CSTU 101-Quiz 5-Chp 15 questions with complete solutions

CSTU 101-Quiz 5-Chp 15 The period of adjustment and synthesis in the early Middle Ages would lead inevitably to a period of cultural balance - correct answer We call this period the High Middle Ages or the late Middle Ages, from about 1000 A.D. to 1400 or 1500 "balance" - correct answer A period of balance is achieved when all of the institutions within that culture coalesce around a common worldview held by a majority of the population for a long period of time. Gothic Architecture - correct answer the Romanesque comes from the early Middle Ages, while the Gothic comes from the late Middle Ages. -Gothic style is ornate, every nook and cranny is sculpted ~look up at the cathedral prob something going to be peering down at you from every angle of the church (ex Virgin Mary) -wanted higher the better; lead to basic support problems comparison between Romanesque style and Gothic style: - correct answer -Romanesque=to be a darker look -Gothic=more light ~Romanesque style=symmetrical ~Gothic style=asymmetrical -Romanesque style= give sense of massiveness (more like a fortress) -Gothic- lighter kind of construction (walls are thinner) Early Gothic Period - correct answer -1140 to 1200; most famous cathedral in world: Notre-Dame in Paris. (Notre-Dame means "Our Lady" in reference to the Virgin Mary) -sense of light, stained glass windows; and very symmetrical -its early Gothic; still some Romanesque, even when its becoming fully Gothic.