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| A vault or gallery in an underground burial place\ |
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| An open public space, particularly in ancient Rome, used as a market and a gathering place\ |
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| A semicircular or polygonal projection of a building with a semicircular dome, especially on the east end of a church\ |
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| A raised platform or stand used for sacred ceremonial or ritual purposes\ |
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| The "arms" of a Latin cross plan, used by pilgrims and other visitors for access to the area behind the crossing square\ |
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| The central aisle of a church, constructed for use by the congregation at large\ |
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| Passageways to either side of the nave\ |
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| Latin Cross/Logitudinal Plan |
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| A cross-shaped church design in which the nave is longer than the transept\ |
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| Greek Cross/ Central Plan |
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| A cross-shaped design, particularly of a church, in which the nave and transept are equal length\ |
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| A form of Christianity dominant in Eastern Europe, Western Asia, and North Africa\ |
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| The empire set up in Western Europe following the coronation of Charlemagne as Emperor in the year 800\ |
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| A style of European architecture of the 11th and 12th centuries CE that is characterized by thick, massive walls, the Latin cross plan, the use of a barrel vault in the nave, rounded arches, and a twin-towered facade\ |
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| A Western European style developed between the 12th and 16th centuries CE, characterized in architecture by ribbed vaults, pointed arches, flying buttresses, and steep roofs\ |
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| To support or prop up construction with a projecting structure, usually built of brick or stone; a massive masonry structure on the exterior wall of a building that presses inward and upward to hold the stone blocks of arches in place\ |
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| A buttress that is exterior to a building but connected in a location that permits the buttress to support an interior vault\ |
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| In Gothic architecture, a structural member that reinforces the stress points of groin vaults\ |
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| In Gothic style, a complexly shaped vertical support to which a number of colonnettes (thin half-columns) are often attached\ |
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| Semicircular space above the doors of a cathedral\ |
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| A large circular window in a Gothic church, assembled in segments that resemble the petals of a flower\ |
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| The arragement of windows and doors in a structure, often used to create balance and rhythm as well as light, air, and access\ |
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| The angel Gabriel's announcement to Mary that she would give birth to Jesus\ |
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| A period spanning the 14th and 15 centuries CE in Europe. The Renaissance rejected medieval art and philosophy; it first turned to Classical antiquity for inspiration and then deveoped patterns of art and philosophy that paved the way toward the modern world\ |
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| A system of belief in which humankind is viewed as the standard by which all things are measured\ |
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| A painting, usually in tempera but sometimes in oil, whose ground is a wooden panel\ |
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| Simple human representations; realistic figure painting that focuses on themes taken from everyday life\ |
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| A position in which a figure is obliquiely balanced around a central vertical axis.\ |
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| An artistic technique in which subtle gradations of value create the illusion of rounded three-dimensional forms in space\ |
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| A building up of lighter colors on darker, finishing with built-up glassy or glossy layers of pigment\ |
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| A 16th century, post-Renaissance style characterized by artificial poses and gestures, vivid color, and distored, elongated figures\ |
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| A picture or relief carving in three panels, typically hinged together side by side and used as an altarpiece} |
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| A building up of lighter colors on darker, finishing with built-up glassy or glossy layers of pigment\ |
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| A 16th century, post-Renaissance style characterized by artificial poses and gestures, vivid color, and distorted, elongated figures\ |
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| A 17th century European style characterized by ornamentation, curved lines, irregularity of form, dramatic lighting and color, and exaggerated gestures\ |
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| A social and religious movement of 16th century Europe in which various groups attempted to reform the Roman Catholic church by establishing rival religions\ |
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| An open public square or plaza\ |
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| A palatial building, especially in Italy\ |
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| Capacity of a material to be molded or shaped\ |
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| An 18th century style during the Baroque era that is characterized by lighter colors, greater wit, playfulness, occasional eroticism, and yet more ornate decoration} |
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