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ARTH401 Final Exam - Early Christian and Byzantine Art
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MCQs on the history of Eastern (Orthodox) Christian art from the emergence of Christianity in the Late Antique through the end of the Byzantine empire, with particular emphasis on the social, political and religious environment in which they were produced.

ARTH401 Final Exam - Early Christian and Byzantine Art
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25 Questions

1. Which art form was arguably the LEAST innovative in the Late Byzantine Period?
2. In the Early Byzantine period, _______________ (in addition to the already established basilican type) was produced more and more frequently.
3. Theophanes the Greek is most famous for painting ___________.
4. Who painted Russia's most famous icon, 'The Holy Trinity'?
5. Which of the following depicts a triumphal image?
6. Portraits of people from Byzantium's neighboring regions reveal that _________.
7. Who painted the thirteenth-century Saint Francis Altarpiece in Italy?
8. The inclusion of Adam and Eve in Early Christian art was intended to remind the viewer of:
9. What took place in 1453?
10. Hagia Sophia can be considered a combination of which two types of church plans?
11. Tesserae are an element of which type of decoration?
12. What brought about the building of many churches and the shift of Christian art from private to public?
13. Which of the following works of art provides an example of the trade relationship between Byzantium and the West?
14. What are the names of the two architects that designed Hagia Sophia?
15. The production of which of the following art forms declined during the Early Byzantine period?
16. After the fall of Byzantium in 1453, which city claimed to be new capital of Orthodox Christianity?
17. The Kariye Camii can best be described as __________.
18. What was the focal point of an Early Christian basilican church?
19. Andrei Rublev was also a(n) _________.
20. What building does the historian Prokopius refer to as having a 'perplexing spectacle?'
21. After the fall of Constantinople in 1453, Hagia Sophia ____________.
22. Middle Byzantine architecture was most influenced by:
23. The main source of tension between Byzantium and the West was _________.
24. Which church incorporated sculpture that was looted from Constantinople?
25. The Monastery of Saint Catherine at Sinai has what special role in the history of icon painting?