Gothic art final

What are the two support systems of a support?

The flying and pier buttress

Nave

• Long central aisle where congregation gathers

Apse

Semicircular or polygonal end of church, usually housing the altar

Choir

Area for clergy, often east of the nave

Crossing

Middle section between the nave and transept

Transept

Arms crossing the nave, giving church a cruciform plan

Ambulatory

Curved passageway around the choir

Radiating chapels

Small chapel that extends from the ambulatory

Pointed arch

Allows for both height and flexibility

Rib Vault

Skeletal for the supporting vault

Diagonal and transverse ribs

Structural ribs guiding weight down

Webbing

Thin panels between ribs

Nave arcade

Ground level arches

Triforium

Middle level

Clerestory

Upper wall with stain glass and lancets

Compound pier

Clustered columns

Engaged column

Clustered columns

Bar tracery

Stone framework for windows

West facade and Narthex 1135-1140

Clevet 1140-44

Choir ambulatory radiating chapels