GOTHIC ARCHITECTURE.
Built around real course units and objectives!
Pointed arches - Answer: allowed buildings to be taller
Spire - Answer: tall projection from top of the building
Tower - Answer: two protrusions usually flanking the central piece
Rose windows - Answer: the big glass window, usually circular
Buttresses - Answer: help solidify the building so that they can built it much taller
Flying butresses - Answer: attached to the spire, off the ground, help support the tallness of
the spire
Gargoyles - Answer: sculptures that sit on the facade (usually of monsters etc)
Long nave - Answer: the bit in the middle of the cross
Compound piers - Answer: multiple piers compounded
Stain glass windows - Answer: coloured so light comes through
Archivolt - Answer: the arched bit of the door frame
Ribbed vaulting - Answer: intersecting vaults
Pinnacle - Answer: the highest point of a buttress
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Built around real course units and objectives!
Pointed arches - Answer: allowed buildings to be taller
Spire - Answer: tall projection from top of the building
Tower - Answer: two protrusions usually flanking the central piece
Rose windows - Answer: the big glass window, usually circular
Buttresses - Answer: help solidify the building so that they can built it much taller
Flying butresses - Answer: attached to the spire, off the ground, help support the tallness of
the spire
Gargoyles - Answer: sculptures that sit on the facade (usually of monsters etc)
Long nave - Answer: the bit in the middle of the cross
Compound piers - Answer: multiple piers compounded
Stain glass windows - Answer: coloured so light comes through
Archivolt - Answer: the arched bit of the door frame
Ribbed vaulting - Answer: intersecting vaults
Pinnacle - Answer: the highest point of a buttress
APPHIA – Crafted with Care and Precision for Academic Excellence. 1