(EECA) Review

Review

View the following review video.

Can you answer the following questions?

  1. Can you describe the iconography of Christ and its sources?
  2. Can you explain the themes popular in Early Christian art?
  3. Can you name the two plans popular for Christian churches? Can you name the parts of each church?
  4. Can you identify the sources of Christian churches and how Christian builders adapted their models to suit their needs?
  5. Can you describe the formal characteristics of Early Christian art and its relationship to classical art? How did the Early Christian formal qualities change over time?
  6. Can you explain the purpose, organization, and ornamentation of catacombs near Rome?
  7. Can you describe the typical Byzantine church (plan, elevation and ornamentation) and explain how it changed from the Early to Late Byzantine period?
  8. Can you explain how pendentives and squinches function, and what they contributed to a building's overall appearance?
  9. Can you describe and analyze the formal and iconographic characteristics of Early, Middle, and Late Byzantine images?
  10. Can you discuss the subjects popular in Byzantine art?
  11. If presented with an unknown work, could you identify elements reflecting the persistence of classical style and iconography?
  12. Could you compare the function of an icon to the function of Early Christian religious images?
  13. Can you identify the parts of a mosque?
  14. Can you explain the source of the Islamic mosque plan?
  15. Can you discuss the materials, forms, and iconography of the migratory peoples of the Middle Ages?
  16. Can you explain how Hiberno-Saxon manuscripts were made?
  17. Can you explain how Hiberno-Saxon manuscripts adapt Early Christian models to local tastes?
  18. Can you name the parts of a Romanesque church plan and elevation?
  19. Can you describe a pilgrimage church?
  20. Can you explain the relationship of Romanesque architecture, painting and sculpture?
  21. Can you discuss the typical formal and thematic characteristics of Romanesque manuscript paintings, frescoes, and other figural arts?
  22. Can you describe the materials and techniques employed to decorate Islamic interiors and for works of the minor arts?
  23. Do you have definitions for the terms introduced in these chapters?

Review the Early Europe and Colonial America I works in the presentation below.

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