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53 Cards in this Set
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Stringcourse |
a line of demarcation between the stories of a multistoried building |
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Carolingian |
The Carolingian dynasty (known variously as the Carlovingians, Carolingus, Carolings or Karlings) was a Frankish noble family with origins in the Arnulfing and Pippinid clans of the 7th century AD |
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Charlemagne |
King of the Franks. He united most of Western Europe during the early Middle Ages and laid the foundations for modern France and Germany. |
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Cloisonne |
An ancient technique for decorating metalwork objects |
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Fibula |
a clasp resembling a safety pin used especially by the ancient Greeks and Romans |
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Hiberno Saxon |
style of art produced in the post-Roman history of the British Isles |
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Lindisfarne Gospel |
an illuminated manuscript gospel book |
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Ottonian |
Pre-Romanesque German Art |
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Pier |
A raised structure |
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Scythians |
Iranian Eurasians whom were feared and admired for their prowess in war and, in particular, for their horsemanship |
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Interlace |
cross or be crossed intricately together |
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Vikings |
raided and traded from their Scandinavian homelands across wide areas of northern and central Europe |
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Voussoir |
a wedge-shaped element, typically a stone, used in building an arch or vault |
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Animal Style |
an approach to decoration found from China to Northern Europe in the early Iron Age, and the barbarian art of the Migration Period, characterized by its emphasis on animal motifs |
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Crossing Square |
The area in a church that is formed by the intersection (crossing) of a nave and transept of equal width |
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Psalter |
a volume containing the Book of Psalms |
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Ambulatory |
a place for walking, especially an aisle around the apse or a cloister in a church or monastery |
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Triforium |
A shallow arched gallery within the thickness of an inner wall, above the nave of a church or cathedral |
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Archivolt |
an ornamental molding or band following the curve on the underside of an arch |
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Quadrant Vault |
A curving interior opposed to a ribbed vault |
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Choir |
the part of a cathedral or large church between the altar and the nave, used by the choir and clergy |
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Compound Pier |
Clustered column or pier |
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Corbel Arching |
An arch-like construction method that uses the architectural technique ofcorbeling to span a space or void in a structure |
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Diaphragm Arch |
A diaphragm arch is a transverse wall-bearing arch forming a partial wall dividing a vault or a ceiling into compartments |
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Groin Vaulting |
produced by the intersection at right angles of two barrel vaults |
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Jambs |
a columnar mass or pillar in a mine or quarry |
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Rib Vaulting |
The intersection of two or three barrel vaultsproduces a rib vault or ribbed vault when they are edged with an armature of piped masonry often carved in decorative patterns |
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Tribune/Gallery |
Domed or vaulted apse of a basilica |
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Trumeau |
a section of wall or a pillar between two openings, especially a pillar dividing a large doorway in a church |
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Radiating Chapel |
a chapel radiating tangentially from one of the bays or divisions of the apse |
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Rayonnant Westwork |
characterized by a shift in focus away from the High Gothic mode of utilizing great scale and spatial rationalism |
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Cistercian |
A religious order of monks and nuns |
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Tympanum |
a vertical recessed triangular space forming the center of a pediment, typically decorated |
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Scholasticism |
the system of theology and philosophy taught in medieval European universities, based on Aristotelian logic and the writings of the early Church Fathers and having a strong emphasis on tradition and dogma |
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Tracery |
ornamental stone openwork, typically in the upper part of a Gothic window |
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Abbot Suger |
Suger was a French abbot, statesman, historian and one of the earliest patrons of Gothic architecture |
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Bernard of Clairvaux |
Bernard of Clairvaux, O.Cist was a French abbot and the primary reformer of the Cistercian order |
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Chevet |
they had been augmented with radiating apse chapels outside the choir aisle, the entire structure of Apse, Choir and radiating chapels |
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Clerestory |
a high section of wall that contains windows above eye level |
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Embrasure |
a small opening in a parapet of a fortified building, splayed on the inside |
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Fan Vaulting |
the ribs are all of the same curve and spaced equidistantly, in a manner resembling a fan |
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Flamboyant Gothic |
denoting a style of French Gothic architecture marked by wavy flamelike tracery and ornate decoration |
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Buttress |
a projecting support of stone or brick built against a wall |
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Hall Church |
A church with nave and side aisles of approximately equal height, often united under a single immense roof |
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Court Style |
Earliest phase of the Rayonnant style of French Gothic, closely associated with the reign of King Louis IX |
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Perpendicular Gothic |
characterized by a predominance of vertical lines in stone window tracery, enlargement of windows to great proportions, and conversion of the interior stories into a single unified vertical expanse |
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Quadripartite Vault |
A Rib vault where the bay is divided by diagonal and transverse ribs into four cells or webs |
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Pilaster |
a rectangular column, especially one projecting from a wal |
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Rose Window |
a circular window with mullions or tracery radiating in a form suggestive of a rose |
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St. Denis |
A Christian martyr and saint |
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Saint Francis |
An Italian Roman Catholic friar and preacher |
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Square Schematism |
a way in Romanesque arch used to determine different lengths of parts of the church, created regularity |
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Westwork |
the monumental, west-facing entrance section of a Carolingian, Ottonian, or Romanesque church |