Question 1

Sculpture in the west-front tympanum at St. Lazare in Autun depicts the:

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A)   Tree of Jesse.
B)   Supper at Emmaus.
C)   Last Judgment.
D)   transfiguration.
E)   All of the answers are correct.

Question 2

Discuss Charlemagne's Palatine Chapel at Aachen as a merging of local, Lombard, and Byzantine building traditions.

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Question 3

Discuss the ideal monastic layout as represented in the Plan of St. Gall.

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Question 4

The combination of corbel tables and pilaster strips is called:

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A)   long-and-short work.
B)   Ostrogoth paneling.
C)   stereotomy.
D)   Lombard bands.
E)   None of the answers is correct.

Question 5

All of the following are Pilgrimage Road churches EXCEPT:

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A)   St. Sernin, Toulouse.
B)   St. James, Compostela.
C)   Ste. Madeleine, Vézelay.
D)   St. Foy, Conques.
E)   All of the answers are correct.

Question 6

In the context of Romanesque architecture, a tympanum refers to:

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A)   a spherical triangle that transforms a square bay into a circle for the springing of a dome.
B)   a surface representing one-fourth of a sphere and often covering an apse.
C)   the semicircular panel created under the arch of a doorway.
D)   a large hall composed of many columns placed close together to support the roof.
E)   the vault formed by two intersecting barrel vaults.

Question 7

An atypical feature in Western medieval architecture that the Romanesque churches in Aquitaine have is:

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A)   churches with timber roofs.
B)   a series of some seventy churches with domes.
C)   a series of some seventy churches with high groin vaults.
D)   churches with multiple cloister vaults.
E)   churches with stained-glass windows and paved floors.

Question 8

Discuss the planning of the Pilgrimage Road churches.

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Question 9

The façade of S. Miniato al Monte in Florence demonstrates:

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A)   Ostrogoth influence.
B)   the lack of skill among masons after the fall of the Roman Empire.
C)   a continuity with the Roman past.
D)   Venetian influence.
E)   None of the answers is correct.

Question 10

The design of the Abbey gatehouse at Lorsch was modeled on:

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A)   the Roman triumphal-arch form.
B)   a typical Roman city gateway.
C)   the fortified gateways of Constantinople.
D)   the provincial gatehouses of the Byzantine Empire.
E)   All of the answers are correct.

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