MIDDLE AGES

Question 1

MEDIEVAL TIMELINE

Answer 1

460 CE-1500 CE

Question 2

what marks the end of dark ages

Answer 2

The fall of Constantinople
to the Ottoman Empire, in 1453 CE.

Question 3

Romanesque buildings **

Answer 3

*Reflected Roman influences
* Fortress-liked: Thick walls & towers
* Roof was a barrel vault: a long tunnel of stone
* Very few or no windows
* Increased use of the vault and dressed stone

Question 4

BARREL VAULT **

Answer 4

*Vault with semi-circular cross-section
*Windows can be placed at any point

Question 5

Gothic Innovation of vaults into

Answer 5

Ribbed Vaults (several barrels vaults intersecting)

Question 6

note on cathedral vc church

Answer 6

The cathedral is a
much larger place of
worship than a church
and is run by a
bishop. A church is
run by a group of
clergymen or priests.

Question 7

Monumental buildings in the middle ages are mostly

Answer 7

CATHEDRALS

Question 8

Other types of architecture built in medieval times

Answer 8

✓ Palaces
✓ Universities
✓ Town halls
✓ Guild halls
✓ Private homes

Question 9

Entrance of a sacred Romanesque building

Answer 9

PROPYLAEUM

Question 10

RECTANGULAR COURTYARD

Answer 10

ATRIUM

Question 11

ENTRANCE TO NAVE

Answer 11

NARTHEX

Question 12

BIG CENTRAL SPACE IN CHURCH

Answer 12

NAVE

Question 13

Gothic Architecture

Answer 13

• Evolved from the Romanesque style of architecture
• Very tall buildings
• Introduction of Ribbed Vaults (several barrel
  vaults intersecting

Question 14

Originally called “French Style’, but marked
as ‘………….’ to suggest the crude work of
German Barbarian; who ended the Roman
Empire

Answer 14

GOTHIC

Question 15

what sort of sculpture is used as a water sprout in Gothic architecture

Answer 15

GARGOYLES

Question 16

In Gothic cathedrals what is used to tell stories of religion

Answer 16

Stained glass windows

Question 17

Externally visual support structure in gothic architecture

Answer 17

flying buttresses