HUMA FINAL EXAM REVIEW QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS

From c. 1150 to 1300, what city was the intellectual and culture center of Western civilization? - Correct AnswersParis Which are the oldest universities in Europe? - Correct Answers What was the functional purpose of the Gothic Gargoyles? - Correct AnswersAs Rain-Gutters What are the two major characteristics of Gothic architecture? - Correct AnswersIncreased Height and Stained Glass Windows Why did medieval universities require their students to participate in note-taking and copying? - Correct AnswersBecause books were so expensive For what contribution is Abbot Suger most famous? - Correct AnswersHe introduced the major features which defined Gothic architecture. In what parts of Europe could women study at universities? - Correct Answers What was the specific reason that the Sainte-Chapelle cathedral was built? - Correct AnswersTo house relics of Christ's Passion What is the term for the passageway in a church that continues the side aisles and allows people to walk to the chapels? - Correct AnswersAmbulatory What was the purpose of the signature frames found at the bottom of many stained-glass windows? - Correct AnswersTo designate the group or person who donated windows Who was Villard de Honnecourt? - Correct AnswersHe was an architect and engineer Who was the most famous teacher at the University of Paris in the early 1100s? - Correct AnswersPeter Abelart Which of the following is most indicative of Gothic architecture's interest in light? - Correct Answers Who was the patron saint of scholars? - Correct AnswersSt. Thomas of Aquinas What were the subjects of Goliardic verse? - Correct Answerslove, sex, life, and drink Who was involved in the 13th-century Golden Age at the University of Paris? - Correct Answers What was the subject of the Summa Theologica? - Correct Answers What was the subject of Maimonides's Guide for the Perplexed? - Correct Answers What did Francis of Assisi believe was necessary for a life of perfect freedom? - Correct Answers What is the meaning of the term, "trecento"? - Correct Answersthe 14th century as a period of Italian art, architecture, or literature. What dramatic event in 1348 greatly reduced the population of Europe? - Correct Answersthe bubonic plague What Italian author used the events of 1348 as a backdrop for his work the Decameron? - Correct AnswersBoccaccio How was the plague spread to Europe? - Correct AnswersHumans Where was the residence of the Papacy for nearly 70 years during the 1300s? - Correct Answers What is the name of the split () within the Roman Catholic Church that occurred after the papacy returned to Rome? - Correct Answersthe western schism Which two European countries were the main combatants in the Hundred Years' War? - Correct Answers Who was crowned poet laureate of Rome in 1348? - Correct AnswersPetrarch Petrarch's Canzoniere (Songbook) contains over 300 instances of which poetic form, many of which express his love for a woman named Laura? - Correct Answers300 sonnets and 49 canzoni (songs) Which writer was exiled from Florence for political reasons in 1301? - Correct Answers Who was the greatest English writer of the 1300s? - Correct AnswersChaucer, Geoffrey What provides the narrative frame of Canterbury Tales? - Correct Answers Which character in the Canterbury Tales argues against misogyny and also sees sexual relations as a good given by God? - Correct AnswersThe Wife of Bath Who was one of the first women in medieval Europe to make a living as a professional writer? - Correct AnswersChristine de Pisan What was the subject matter of The Book of the City of Ladies (1404)? - Correct AnswersIt showed the number of accomplished women throughout history. In the Ordinary of the Mass, the ______ is the Profession of Faith sung after the Gospel. - Correct Answers Whom did author Giorgio Vasari consider to be the first Renaissance artist? - Correct Answers Which Italian sculptors (father and son) demonstrate Roman and northern Gothic influences in their work? - Correct AnswersNicola and Giovanni Pisano The exempla found in the Decameron are examples of what kind of story? - Correct Answers What style is exemplified by Simone Martini's Annunciation? - Correct Answersthe international style Which building serves as the city hall of Venice - Correct Answers What architect was responsible for the magnificent dome of Florence Cathedral? - Correct AnswersFilippo Brunelleschi What name is given to the style of late Gothic architecture in England? - Correct Answers What is the term for the artistic technique of creating illusion of three-dimensionality through light and shadow? - Correct Answers Medieval verse tales with comic, ribald themes are called ___________. - Correct Answers The poetic form using sets of three lines with the rhyme scheme aba, bcb, cdc, etc. is called __________. - Correct Answers What is the title of Dante Alighieri's masterpiece about a symbolic journey through hell, purgatory, and heaven? - Correct Answers Which pair serve as Dante's guides during his journeys in the Divine Comedy? - Correct AnswersVirgil and Beatrice Which city was the most important center of the early Italian Renaissance? - Correct AnswersFlorence Masaccio's painting was notable for what? - Correct Answers Who were the two finalists in the 1401 competition for the decoration of the doors of the Florence Baptistery - Correct AnswersFilippo Brunelleschi and Lorenzo Ghiberti What name did Michelangelo give to the east doors of the Florence Baptistery? - Correct Answersthe Gates of Paradise What was Brunelleschi's contribution to the Cathedral of Florence? - Correct AnswersHe designed the dome. What was the primary source of the Medici family's wealth? - Correct AnswersBanking Who was the greatest Florentine sculptor of the first half of the 1400s? - Correct AnswersDonatello What was the subject of Donatello's most famous life-size sculpture? - Correct Answers What was innovative about Donatello's portrayal of David? - Correct Answers He combined a classical form with a Christian subject. What Florentine banker founded an academy for the study of Plato? - Correct Answers Cosimo de' Medici