Exam 12: Romanesque Europe

Among the stylistic hallmarks of the artist of the Pentecost and Mission of the Apostles at La Madeleine,Vézelay,____.

Saint Faith at Conques,Saint James at Santiago de Compostela,and Saint-Sernin at Toulouse are all examples of ____ churches.

The primary motivation for undertaking a pilgrimage,which was extremely dangerous and could often last a year,was ____.

The ____ is the covered courtyard in a monastery that expressed the seclusion of the spiritual life and offered a foretaste of paradise.

The plan of Saint-Sernin is extremely regular and geometrically precise.It is based on a module seen in earlier church architecture.Which of the following churches is the prototype for this refined and rational structural approach?

The Gospel books that are stylistically related to Moissac are the ____.

The term Roman-like was adopted to describe the architecture of the Romanesque period because it relied on elements of Roman architecture such as ____.

____,in northern Spain,boasts more Romanesque murals than anywhere else in Europe.

In his writings,Bernard of Clairvaux criticized the profusion of sculptural decoration in Romanesque cloisters because it ____.

Which of the following encouraged the growth of towns and cities?

Saint-Savin-sur-Gartempe is a characterized as a hall church.Which of the following defines a hall church?

At Sant'Angelo in Formis the continuity of the ancient tradition of decorating walls with ____ can be seen.

In the Romanesque period,church interiors became impressive acoustical settings for church services.Which of the following architectural elements allowed for the excellent acoustics?

Which church was the burial place of the Holy Roman emperors until the 12th century?

The Romanesque church that had a wooden ceiling like those found in early Christian basilicas was which of the following?

How did 11th-century Romanesque masons construct monumental groin vaults?

____ was the economic system that was gradually replaced by the growth of towns and cities during the Romanesque period.

Pilgrims believed that relics could ____.

The mission of the ____,the earliest crusading knights,was to protect Christians visiting Christian shrines in the Holy Land.

Although the church of Saint-Étienne at Vignory had some Romanesque features,it retained many elements of Carolingian-Ottonian architecture,including ____.