3 GOTHIC ARCHITECTURE

Question 1

The style of art known as ____ developed in
Europe during the Middle Ages.

Answer 1

Gothic

Question 2

These large numbers of people travelling routes standard created from one monastery to another ___ - they became routes of trade/commerce and travel.

Answer 2

“Pilgrimage Roads”

Question 3

Gothic style architecture included big churches called _____. _____ had tall skyscraper- like towers.
They made them that way to get people to look up in the sky and think of God; the experience of looking at one of the great gothic cathedrals is to look up towards divinity.
That is why most gothic structures emphasize the upright.

Answer 3

Cathedrals

Question 4

The earliest Gothic paintings were decorations on the walls of buildings. Later, ___ often took up much of the wall space, leaving no room for painting on a large scale.

Answer 4

stained-glass windows

Question 5

The earliest Gothic paintings were decorations on the
Other examples of Gothic painting are found in hand-decorated books called
_____

Answer 5

illuminated manuscripts.

Question 6

meaning of gothic

Answer 6

DARK AGE

Question 7

• ________ church plan in the form of a
• ________, with a square central mass and four arms Of equal length.
• The ____ plan was widely used in byzantine Architecture and in western churches inspired by Byzantine examples.

Answer 7

Greek-cross plan,

Question 8

-A plain cross in which the vertical
part below the horizontal is longer than the other three parts.

-Cathedrals were usually oriented along an east-west axis.

-The main entrance was on the west end while the liturgical stuff (altar, bishop’s throne, etc.) Was located in the east end.

-They had the shape of a ____

Answer 8

LATIN CROSS

Question 9

The central longitudinal space of a basilica church.

Answer 9

NAVE

Question 10

An extension across the main axis giving a church the shape of a cross.

Answer 10

TRANSEPT

Question 11

The space between the columns of the
nave and the side wall.

Answer 11

AISLE

Question 12

A vestibule leading to the nave of a church, originally separated by a screen.

Answer 12

NARTHEX

Question 13

Area of a church where the nave, choir, and transept intersect.

Answer 13

CROSSING

Question 14

Area of the church where the priest performs the mass.

Answer 14

CHOIR

Question 15

Vaulted, circular extension or projection at the eastern end of a church.

Answer 15

APSE

Question 16

MILAN CATHEDRAL, ITALY
The famous _____ a top the main spire of the cathedral, a baroque gilded bronze artwork.

Answer 16

“Madonnina”