Art Exam 2

the curving passageway behind the choir of a church. Used to connect the radiating chapels.

Ambulatory

A building generally octagonal used for the christian rite of baptism

Baptisteries

Arcade, Triforium, Clerestory

Characteristics of Gothic Architecture

Windows placed high in a wall, generally above lower level roof elements

Clearstory

combination of external buttress pier and slender arch, which attaches to a wall just below the springing of the vaulting in order to resist lateral thrust.

Flying Buttress

Buildings erected as memorials to commemorate saints or sites of special importance to the Christian faith.

Martyia

Buildings erected to contain the tombs of important people, were also in the repertory of Early Christian architecture.

Mausolea

Medieval castle with a mound (motte) and yard (bailey) defined by a ditch and wall.

Motte and Bailey

the western arm of a basilica church

Nave

A spherical triangle that transforms a square bay into a circle for the springing of a dome.

Pendentives

A vault where rib ride below and usually support the vault web

Ribbed Vaulting

Rough stonework with exposed joints.

Rustication

The stonework divisions in Gothic windows

Tracery

the north and south arms of a basilican church

Transept

an arch spanning across a long hall or nave

Transverse Arch

In Gothic churches, the narrow passage below the clerestory corresponding to the lean to roof over the aisle.

Triforium