AP Art History:: Unit 3 - Early Europe Colonial Americas

Which Early European or Colonial American artwork, historical monument, or Renaissance/Baroque art concept is described below?

*Early Christian subterranean tufa burial network in Rome (c. 200–400 CE) containing loculi tombs, orant figures in prayer, and the Good Shepherd fresco symbolizing salvation.*

**A)** Catacomb of Priscilla
**B)** Santa Sabina
**C)** San Vitale
**D)** Arena Chapel

Which Early European or Colonial American artwork, historical monument, or Renaissance/Baroque art concept is described below?

*Early Christian timber-roofed longitudinal basilica in Rome (c. 422–432 CE) featuring a central nave, Corinthian spolia columns, clerestory windows, and bare exterior concealing radiant spiritual interior.*

**A)** Santa Sabina (Rome)
**B)** Hagia Sophia
**C)** Chartres Cathedral
**D)** San Vitale

Which Early European or Colonial American artwork, historical monument, or Renaissance/Baroque art concept is described below?

*Byzantine cathedral designed by Anthemius of Tralles and Isidorus of Miletus (532–537 CE) under Emperor Justinian, featuring a massive dome resting on four pendentives, creating a floating 'canopy of heaven.'*

**A)** Hagia Sophia (Constantinople)
**B)** San Vitale
**C)** Santa Sabina
**D)** Chartres Cathedral

Which Early European or Colonial American artwork, historical monument, or Renaissance/Baroque art concept is described below?

*Centrally planned octagonal Byzantine church in Ravenna, Italy (c. 526–547 CE) with brilliant gold glass mosaics depicting Emperor Justinian and Empress Theodora carrying liturgical vessels, uniting church and state.*

**A)** San Vitale (Ravenna Mosaics)
**B)** Hagia Sophia
**C)** Catacomb of Priscilla
**D)** Arena Chapel

Which Early European or Colonial American artwork, historical monument, or Renaissance/Baroque art concept is described below?

*Encaustic icon painting on wood from Saint Catherine's Monastery, Mount Sinai, Egypt (6th–7th century CE) showing Mary as God-bearer flanked by warrior saints with spatial hierarchy.*

**A)** Virgin (Theotokos) and Child Icon (Mt. Sinai)
**B)** Merode Altarpiece
**C)** Isenheim Altarpiece
**D)** Lamentation

Which Early European or Colonial American artwork, historical monument, or Renaissance/Baroque art concept is described below?

*Early Medieval Hiberno-Saxon illuminated manuscript by Bishop Eadfrith in Northumbria (c. 700 CE) featuring intricate Celtic interlace knotwork, snake-like animal patterns, and vibrant pigments.*

**A)** Lindisfarne Gospels (Cross-Carpet Page)
**B)** Book of Kells
**C)** Golden Haggadah
**D)** Très Riches Heures

Which Early European or Colonial American artwork, historical monument, or Renaissance/Baroque art concept is described below?

*Romanesque pilgrimage church in Conques, France (c. 1050–1130 CE) with heavy stone barrel vaults, radiating chapels, Last Judgment tympanum, and gold/gem-encrusted Reliquary of Saint Faith.*

**A)** Church of Sainte-Foy and Reliquary (Conques)
**B)** Chartres Cathedral
**C)** Santa Sabina
**D)** Cathedral of Santiago

Which Early European or Colonial American artwork, historical monument, or Renaissance/Baroque art concept is described below?

*Romanesque embroidered linen frieze (c. 1066–1080 CE) measuring 230 feet long, narrating William the Conqueror's Norman conquest of England and the Battle of Hastings.*

**A)** Bayeux Tapestry
**B)** Standard of Ur
**C)** Alexander Mosaic
**D)** Ludovisi Battle Sarcophagus