CH 9: gothic architecture

Which of the following is true of the Early English Architecture

Window tracery is worked into trefoil or quatrefoil cusped shapes

Windows have lancet-shaped heads

vaulting is elaborated with extra ribs

panel tracery and vaulting are elaborate conical fan shapes

Windows have lancet-shaped heads

Identify the "secrets of the masons in the medieval period

Principles of plane and solid geometry

Knowledge of how to use figures to generate proportional lines

In Gothic Architecture, the ____________ period, extending form about 1250 until about 1370 uses vaulting elaborated with extra ribs, called tierceron and lierne

Decorated

Match the types of traceries in architecture with their descriptions

plate tracery- punched openings in a solid field

Bar tracery- thin lines of cut stone set in geometric patterns

The choir at the Canterbury Cathedral was designed to house England's most popular shrine, that of_____

St. Thomas a Becket

what are the key elements associated with Gothic Structure

Flying buttresses

rib vaults

pointed arches

A type of Gothic architecture where the vaults of both the nave and aisles are essentially the same height is known as the _______ ________

Hall Church

a true statement about St. George Church in Nordlingen is that ___________

aisle windows are treated as punched openings

Identify the architectural features of the chapel at King's College, Cambridge

the ornate organ loft atop the choir screen divides the space into two parts, one for townspeople and the other for students

the woodwork of the choir screen contains classical detail in what is otherwise a late medieval building

A building designer in the Middle Ages was usually called a

master builder

which of the following were done by the master masons in rebuilding the cathedral of Notre-Dame at Chartres

they incorporated the surviving west front

they reused the foundations and crypt

identify a true statement about the Ely Castle

the tower of the cathedral, replaced by a lantern in wood, increased the light and usable space at the crossing

which of the following are the characteristics of the Sainte-Chapelle

its upper chapel is surrounded by stained-glass windows with bar tracery in the new rayonnant style

its wall buttresses are linked together horizontally by iron tie-rods

its upper chapel is filled with jewel-like color by walls diminished to slender piers

the architectural plan of Milan Cathedral features_________

a broad nave with double aisles, an aisles transept, and a polygonal apse with ambulatory

As an example of Late Gothic masonry construction in England, the chapel at King's College, Cambridge, deserves attention for its exceptional _________

fan vaults designed by John Wastell

Identify the architectural features of S. Maria Novella in Florence

four square chapels opening off the transept give the church structural clarity

the nave consists of nearly square bays and a square crossing and chancel

which of the following is true of the cathedral of Notre-Dame in Paris

the west front, a splendid sturdy in proportions, has a solid, almost military quality, in contrast to the more open character of the cathedral at Laon

which of the following structures is known for its hammerbeam roof

The Westminister Hall

An attribute of the cathedral of St. Etienne at Bourges is that ______

flying buttresses follow the slope of the cathedral's roofs

which of the following is generally recognized as the first Gothic building

the Abbey church of St. Denis

Identify the elements original to Gothic buildings

windows with tracery

piers composed of colonnettes

flying buttresses

the design of St. Barbara at Kutna Hora is an example of _____

Czech Gothic architecture

identify a true statement about the Lincoln Cathedral

the Angel choir clerestories and east-end window have tracery of the Decorated period

identify the information that was present in Villard de Honnecourt's earliest surviving documentation from the medieval period

Sculpture and carved ornament, nature sketches, and church plans

geometry problems and their solutions and timber roof trusses

sketches of details from cathedrals at Laon, Chartres, and Reims

which of the following is a feature of the cathedral of Notre-Dame at Laon

the pointed arch is incorporated into the profile of the diagonal ribs of the sexpartite vaults

which of the following is an Early English Gothic architecture

Salisbury Cathedral

the plan of the cathedral of St. Etienne at Bourges shares features with

Notre-Dame in Paris

the first monument of the High Gothic was the cathedral of _____

Notre-Dame at Chartres

the Gothic style originated in ______

northern France

the Milan Cathedral is unlike most other italian Gothic churches because ______

it lacks a sense of spatial openness