's has explanatory labels written in both Greek and Latin.What accounts for this?

Instead of its usual position in the dome of a church,in the church of Monreale,the Pantokrator is located in the ____.

What is Saint Catherine's,Mount Sinai,and why is it significant?

The dome on the Katholikon,Hosios Loukas,is formed by ____.

How was William II of Sicily portrayed in mosaics,and why was his representation significant?

Who was the founder of the "New Rome" of the East?

The image of Christ as Pantokrator refers to his role as ____.