This feature is the main architectural support for the Cathedral
What is the Skeleton
100
What were the Gothics blamed for?
Destroying what remained of the Classical Style.
100
this is where the town of Chartres is located
What is 40 miles southwest of Paris
100
This cathedral is the biggest in Germany.
What is Cologne?
100
The height of this French cathedral is 125 ft tall.
How tall is the Reims cathedral.
200
This exterior structure is composed of thin half-arches, or flyers.
What are Flying Buttresses
200
Where did the Gothic style originate?
Ile-de-France; northern France
200
this is a feature of almost all Gothic cathedral entrance wall and is embedded in the rectangle over the lancets in the Chartres Cathedral
What is rose window
200
the best example of Early Gothic Style in England
What is the Salisbury Cathedral
200
The exterior surfaces at Reims are filled with a greater number of (blank) than at Chartes.
What are sculptures?
300
This structure can be thought of as an intersection of two arcs made up of nonconcentric circles.
What are pointed arches
300
What has been associated with Christ ad divinity since the Early Christian Period?
Light
300
Gothic Artists integrated Christian dogma into the cathedrals whenever possible because such buildings were designed as what
What is supreme monuments to the glory of God
300
This setting for cathedrals contains many trees and lawns
What is a cathedral close
300
King Louis the IX commissioned this French cathedral.
What is The Reliquary Chapel of Sainte-Chapelle.
400
These structures were created in order to take pressure of of the ceiling vaults.
What are rib vaults
400
Who is credited for the invention of Gothic style?
Abbot Suger
400
These people funded the building of Chartres Cathedral
What is the church contributed their revenues, resident clergy gave up their stipends, and the royal family also helped with certain projects
400
This is a feature of monastic communities that the English adopted as a part of their cathedral plans
What is cloister
400
He was the designer of Saint-Chapelle.
Who is Thomas de Cormont?
500
When vaults were beginning to become more complex, the supports they had also begun to be developed for more strength. Name this system of support.
What are Piers
500
What did Suger rebuild? What was he inspired by?
The Carolingian Church of Saint-Denis. He was inspired by Saint-Denis's writings and the emphasis on the mathematical harmony that should exist between the parts of a building.
500
These conform less strictly to their colonnettes than do the figures on the royal portal because they are no longer strictly frontal and have different heights.
What is the saints who decorate the left doorway of the entrance portal on the south transept of Chartres
500
In Cologne Cathedral what feature on the exterior also reinforces the exterior walls