Details Title: definitions Description: Gothic Total Flash Cards: 24 Created: 06/14/2009 11:15:48		New Users: To study from this flashcard set, or to create your own your own study flash cards, REGISTER HERE. Existing Users: CLICK HERE. Additional Architecture Flashcards
Cards in this set: Term boss Definition a raised ornament, as at the intersection of the ribs in vaulted roofs, or sometimes of beams in open wooden ceilings Term campanile Definition a bell tower, esp. one near but not attached to a church Term filigree Definition delicate, intricate, or fanciful ornamentation, sometimes with work made from gold, silver, or other fine twisted wire Term finial Definition an ornamental fixed to the peak of an arch Term hall-church Definition a church (building for public worship) with nave and aisles of the same height Term iconographic Definition using a set of specified or traditional symbolic forms associated with the subject or theme of a stylized work of art or architecture Term lancet window Definition a window (an opening constructed in a wall or roof and functioning to admit light or air to an enclosure) that is placed in an arch that is narrow and pointed lie the head of a spear Term lintel Definition the horizontal beam that forms the upper member of a window or door frame and supports part of the structure above it Term pendant Definition a sculptured ornament suspended from a vaulted Gothic roof or ceiling; a hanging lamp or chandelier Term radiating chapels Definition places of worship that are smaller than and subordinate to a church that are spread out radically, as the spokes of a wheel Term rib Definition an arch or a projecting arched member, either structural or decorative, separating the cells of a vault Term rose window Definition a circular window usually of stained glass with radiating tracery in the form of a rose Term spandrel Definition the triangular space between the left or right exterior curve of an arch and the rectangular framework surrounding it. the space between two arches and a horizontal molding or cornice above them Term spire Definition a formation or structure that tapers to a point at the top, as a steeple Term springer Definition the point at which an arch rises from its support Term tierceron Definition tertiary ribs, which attached to primary or secondary ribs in vaulting, usually Gothic Term tracery Definition ornamental work of interlaced and ramified lines, esp. the lacy openwork in a Gothic window Term triforium Definition a gallery (raised arcaded corridor) of arches above the side-aisle vaulting in the nave of a church Term tympanum Definition the recessed, ornamental space or panel enclosed by the cornices of a triangular pediment; a similar space between an arch and the lintel of a portal Term vault Definition an arched structure, usually of stone, brick, or concrete, forming a ceiling or roof Term fan vault Definition a form of rib vault in which the bay divisions and vaulting compartments are ignored and the ribs radiate from the wall-shafts in a fan-like pattern Term lierne vault Definition a ribbed vault in which liernes (tertiary ribs), which do not spring from the wall supports, are added to link the main ribs and tiercerons (secondary ribs) Term quadripartite vault Definition a vault consisting of or divided into four parts or compartments Term stellar vault Definition a vault w/ ribs, secondary ribs (tiercerons), and tertiary ribs (liernes) arranged to form a star pattern