History of Arch Quiz 03

The campanile of world famous Piazza del Duomo is also known as _____.

Leaning Tower

It is the Cathedral of Holy Wisdom in Constantinople which was built by order of the Byzantine Emperor Justinian.

Hagia Sophia

An arch spanning across long hall or nave.

Transverse Arch

It is a rose window having distinctly radiating mullions or bars.

Wheel Window

This is the prominent feature of the facades in Romanesque or Central Italy.

Ornamental Arcades

It is the most distinctive feature of Byzantine Architecture

Dome

It is the space between an arch and the horizontal head of a door window and is often decorated with sculpture.

Tympanum

In Byzantine interior ornament, the endless knot is the symbol of?

Immortal Life

A column supporting the tympanum of a doorway at its center.

Trumeau

A vault where ribs are visible and usually support the vault web.

Rib Vault

It is a spherical triangle forming the transition from the circular plan of a dome to the polygonal plan of its supporting structure.

Pendentive

An arch or corbeling built across the upper inside corner of a square tower to support the side of a superimposed octagonal structure.

Squinch

It is a cylindrical or faceted construction, often pierced with windows, supporting a dome.

Drum

A superstructure crowning a roof or dome having open or windowed walls to let in light and air.

Lantern

It is the circular opening found at the crown of a dome.

Oculus

A structure within the Piazza del Duomo which is also know as holy field.

Pisa Camposanto

It is a canopied recess for a religious image or icon.

Tabernacle

It is known as the finest cathedral of the Romanesque Period designed by Architect Buscheto.

Pisa Cathedral

An aisle encircling the end of the choir or chancel of a church.

Ambulatory

A church in Ravenna Italy which is one of the UNESCO World Heritage Site with the most studied mosaics in Byzantine Art.

Basilica di San Vitale

It is an arcaded story in a church, between the nave arches and clerestory and corresponding to the space between the vaulting and the roof of and aisle.

Triforium

It is also called the Cathedral of Vasily and has the most distinct features which are called bulbous shaped domes.

St. Basil's Cathedral

How many chapels does the interior of St. Basil's Cathedral contain?

Nine

It is the smallest cathedral in the Byzantine Period

Little Metropolis Cathedral

When the dome is placed on a drum, the dome is classified as?

Simple

Where is the smallest Byzantine Cathedral located?

Athens

Who designed the Hagia Sophia

Anthemius and Isidorus

What is the current use (as of 2020) of Hagia Sophia as issued by the Turkish President?

Mosque

What is the orientation of the Byzantine Altar?

East

Which church plan typology flourished during the Byzantine Period?

Greek Cross

It is the outer wall of a castle or the courtyard enclosed by it.

Bailey

A steep mound of earth surrounded by a ditch and surmounted by a timber stockade and tower.

Motte

A pre-Romanesque architecture which evolved during the reign of Emperor Otto the Great

Ottonian Architecture

It is a broad embankment of earth raised as a fortification around a place and usually surmounted by a parapet.

Rampart

What is the result of the climatic influences of the Northern Portion of Romanesque Architecture in Italy?

Large windows to admit light

It is the screen or partition on which icons are placed, separating the bema from the nave of an Eastern Church.

Iconostasis

A part of the church or a separate building in which baptism is administered.

Baptistery

It is the ornamental canopy of stone or marble permanently placed over the altar in a church.

Baldachin

In church symbolism, the circular parts are linked to?

God

The innermost and strongest structure or tower of a medieval castle.

Keep

It is a broad, deep ditch usually filled with water, surrounding a rampant of a fortified town.

Moat

In the design of Romanesque fortification, it is one of open spaces alternating with the merlons of battlement.

Crenel

In design of Romanesque fortification, it is one of solid parts between the gaps of a battlement.

Merlon

It is also known as Cathedral of St. Peter which is the cathedral of the Romanesque period with castle-like features such as distinctive conical towers.

Worms Cathedral

It is a projecting gallery or parapet at the top of a castle wall, supported by corbeled arches and having openings in the floor through which stones, molten lead could be cast upon an enemy beneath.

Machicolation

Small Tower forming part of a larger structure, frequently beginning in some distance above the ground.

Turret

Canterbury Cathedral

Worms Cathedral

Groin Vault

Santiago de Compostela