GOTHIC ARCHITECTURE

• What is the time period for Norman Gothic style?

  1066-1200
• What characterizes Norman Gothic architecture?

  Semi-circular arched windows
• What is the time period for Transitional Gothic style?

  1200-1275
• What is a key feature of Transitional Gothic architecture?

  Introduction of pointed arches
• What is the time period for Early English Gothic style?

  1200-1275
• What characterizes Early English Gothic architecture?

  Long, pointed, narrow, lancet windows
• What is the time period for Decorated Gothic style?

  1275-1375
• What are the two periods of Decorated Gothic architecture?

  Decorated Geometric and Decorated Curvilinear
• What characterizes Decorated Geometric Gothic architecture?

  Window with several lights surmounted by a circle
• What characterizes Decorated Curvilinear Gothic architecture?

  Flowing tracery of leaf and dagger shapes
• What is the time period for Perpendicular Gothic style?

  1375-1530+
• What characterizes Perpendicular Gothic architecture?

  Strong vertical lines in window tracery
• What is the time period for Tudor Gothic style?

  1485-1603
• What characterizes Tudor Gothic architecture?

  Shift to plainer Renaissance style
• What is a key feature of Tudor Gothic architecture?

  Four-centered arch or Tudor arch
• What is an oriel window?

  Projects from the wall, not to the ground
• What is half-timbering in Tudor Gothic architecture?

  Timber frame construction style
• What is the time period for Elizabethan Gothic style?

  1550-1830
• What characterizes Elizabethan Gothic architecture?

  Use of mullioned and transomed windows
• What is the characteristic of Early English Vaulting?

  Quadripartite ribbed vault usage
• What is a ploughshare twist in Early English Vaulting?

  Produced by raising the springing of the wall rib
• What characterizes Decorated Vaulting?

  Addition of lierne ribs producing stellar vaulting
• What is a boss in Decorated Vaulting?

  Projecting ornament covering rib intersections
• What characterizes Perpendicular Vaulting?

  Intricate stellar vaulting leading to fan vaulting
• What is a pendant in Tudor Vaulting?

  Sculpted ornament terminating the fan vaulting
• What is a trussed-rafter roof?

  A type of timber church roof
• What is a hammer-beam roof?

  A type of timber church roof
• Who designed the famous Hammer-beam roof for Westminster Hall?

  Hugh Herland
• What is unique about the Hammer-beam roof designed by Hugh Herland?

  Largest hammer-beam roof in England
• What is a collar-braced roof?

  Simplified hammer-beam form
• What is a barrel roof?

  A type of timber church roof
• What is Canterbury Cathedral known for?

  Mixture of architectural styles
• What is unique about Exeter Cathedral?

  Longest unbroken Gothic ceiling in the world
• What is Gloucester Cathedral a fusion of?

  Norman Romanesque and Perpendicular Gothic
• What notable feature does Gloucester Cathedral have?

  Beautiful cloister fan vaulting
• What is Hereford Cathedral famous for?

  Library of chained books
• What is the Hereford Mappa Mundi?

  13th-century map of the world
• Why is the Hereford Mappa Mundi unique?

  Records 13th-century scholars' world interpretation
• Who designed King’s College Chapel?

  Reginald Ely
• What is notable about King’s College Chapel?

  World's largest fan vault and stained glass