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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Romanesque | it means “in the Roman manner”. It was coined in the early 19th century to describe early medieval European church architecture, which often displayed the solid masonry walls and rounded arches and vaults characteristic of imperial Roman building. |
| Millefiori | A term derived from the Italian for “a thousand flowers” that refers to a glassmaking technique in which rods of differently-colored glass. |
| Evangelist | Authors of Gospel book (Matthew, Mark, Luke, John) |
| Attribute | Shorthand identifiable symbol that help us form narrative. |
| Bay | A unit of space defined by architectural elements such as columns, piers, and walls. |
| Colophon | An inscription placed at the end of a book or manuscript that gives listing of book’s author, publisher, illuminator, and often information related to its production. |
| Scriptorium | a room in a monastery for writing or copying manuscripts |
| Westwerk | the monumental, west-facing entrance section of a church. The exterior consists of multiple stories between two towers; the interior includes an entrance vestibule, a chaple, and a series of galleries overlooking the nave |
| Cloister | An open space withing a monastery, surrounded by an arcaded or colonnaded walkway, often having a fountain and garden. |
| Module | a segment or portion of a repeated design. Also: a basic building block |
| Transept | the arm of a cruciform church, perpendicular to the nave. The point where the nave and transept cross is called the crossing. Beyond the crossing lies the sanctuary, whether apse, choir, or chevet. |
| Pictograph | A highly stylized depiction serving as a symbol for a person or object. Also; a type of writing utilizing such symbols. |
| Bodhisattva | enlightened being who postpone nirvana and Buddhahood to help other achieve enlightenment. |
| Pier | a masonry support made up of many stones, or rubble and concrete (in contrast to a column shaft which is formed from a single stone or a series of drums), often square or rectangular in plan, and capable of carrying very heavy architectural loads. |
| Mandala | an image of the cosmos represented by an arrangement of circles or concentric geometric shapes containing diagrams or images. Used for meditation and contemplation by Buddhists. |
| Kondo | the main hall inside a Japanese Buddhist temple where the images of Buddha are housed. |
| Gallery (galleria) | The story found above the side aisles of a church, usually open to and overlooking the nave. |
| Transverse arch | An arch that connects the wall piers on both sides of an interior space, up and over a stone vault. |
| Tympanum | In Classical architecture, the vertical panel of the pediment. In medieval and later architecture, the area over a door enclosed by an arch and a lintel, often decorated with sculpture or mosaic. |
| Archivolts | a molded band framing an arch, or a series of stone blocks that rest directly on the columns. |
| Lintel | A horizontal element of any material carried by two or more vertical supports to form an opening. |
| Jambs | In architecture, the vertical element found on both sides of an opening in a wall, and supporting an arch or lintel. |
| Trumeau | A column, pier, or post found at the center of a large portal or doorway, supporting the lintel. |
| Historiated capital | one displaying a figural composition of a narrative scene. |
| String-course | A continuous horizontal band, such as a molding, decorating the face of a wall. |
| Buttress | A projecting support built against an external wall, usually to counteract the lateral thrust of a vault or arch within. In Gothic architecture. |
| Flying buttress | An arched bridge above the aisle roof that extends from the upper nave wall, where the lateral thrust of the main vault is greatest, down to a solid pier. |
| Nave | The central space of a basilica, two or three stories high and usually flanked by aisles. |
| Arcade | A series of arches, carried by columns or piers and supporting a common wall or lintel. In a blind arcade, the arches and supports are engaged (attached to the wall) and have a decorative function. |
| Triforium | The element of the interior elevation of a church, found directly below the clerestory and consisting of a series of arched openings. The triforium can be made up of openings from a narrow wall passageway, or it can be attached directly to the wall. |
| Clerestory | The topmost zone of a wll with windows in a basilica extending above the isle roofs. Provides direct light into the central interior space (the nave). |
| Façade | The face or front wall of a building |
| Cartoon | : A full-scale drawing used to transfer or guide a design onto a surface (such as a wall, canvas, panel, or tapestry) to be painted, carved, or woven. |
| Cames | A lead strip used in the making of leaded or stained-glass windows Cames have an indented groove on the sides into which the separate pieces of glass are fitted to hold the composition together. |
| Cathedral | The principal Christian church in a diocese, the bishop’s administrative center and housing his throne. |
| Fresco | A painting technique in which water based pigments are applied to a surface of wet plaster. The color is absorbed by the plaster, becoming a permanent part of the wall. |
| Giornata | Adopted from the Italian term meaning “a day’s work,” is the section of a fresco plastered and painted in a single day. |
| Grisaille | A style of monochromatic painting in shades of gray. Also: a painting made in this style. |
| Rib vault | ribs (extra masonry) demarcate the junctions of a groin vault. Ribs may function to reinforce the groins or may be purely decorative. |
| Ambulatory | The passage around the apse in a basilican church or around the central space in a central-plan building |
| Campanile | A free standing bell tower |
| Dao | a way or path. The Ultimate way, the way of the universe. |
| Portal | A grand enterance, door, or gate, usualy to an important public building, and often decorated with sculpture |
| Transept | an arm of a cruciform church, perpendicular to the nave. |
| Taiji | Great Principal; The great universe |
| Kofun | oldest era of recorded history in Japan |
| Kami | spirits (essences of Buddha?) |
| Kondo | Golden Hall, the main hall inside a Japanese Buddhist temple where the images of Buddhas are housed |
| Feudalism | set of legal and military customs in medieval Europe |
| Etoki | explaining picture |
| Iconarrative | narrative in form but which functions largely as an icon |
| Qi | vitality |
| Li | Etiquette |
| compound pier | clustered column of pier which consists of a centre mass or newel, to which engaged or semi-detached shafts have been attached |
| Choir | the part of the church used by such a company of singers |
| wang cheng | royal city? |
| Shinto | believes that there are particular sprits within everything in the natural world |
| Crossing | the vertical element found on both sides of an opening in a wall, an d supporting an arch or lintel |
| Rayonnant | Gothic style building that represents the height of Gothic architecture |
| Gable | pointed tops |
| Junzi | gentlemen |
| Portal | ground enterance door is usually to an important public building and often decorated with sculpture |
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