Gothic

Question 1

Twelfth century cleric who built the first gothic building

Answer 1

Abbot Suger

Question 2

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

Answer 2

Bernard of Clairvaux

Question 3

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

Answer 3

chevet

Question 4

Fenestrated part of a building that rises above the aisle roofs

Answer 4

clerestory

Question 5

German patrons depicted at Naumburg Cathedral

Answer 5

Ekkenhard and Uta

Question 6

German patrons depicted at Naumburg Cathedral

Answer 6

Ekkenhard and Uta

Question 7

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

Answer 7

embrasure

Question 8

vault type popular in England containing a series of radiating ribs

Answer 8

fain vaulting

Question 9

Late Gothic style characterized by flamelike decorative forms

Answer 9

Flamboyant Gothic

Question 10

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

Answer 10

flying buttress

Question 11

church with aisles as high as the nave

Answer 11

hall church

Question 12

region around Paris

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IIe-de-France

Question 13

a projecting columnar part at the side of a doorway

Answer 13

jamb

Question 14

Late Gothic style stressing verticals ad horizontals; popular in England

Answer 14

Perpendicular Gothic

Question 15

Late Gothic style stressing verticals ad horizontals; popular in England

Answer 15

Perpendicular Gothic

Question 16

four-part vault system

Answer 16

quadripartite vault

Question 17

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

Answer 17

Rayonnant Gothic

Question 18

a rib at the junction of the wall and vault

Answer 18

wall rib

Question 19

large circular area of glass popular in Gothic churches

Answer 19

rose window

Question 20

abbey where Gothic style originated

Answer 20

St. Denis

Question 21

founder of monastic preaching order dedicated to poverty

Answer 21

Saint Francis

Question 22

medieval philosophical system that reached its height in the thirteenth century

Answer 22

scholasticism

Question 23

six-part vaults used in Early Gothic

Answer 23

sexpartite vault

Question 24

branching ornamental stonework generally in a window where it supports glass

Answer 24

tracery

Question 25

vaulted space beneath a building

Answer 25

crypt

Question 26

a blind arcaded band below the clerestory

Answer 26

triforium

Question 27

thirteenth century architect who left a series of notebooks

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Villard de Honnecourt

Question 28

thirteenth century architect who left a series of notebooks

Answer 28

Villard de Honnecourt

Question 29

Carved pulpit of Saint Andrea, Pistoia

Answer 29

Giovanni Pisano

Question 30

Carved pulpit of Saint Andrea, Pistoia

Answer 30

Giovanni Pisano

Question 31

Florentine painter, older than Giotto

Answer 31

Cimabue

Question 32

wrote the Divine Comedy

Answer 32

Dante

Question 33

painted the Maesta Altarpiece

Answer 33

Duccio

Question 34

founder of Franciscan order

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Francis of Assisi

Question 35

painted the Arena chapel

Answer 35

Giotto

Question 36

parts of Virgin Mary

Answer 36

Joachim and Anna

Question 37

painted government fresco cycle for the Palazzzo Pubblico, Siena

Answer 37

Ambrogorio Lorenzetti

Question 38

carved pulpit of Pisa Cathedral

Answer 38

Nicola Pisano

Question 39

began in 1378 menaced church stability

Answer 39

Great Schism

Question 40

13th century philosopher and scientist

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Roger Bacon

Question 41

Florentine Church with Franciscan fresco cycle

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Santa Croce

Question 42

helped from International Style

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Simone Martini

Question 43

medieval Scholarstic philosopher

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Thomas Aquinas

Question 44

painting in the Campo Santo of Pisa

Answer 44

Triumph of Death