WK 8 (Middle Ages & Renaissances) Flashcards
A bracket system used in traditional Chinese construction to support roof beams and support the interior ceiling with minimal use of supportive piers or pillars.
DUOGONG
A masonry structure typically consisting of an inclined bar carried on a half arch that extends from the upper part of a wall to a pier that carries the thrust of a roof or vault.
FLYING BUTTRESS
A compound vault formed by perpendicular intersection of two pointed barrel vaults.
RIBBED GROIN VAULT
An arch with a pointed apex.
POINTED ARCH
A style of masonry building in Europe that lasted from the mid 12th century to the 16th that is characterized by the use of pointed arches.
GOTHIC
In church architecture, a covered passageway behind the apse connecting the aisles.
AMBULATORY
A support built to stabilize a structure by opposing its outward thrusts, especially a projecting support built into or against the outside of a masonry wall.
BUTTRESS
A compound vault formed by the perpendicular intersection of two barrel vaults, also called a cross vault.
GROIN VAULT
A categorization of an architecture style (defined in 1819) that describes architecture dating to 800-1200 CE that utilized the rounded arch and barrel vault system; translates to “style of the Romans.”
ROMANESQUE
A building or complex of buildings occupied by a community of monks living under religious vows; also referred to as an abbey in Christian Catholicism.
MONASTERY
A term used to describe the architecture of the Frankish dynasty that ruled in Western Europe from 751 to 888 CE and is characterized by its attempt to emulate Roman architecture; translates to Charles
CAROLINGIAN
Term introduced in the 19th century to describe the period in European history following the Middle Ages and is characterized by a return to classical antiquity in art, architecture, and scholarship; literally “rebirth”
RENAISSANCE
A cultural and intellectual movement of the Renaissance that emphasized human potential to attain excellence and promoted direct study of the literature, art, and civilization of classical Greece and Rome
HUMANISM
A multi-story urban palatial residence whose overall shape was square or rectangular with an enclosed courtyard; translates to palace
PALAZZO
A method of visually organizing the facade of a building by dividing it up into three sections; similar to what is found on a Classical column (base, shaft, capital)
TRIPARTITE
Legislation enacted to restrict and regulate all aspects of luxury consumption
SUMPTUARY LAW
A graphic technique for describing three-dimensional volumes and spatial relationships on a two-dimensional surface by means of lines that converge as they recede into the depth of a drawing
LINEAR PERSPECTIVE
Muslim educational institution
MADRASA
