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Final Exam- Section 2: Short Answer

4 of these 8 Essay Questions Will appear on the final exam. You will be asked to answer 2 of the 4 questions that appear on the midterm.

In your responses, you will write a two-sentence thesis and 3-5 comparative points. Think about: 1. HOW the images look (formal similarity or difference) 2. WHY the formal similarity or difference exists (historical context and iconography).

In your 3-5 points, you can talk about iconography, formal similarities and differences, media, historical context, political meanings, etc. But make sure that EACH point is comparative. That is, you must talk about both objects in each point.

You will be graded on:

1.Whether you have a coherent thesis. 2.The extent to which your discussion is comparative. 3.The inclusion of both historical and formal elements.

Question 1

Icon with a Bust of the Archangel Michael

10th-11th C

Treasury, Basilica di San Marco (Venice, Italy)

Vita Icon of Saint George, Athens 13th century

Question 2

Sarcophagus in marble, late fourth/early fifth century CE.

Milan: Santa Maria dei Miracoli presso San Celso.

Reliquary of the Foot of St. Blaise

Artist: Workshop of Hugo of Oignies

Date: ca. 1260 Material: Silver gilt, copper gilt over wood, rock crystal

Dimensions: 25 × 25 cm

Question 3

Church of the Panagia Arakiotissa, Lagoudera, 12th century

Chartres Cathedral West Portals

1150

Question 4

Mary and the child enthroned among the Saints Theodor of Amasea and George and angels. Encaustic icon from the end of the 6th

century.

Reliquary Tabernacle with Virgin and Child

Artist: Naddo Ceccarelli (active ca. 1330–60)

Date: ca. 1350 Material: Tempera, gold, and

glass on panel Dimensions: 62.1 x 43.2 x 9.4

cm Provenance: Arnold Seligmann,

Rey and Co., New York (date and mode of acquisition

unknown); Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1920, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by

bequest.

Question 5

Reliquary Pendant for the Holy Thorn

Culture: French (Paris) Date: ca. 1340

Material: Gold, enamel (basse- taille), amethyst, rock crystal,

vellum, thorn Dimensions: 4 × 2.65 × 2.5 cm Provenance: George Salting, London (date and mode of acquisition unknown); The

British Museum, London, 1902, by donation

Crucifix of Don Fernando y Dona Sancha C. 1063, Ivory

Question 6

Crucifix of Don Fernando y Dona Sancha C. 1063, Ivory

Lucca, Pinacoteca Nazionale Di Palazzo Mansi (Picture Gallery) Crucifix, by Berlinghiero Berlinghieri, 13th

Century

Question 7

Rossano Gospels, gold and tempera on purple-dyed vellum, made in Constantinople (?) early 6th cent

Bible Moralisée c. 1220-30

Illumination on Parchment Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, Vienna

Question 8

Panels from a Window Showing the Life and Martyrdom of St. Vincent of Saragossa

Culture: French (Paris) Date: ca. 1245

Material: Vitreous paint, colored glass Dimensions: lancet: 337.2 × 110.5 cm, panel (with supporting

frame): 67.4 × 44.5 cm

The Abbey of Saint-Germain-des-Prés

Sinai hexaptych Panel with images of the Virgin

And Christological Cycle Monastery of St. Catherine, Mt. Sinai, late 11th century