belief or opinion contrary to orthodox religious doctrines
What is Heresy
100
a tapering conical or pyramidal structure on the top of a building, typically a church tower
What is Spires
100
the speech of the "common people"
What is Vernacular Literature
100
the point at which receding parallel lines viewed in perspective appear to converge
What is Vanishing Point
100
a pointed arch having cusps in the intrados on either side
What is trefoil arches
200
An abstract idea represented in a body form
What is Personification
200
In Gothic a tall narrow window ending in a pointed arch
What is Lancets
200
marks corresponding to those left on Jesus’ body by the Crucifixion, said to have been impressed by divine favor on the bodies of St. Francis of Assisi and others.
What is Stigmata
200
a medieval association of craftsmen or merchants, often having considerable power.
What is Guilds
200
an Italian bell tower,a freestanding one
What is campanille
300
A raised platform in a church on which a priest stand to preach
What is Pulpit
300
Throughout the Middle Ages and beyond, they were complemented by the monastic schools
What is Cathedral Schools
300
a gallery or arcade above the arches of the nave, choir, and transepts of a church.
What is triforium
300
an outlook or system of thought attaching prime importance to human rather than divine or supernatural matters. Man sever man and there accomplishment.
What is Humanism
300
Architecture Tracery or an ornament with four foils or lobes
What is quatrefoil frames
400
curved triangle of vaulting formed by the intersection of a dome with its supporting arches
What is Pendentive
400
The Order of Preachers is a Roman Catholic religious
What is Dominican Monks
400
so called because it crossed national and cultural barriers. It is characterized by the use of steel and reinforced concrete, wide windows, uninterrupted interior spaces, simple lines, and strict geometric forms
What is International Style
400
a type of perspective used by artists in which the relative size, shape, and position of objects are determined by drawn or imagined lines converging at a point on the horizon.
What is Linear Perspective
400
an Italian poet famous for writing the Divine Comedy that describes a journey through Hell and purgatory and paradise guided by Virgil and his idealized Beatrice
What is Dante
500
become immaterial or disappear
What is dematerialization
500
people and groups who adhere to the teachings and spiritual disciplines of Saint Francis
What is Franciscan Monks
500
the illegal action or practice of lending money at unreasonably high rates of interest.
What is Usury
500
the converging lines that meet at the vanishing point in the system of linear perspective
What is Orthogonals
500
portray or show as closer than it is or as having less depth or distance, as an effect of perspective or the angle of vision.