The intersection of two barrel vaults at right angles
What is Groin
100
leader of the Franks, crowned emperor in Rome in 800
What is Charlemagne
100
Sea between Greece and Asia Minor
What is Aegean
100
was one of the last French abbot-statesmen, a historian, and the influential first patron of Gothic architecture.
What is Abbot Suger
200
A plate armor covering the torso of a warrior
What is Cuirass
200
a flat, rectangular, vertical member projecting from a wall, topped by a capital
What is Pilaster
200
Charlemagne's church at Aachen
What is Palatine Chapel
200
Minoan capital city
What is Knossos
200
are any high windows above eye level. The purpose is to bring outside light, fresh air, or both into the inner space.
What is clerestory
300
City of the Dead
What is Necropolis
300
Small room projecting from the apse
What is Radiating chapel
300
Ottonian bishop and art patron
What is Bernward
300
Ancient circular tomb
What is tholos
300
is a specific form of buttressing most strongly associated with Gothic church architecture. The purpose of any buttress is to resist the lateral forces pushing a wall outwards (which may arise from stone vaulted ceilings or from wind-loading on roofs) by redirecting them to the ground.
What is Flying buttress
400
Last Etruscan King
What is Tarquinius Superbus
400
The space between the lintel and archivolts in a doorway
What is Tympanum
400
The alternate support system is first found in the architecture of which period
What is Ottonian
400
Metal working technique
What is repousse
400
is often used as a generic term applied to a circular window, but is especially used for those found in churches of the Gothic architectural style and being divided into segments by stone mullions and tracery.
What is Rose Window
500
The Gate of Mars
What is Porta Marzia
500
The exterior supports used on Romanesque buildings were called
What is buttresses
500
The Palatine Chapel of Charlemagne is thought to have been based on the church of
What is San Vitale, Ravenna
500
fortress that commands a city
What is citadel
500
is a form of vault used in the Gothic style, in which the ribs are all of the same curve and spaced equidistantly, in a manner resembling a fan