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9 Cards in this Set
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Abbot Suger
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the head monk of the Monastary of St. Denise
-grew up in orphanage -became important-into control of great power and wealth -council the King (right hand man) |
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St. -Denis *
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-started Gothic Style/Roman
-brought christianity to Gall -first Christian missionary in France -killed b/c christian |
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choir
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the space reserved for the clergy and singers in the church, usuallly east of the traansept but, in some instaces, extended from the Nave
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Chevet
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end of the Gothic church, including choir, ambulatory, and rdiating chapels.
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pointed arch
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a narrow arch of poointed profile, in contrast to a semicirular arch
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stained glass window
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In Gothic architecture, the colored glass used for windows; most important art form
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nave arcade
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In basilica architecture , the series of arches supported by piers ofr columns separting the nave from the aisles
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triforium
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smaller version of gallery-visual decoration
In a Gothic cathedral, the blind arcaded gallery below the clerestroy; occasionaly the arcades are filled with stained glass. |
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flying buttress
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exterior support meant to reinforce at butress the upper Nave walls (take over the function of Ramseque gallery)
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