This is the same study guide that you have in your Course Packet. The
answers are in red.
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Romanesque
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Gothic
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Radiating chapels and apse:
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Separate
compartments. |
Unified,
unbroken space. |
Vault:
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Mostly
barrel-vaults, some groin-vaults. |
Groin-vaulted
cathedrals. |
Arch type:
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Rounded
arches. |
Pointed
arches. |
Main vault support:
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Thick
walls, buttresses. |
Exterior
flying buttresses. |
Clerestory:
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Small
windows. |
Large
stained-glass windows. |
Elevation:
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Horizontal,
modest height. |
Vertical,
soaring. |
Exterior:
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Plain,
little decoration, solid. |
Ornate,
delicate, lots of sculpture. |
Sculptural decoration:
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Thin,
elongated, abstract figures. |
More
realistic proportions and individualized features. |
Mood:
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Dark,
gloomy. |
Tall,
light-filled. |
Example:
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St.
Sernin, Toulouse, France. |
Chartres
Cathedral, France. |
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