Exam 2: Gothic Architecture

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Abbot Suger/St. Denis

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Head of Monestary

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Pointed Arch

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Any arch with a point at its apex, characteristic of, but not confirmed to, Gothic Architecture

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Rib Vaulting

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A vault in which the ribs support, or seem to support, the web of the vault.

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Flying Buttress

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A characteristic feature of Gothic construction, in which the lateral thrusts of a roof or vault are taken up by a bar of masonry, usually sloping, carried on an arch, and a solid pier or buttress sufficient to receive the thrust

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Centering

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A temporary structure upon which the materials of a vault or arch ar supported in position until the work becomes self - supporting.

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Ile-de-France

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Isle of France/ Birthplace of Gothic Architecture

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Nave Arcade

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The open arcade between the central and side aisles

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Clerestory

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An upper zone of wall pierced with windows that admit light to the center of a lofty room/ Usually above the aisles

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Triforium

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In medieval church architecture, a shallow passage above the arched of the nave and choir and below the clerestory; characteristically opened into the nave
4th element(3rd story) brought light into the space

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Gallery

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A long, covered area acting as a corridor inside or on the exterior of a building, or between buildings
Second story of Medieval churches, above the aisle

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Choir

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That part of a church between the sanctuary and the nave reserved for singers and clergy

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Tracery:Bar & Plate

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Bar(thin) & Plate(thick)
The curvilinear openwork shapes of stone or wood creating a pattern within the upper part of a Gothic window, or an opening of similar character, in the form of mullions which are usually so treated as to be ornamental.

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Fan Vaulting

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A concave conical vault whose ribs, of equal length and curvature, radiate from the springing like the ribs of a fan.

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Rayonnant Style

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The middle phase of French Gothic architecture in the 13th and 14th cent., characterized by radiating lines of tracery

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Flamboyant Style

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The last phase of French Gothic Architecture in the second half of the 15th cent., characterized by flowing and flamelike tracery.

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Early English Gothic Style

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The first of the three phases of English Gothic architecture, from ca. 1180 to ca. 1280, based on Norman and French antecendents and succeeded by the Decorated style. Often characterized by lancet windows without tracery.

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Decorated Style

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The second of the three phases of English Gothic architecture, from ca. 1280 to after 1350, preceded by Early English and followed by the perpendicular;characterized by rich decoration and tracery, multiple ribs and liernes, and often ogee arches. Its early development is called Geometric; its later, Curvilinear

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Perpendicular Style

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The last and longest phase of Gothic architecture in England, ca. 1350 - 1550, following upon the Decorated style and eventually succeeded by Elizabethan architecture. Characterized by vertical emphasis in structure and frequently elaborate fan vaults.Its final development (1485 - 1547) is often referred to as Tudor architecture.

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Ogee Arch

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A pointed arch composed of reversed curves, the lower concave and the upper convex

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Chapter House

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A place for business meetings of religous or fraternal organization; occasionally also contains living quarters for members of such a group

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Mendicant Orders

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Franciscans
Dominicans

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Westwork

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Toward front/ Entrance to nave

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Chevet

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An apse having a surrounding ambulatory; usually opens into three or more chapels which radiate from the apse
Expanded/Complex Apse

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Crocket

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In Gothic Architecture, and derivatives, an upward - oriented ornament, often in vegetable form, regularly spaced along sloping or vertical edges of emphasized features such as spires, pinnacles, and gables.

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"gothic"

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The architectural style of High Middle Ages in Western Europe, which emerged from Romanesque and Byzantine forms in France during the late 12th cent. Its great works are cathedrals, characterized by the pointed arch, the rib vault, the development of the exterior flying buttress, and the gradual reduction of the walls to a system of richly decorated fenestration. Gothic Architecture lasted until the 16th cent., when it was succeeded by the classical forms of the Renaisance.

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Pilier Cantonneo

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High Gothic form of the compound pier, with a massive central core to which are attached at 90 degree intervals four colonnettes supporting the arcade, the aisle vaultings, and the responds of the nave vaults
(group of pillars)

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Stained glass/ lux nova

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Glass given a desired color in its molten state, or by firing a stain into the surface of the glass after forming; used in decorative windows or transparent mosaics/new light

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Hall Church

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A church with aisles but without clerestories, the interior of which is a hall of aproximately uniform height throughout.

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Transverse Rib

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A rib in vaulting spanning the nave, aisle, or transept at right angles to its longitudinal axiz and dividing its length into bays or compartments

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Diagonal Rib

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A rib crossing a bay or compartment of a vault on a diagonal