Brainscape's Knowledge GenomeTM

Browse over 1 million classes created by top students, professors, publishers, and experts.


See full index

Art History > Gothic > Flashcards

Gothic Flashcards

You may prefer our related Brainscape-certified flashcards:
AP® U.S. History flashcards European History 101 flashcards AP® European History flashcards AP® World History flashcards World History 102 flashcards U.S. History 102 flashcards World History 101 flashcards U.S. History 101 flashcards
1
Q

Twelfth century cleric who built the first gothic building

A

Abbot Suger

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
2
Q

abbot and reformer who spoke of the need for light to be conducive for meditation

A

Bernard of Clairvaux

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
3
Q

eastern end of Gothic church containing choir, ambulatory, and radiating chapels

A

chevet

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
4
Q

Fenestrated part of a building that rises above the aisle roofs

A

clerestory

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
5
Q

German patrons depicted at Naumburg Cathedral

A

Ekkenhard and Uta

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
6
Q

German patrons depicted at Naumburg Cathedral

A

Ekkenhard and Uta

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
7
Q

a splayed opening in a wall that frames a door or window

A

embrasure

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
8
Q

vault type popular in England containing a series of radiating ribs

A

fain vaulting

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
9
Q

Late Gothic style characterized by flamelike decorative forms

A

Flamboyant Gothic

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
10
Q

inclined member carrying the thrust of a vault downward and outward to lower supports

A

flying buttress

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
11
Q

church with aisles as high as the nave

A

hall church

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
12
Q

region around Paris

A

IIe-de-France

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
13
Q

a projecting columnar part at the side of a doorway

A

jamb

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
14
Q

Late Gothic style stressing verticals ad horizontals; popular in England

A

Perpendicular Gothic

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
15
Q

Late Gothic style stressing verticals ad horizontals; popular in England

A

Perpendicular Gothic

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
16
Q

four-part vault system

A

quadripartite vault

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
17
Q

The “radiant” architectural style popular in the 13th century and characterized by slender geometric decorations

A

Rayonnant Gothic

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
18
Q

a rib at the junction of the wall and vault

A

wall rib

19
Q

large circular area of glass popular in Gothic churches

A

rose window

20
Q

abbey where Gothic style originated

A

St. Denis

21
Q

founder of monastic preaching order dedicated to poverty

A

Saint Francis

22
Q

medieval philosophical system that reached its height in the thirteenth century

A

scholasticism

23
Q

six-part vaults used in Early Gothic

A

sexpartite vault

24
Q

branching ornamental stonework generally in a window where it supports glass

A

tracery

25
Q

vaulted space beneath a building

A

crypt

26
Q

a blind arcaded band below the clerestory

A

triforium

27
Q

thirteenth century architect who left a series of notebooks

A

Villard de Honnecourt

28
Q

thirteenth century architect who left a series of notebooks

A

Villard de Honnecourt

29
Q

Carved pulpit of Saint Andrea, Pistoia

A

Giovanni Pisano

30
Q

Carved pulpit of Saint Andrea, Pistoia

A

Giovanni Pisano

31
Q

Florentine painter, older than Giotto

A

Cimabue

32
Q

wrote the Divine Comedy

A

Dante

33
Q

painted the Maesta Altarpiece

A

Duccio

34
Q

founder of Franciscan order

A

Francis of Assisi

35
Q

painted the Arena chapel

A

Giotto

36
Q

parts of Virgin Mary

A

Joachim and Anna

37
Q

painted government fresco cycle for the Palazzzo Pubblico, Siena

A

Ambrogorio Lorenzetti

38
Q

carved pulpit of Pisa Cathedral

A

Nicola Pisano

39
Q

began in 1378 menaced church stability

A

Great Schism

40
Q

13th century philosopher and scientist

A

Roger Bacon

41
Q

Florentine Church with Franciscan fresco cycle

A

Santa Croce

42
Q

helped from International Style

A

Simone Martini

43
Q

medieval Scholarstic philosopher

A

Thomas Aquinas

44
Q

painting in the Campo Santo of Pisa

A

Triumph of Death

Art History (29 decks)

Brainscape helps you reach your goals faster, through stronger study habits.
© 2024 Bold Learning Solutions. Terms and Conditions