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Arch History Vocab 3
Carolingian Renaissance & Medieval Europe - Baroque
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Architecture
Undergraduate 1
05/01/2011
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Benedictines
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most popular order of monks
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Cistercians
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French order of monks trying to rid church of unnecessary things
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manor
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spolia
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reused bits & pieces of previous buildings
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banded arch
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arch with alternating colored segments
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westwerk (westwork)
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elaborate western facade
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cloister
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open courtyard
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crypt
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rib (ribbed vault)
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clerestory
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pinnacle
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fan vault
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mullion
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holds window to frame
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springing point
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vaulting web
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in between ribs
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triforium
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buttress (flying buttress)
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thin piers, standing out from building
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tracery
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radiating chapel
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transverse arch
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fan vaulting
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loggia
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Mannerism
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makes a particular style notable to one architect
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cupola
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rotunda
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baldacchino
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canopy over an altar; ex: large, bronze, twisting canopy at St. Peter's
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