Essay Quiz


1			Describe the development of Gothic architecture and the ideas that inspired it. Use examples from your text.




2			Discuss Scholasticism and its expression in Gothic style. Cite examples from your text.




3			Describe Suger's ideas and his architectural innovations.




4			List the elements of Gothic architecture and describe their structural and symbolic purpose.




5			Pretend you are a medieval chronicler. Describe a fictional French town in the 13th century, in which a cathedral is being built. What kind of activity is going on? Who is doing what? What are the ambitions of the master builder, the workers, the clergy, and the townspeople?




6			Describe the sculptural program of the center west portal at Chartres. What are its stylistic characteristics? its purpose, and its iconography?




7			Compare and contrast a typical French Romanesque church with a Gothic cathedral. Consider architecture, purpose, and the ideas that inspired them.




8			Pretend you are visiting Chartres. You are facing the façade. Describe what you see. Then turn left and walk around the building. Describe what you see on each side until you arrive back at the facade. http://www.greatbuildings.com/buildings/Chartres_Cathedral.html http://www.mcad.edu/AICT/html/medieval/GT/GT039.html http://www.mcad.edu/AICT/html/medieval/GT/GT041.html http://www.greatbuildings.com/buildings/Chartres_Cathedral.html http://www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/cas/fnart/arch/gothic/chartres/chartres_sculp031.jpg




9			Pretend you are at Chartres cathedral. What do you see when you first enter the center west portal? Walk to the south, continue to the east end, continue north and return to the west. Describe what you see. http://www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/cas/fnart/arch/gothic/chartres/chartres020.jpg http://www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/cas/fnart/arch/gothic/chartre3.jpg




10			Describe the development of Gothic sculpture using examples from the exterior of Chartres and Reims. http://www.mcad.edu/AICT/html/medieval/GT/GT039.html http://www.mcad.edu/AICT/html/medieval/GT/GT041.html http://www.greatbuildings.com/buildings/Chartres_Cathedral.html http://www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/cas/fnart/arch/gothic/chartres/chartres_sculp031.jpg http://web.kyoto-inet.or.jp/org/orion/eng/hst/gothic/reims.html http://www.mcad.edu/AICT/html/medieval/GT/GT061.html

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