Final Exam: Black Board Quiz Questions + Other Q's

The ____ is the semi-circular are above the lintel of a Romanesque portal.

Tympanum

Compound piers are ____.

piers with attached columns or pilasters

Many pilgrimage church interiors, like Ste. Foy, lacked light. Which of the following correctly describes a Romanesque design element that made the churches dark?

Barrel-vaults exerted great outward thrust making a clerestory difficult to construct

Which of the architectural elements below was used for the exterior supports on Romanesque buildings?

Buttresses

The ____ is the covered courtyard in a monastery where monks and nuns prayed and meditated in quiet seclusion.

Cloister

Gothic architects employed a more complex and efficient type of vaulting that would admit light and at the same time be aesthetically pleasing. Which of the following structural solutions corresponded to this ideal?

Covering the nave with a fenestrated sequence of groin vaults

Introduced in French Gothic architecture, ____, are arm-like extensions that helped support the weight of the nave vaults on the outside of the building.

Flying Buttresses

The addition of ribbed vaulting and higher ceilings necessitated the use of ______________ to counter the lateral thrusts.

Flying Buttresses

The intersection of two barrel vaults creates which of the following?

Groin Vault

The term Roman-like was adopted to describe the architecture of the Romanesque period, because it relied on elements of Roman architecture such as ____.

Groin and Barrel Vaults

Ste-Foy at Conques has been called a "pilgrimage type" church. Which of the following accounts for this specific functional designation?

It had radiating chapels attached to the transept and ambulatory.

This tympanum from the west portal depicts the Last Judgment. Which of the following is a true statement?

Romanesque arches and portals frame the orderly space of the saved

Which of the following became a standard feature of French Gothic facades?

Rose Window

The image below is an example of

The Chi Rho page of an illuminated manuscript

In Chartres cathedral each bay of the nave is covered by a single...

four-part (quadripartite) ribbed vault

In the Romanesque period church interiors became impressive acoustical settings for church services. Which of the following architectural elements allowed for the excellent acoustics?

the continuous barrel-vaulted naves

The ____ is the semi-circular area above the lintel of a Romanesque portal.

tympanum