GOTHIC PERIOD - History 6

Abbot Suger

Who designed the facade, ambulatory, and chapels of the Royal Abbey Church of St. Denis and is believed to have invented the Gothic style?

Tempera Technique

What painting technique combines pigments with egg?

Opus Fragencium

This term is known as "French Work"

Opus Modernum

This term is known as "Modern Architecture"

Stained Glass

What is colored glass for windows made by mixing metallic oxides into molten glass or applying oxides to clear glass and cutting it into shapes?

Cimabue

Who is the Italian painter who broke away from Italio-Byzantine style and was Giotto's teacher?

Giotto

Which student of Cimabue created works that foreshadowed Renaissance innovations?

Cathedral

what do we call the principal church, home of the bishop?

Rose Window

Which circular window features tracery mullions that radiate outward from its center?

Flying buttress

What structure reduces vault wall load by using a semi-arch that transfers weight to a buttress, appearing to "fly" rather than rest on the ground?

3 recessed doorways

How many portals does a Gothic church facade have?

Rayonnant Style

What is the High Gothic style known as, characterized by radiating lines of tracery?

Flamboyant Style

What is the Late Gothic style called, named for its "flame-like" decorative details in the final phase of French Gothic design?

Gargoyles

What are the grotesque carved figures commonly found in Gothic architecture called?

Bosses

What are the ornamental projections covering the intersection of the rib?

Crockets

What are the projecting carved bud or leaf ornaments used on the sides of pinnacles and spires called?

Corbels

What brackets set into the wall to carry a beam?

Notre Dame Cathedral, Early Gothic

What is the oldest French Gothic cathedral with a pierced screen hiding the western nave gable and linking the two towers?

Chartes Cathedral, High Gothic

What is France's "Model" Church, known for its unmatched towers and 140-foot-high stone-vaulted interior?

Salisbury Cathedral, Late Gothic

What French Gothic church features a plan with double transepts, a central tower, and a 404-foot-high decorative spire?

Milan Cathedral, Late Gothic

What structure, erected by the first Duke of Milan, has a nave ending in a circlet of columns in the French style, enclosed in a German polygonal apse?

Dodge's Palace, Late Gothic

What Venetian structure has a two-story arcade of rose-colored and white marble, with patterned brick imitation, large windows, and intricate tracery?

Cologne Cathedral, Late Gothic

What structure resembles Amiens, with its eastern portion being a direct copy of a Northern European cathedral, and the choir rising to 150 feet, appearing even taller?

Pinnacle

What is an architectural element that originally formed the cap or crown of a buttress or small turret?

Clerestory

What is a fenestrated (windowed) wall that rises above surrounding roofs to light the interior space called?

triforium

What is a gallery or arcade above the arches of a church's nave, choir, and transepts?

Arcade

What do you call a series of arches?

Arcaded Gallery

What is a cloister or gallery called, where one side is formed by arcades?

Ribbed and Fan Vault

What are the 2 types of vault present in Gothic interiors?

Tracery

What architectural term describes the stonework elements that support the glass in a Gothic window?

Lancet

What is the simplest shape for an opening with a pointed arch, often grouped in clusters of three or five?

Equilateral arch

What is a drafted arch where the radius matches the width of the opening, and the center of each arch aligns with the point from which the opposite arch springs?

Flamboyant Arch

What type of arch is drafted from four points, with arcs meeting at a sharp, flame-like point?

Depressed Arch

What type of arch in fan vaulting creates a visual effect of being flattened under pressure?

Exposed beams and Roof trusses

What are the Gothic interior finishes of the ceiling?

Dantesca Chair

What Gothic chair features two front and two rear supports in an X form, with leather seat and back panels stretched between the supports?

Savonarola chair

What Gothic chair has seven serpentine X-shaped staves, secured by a runner foot and straight arms, with a flat arched back, slat seat, and loose cushion?

Ambry / Aumbry

What is a large cupboard used for wardrobes, books, ceremonial vessels, and storing overnight food and refreshments in the bedchamber?

Dagobert Chair

What Gothic chair was reserved for lords and masters?

escabeaux or escabelle stool

What is the most common type of armless seat in English Gothic style?

carved walnut sgabello

What stool has carved walnut, often elaborately ornamented wood legs, and a partly gilt back, with front support carved in strapwork and terminals?

credence

What is the name of the Gothic display or buffet table made in France used for holding food?

armoire

What is the name of the Gothic cupboard, made in France?

dressoir

What is the name of the Gothic sideboard, made in France, used for storing dishes and utensils?

Press

What is the name of the Gothic storage for linen , made in France?

Buffet/cupboard

What is the large Gothic storage construction with stepped tiers for grandiose display, with the number of tiers specified by rank?

Trestle table

What is the name of the Gothic dining table that can be dismantled?

Tournai tapestries

What tapestry depicts a lady, a unicorn symbolizing chastity, a tame lion, and animals among flowers?