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Unit 2 Quiz Questions
- The large rock at the center of the Dome of the Rock is believed to be the location where what happened?
- Why did Prince Abd-al-Rahman I build the Great Mosque of Cordoba?
- What is the function of a mihrab?
- What was used to decorate the interior and exterior walls of the palaces in the Alhambra?
- What were some of the functions of carpets in the Islamic world?
- What actions do Muslims perform during the hajj?
- What are some of the reasons that the inhabitants of ancient Arabia gave replica body parts to their gods?
- How do the gold coins of Abd al-Malik from Damascus, Syria reveal how Islam was defining itself as a political system in this era?
- What are some of the Islamic motifs in the Coronation Mantle of Roger II, and why are they present in a garment made for a Christian ruler?
- What are some of the architectural and decorative features that the buildings of the Alhambra have in common?
- What would we expect to see on the Basin made by Mohammed ibn al-Zain, and what does that absence tell us about who might have paid for this object?
- What are some of the purposes for which the Golden Haggadah was made?
- Why do scholars think the Blue Mosque was constructed in the location it is?
- Why do scholars think the Taj Mahal is constructed in white marble?
- What does Shirin Neshat’s photographic series Women of Allah say about the complexities of women’s identities in the Middle East?
- What would the Damascus Room have been used for? How do you think its contents and decoration served this purpose?
- How does the architecture and decoration of St. Denis express the power of the French monarchy?
- What are some of the things that viewers were supposed to think about when they saw the sculptures decorating Amiens Cathedral?
- What are some of the features that make Sainte-Chapelle feel like a delicate jewel-box? Why do you think the designers wanted to make it feel that way?
- What are some of the ways that Cimabue tried to create the illusion of space and depth in his paintings?
- What are some of the ways in which Giotto laid the foundations for the Renaissance? What are his innovations? How is his art different from Medieval art?
- Why did Enrico Scrovegni commission the Scrovegni Chapel?
- What are some of the ways that the scenes of the Scrovegni Chapel demonstrate Giotto’s humanism and his interest in emotions?
- Why did Duccio chose to work in panel painting rather than fresco for decorating the Sienna Cathedral?
- What messages were Ambrogio Lorenzetti’s Palazzo Pubblico frescoes intended to convey to their audience?
- What are some of the features that make Simone Martini’s Annunciation so elegant and beautiful?
- Why do art historians think of Filippo Brunelleschi and Lorenzo Ghiberti’s competition panels as the beginning of the Renaissance?
- What were some of the challenges that Filippo Brunelleschi had to solve to build the Dome of the Cathedral of Florence?
- How would Donatello’s St. Mark have increased the civic pride of Florence?
- What are some of the ways in which Donatello shows that Mary Magdalene has become a hermit, and why does he show her in this way?
- What are some of the features that make Masaccio’s Holy Trinity so realistic?
- What were the characteristics of the Dominican Order of monks?
- What purposes did the frescos by Fra Angelico in San Marco serve?
- What are some of the ways in which Fra Filippo Lippi’s Madonna and Child is different from paintings of the Madonna by Giotto and Cimabue?
- What are some of the things about Sandro Botticelli’s La Primavera that we still can’t interpret or understand?
- What are the two types of beauty illustrated in Sandro Botticelli’s The Birth of Venus, and what is the viewer supposed to think about when looking at this painting?
- What are some of theories scholars have for why Piero della Francesca’s Portraits of the Duke and Duchess of Urbino show them in profile?
- Why was the imagery of Andrea Mantegna’s Camera Picta appropriate for Mantua, but would not have been appropriate for Florence?
- What are some of the ways Titian used to emphasize the sensuality of the Venus of Urbino?
