Early Christian and Byzantine Art
Quiz 2 Review
56 points/60 minutes
3 single images (title, approximate date or period, importance); 5 minutes each; 6 points each (1 for title,
1 for date, 1 for location, 3 for importance)
2 comparisons (title, approximate date, comparison); 10 minutes; 12 points (1 for each title; 1 for each
date; 1 for each location; 6 for comparison)
1 short essay; 15 minutes; 10 points
2 vocabulary words (1 sentence definition); 10 minutes; 2 points each
Please note that terms marked with two ** indicate that you should know the century when the
object or monument was made or when an event took place. Those marked with one * indicate that
you should know the exact date.
Iconoclasm
List three reasons supporting the iconoclast or the iconophile position.
Iconoclast
Iconophile
**Triumph of Orthodoxy
*Chludov Psalter, image of Iconoclasts destroying icons and Crucifixion (Lowden, image 86, 102-103)
**Virgin and Child mosaic, Hagia Sophia (Lowden, image 99)
Manuscripts
What is the relationship between text and image in Byzantine manuscripts?
Codicology
Scriptorium
Author Portrait
**Sinope Gospels, Christ Heals Two Blind Men (Lowden, image 46)
*Vienna Dioskurdes (Lowden, image 52)
Architecture
What is the relationship between art and architecture in Middle Byzantium?
Symbolism of church architecture
Classical system of church decoration
**Hosios Loukas (Lowden, images 131-139)
Early Christian and Byzantine Art
**Nea Moni, Chios (Lowden, images 140-144)
**Church of the Dormition, Daphni (Lowden, image 149-158)
Middle Byzantine Court Life
Describe the relationship between the heavenly and earthly court in Byzantine thought.
“Macedonian Renaissance”
Taxis/Ataxia
**Leo Bible (Lowden, images 111-113)
**Romanos Ivory (Lowden, image 126)
Orthodox Empire (Kievan Rus’)
*How is the Medieval Russian and Armenian art both similar to and different from Byzantine art?
Princess Olga and Prince Vladimir
Saint Sophia Cathedral, Kiev
Byzantium and the West
What art forms did Western artists adopt from Byzantium? Why were Western artists interested in
Byzantine art? What happened during the Fourth Crusade? What were the short and long term
consequences for Byzantium?
**Cappella Palatina, Palermo (Lowden, images 180-185)
**Martorana Church, mosaics Roger II being Crowned by Christ and Theotokos and Georgios of Antioch
(Lowden, images 190-191)
**Monreale Cathedral (Lowden, images 196-202)
Maniera Greca
**Madonna and Child, Berlinghiero
*Lamentation, Giotto di Bondone
*Fourth Crusade, 1204
Church of San Marco