44 terms

Italian	English
Cinquecento	1500s
Lancet Windows	A tall, sender window with a sharply pointed arch, common in early Gothic architecture
Tierceron Vault	In Gothic vaulting, a secondary or intermediate rib springing between the main diagonal and transverse ribs.
Trecento	1300s
Triforium	An arcaded wall passage in a Gothic nave wall, between the clerestory and the main arcade in a three-story elevation; in a four-story elevation, it appears between the gallery and the clerestory
Pilier Cantonné	In medieval architecture, the combination of a simple monocylindrical support and engaged colonnettes rising from floor to vault
Tuscan Order	Developed by the Romans from the Greek Doric, it stands on a base, has an unfluted shaft, and its capital is a reductive version of the prototype
Quattrocento	1400s
Gallery	An upper story projecting from the interior wall of a building, or placed above the aisles of a church. It may function as a corridor or as an area for assembly or seating
Colossal Order	Columns or pilasters that rise through several stories; also called a giant order
Tracery	Ornamental intersecting stonework in Gothic windows, panels, and screens of Gothic buildings; also used on the surface of late Gothic vaults.
Trompe l'oeil	visual illusion in art
humanist	an outlook or system of thought attaching prime importance to human rather than divine or supernatural matters
pietra serena	A greenish-grey sandstone from Italy
Fenestration	The design and placement of windows in a building
quadripartite rib vault	a rib vault which is divided into four sections by two diagonal ribs
sexpartite rib vault	a rib vault which is divided into six sections by three diagonal ribs
St. Denis	Paris, France Early Gothic 1130-1144
Chartres cathedral	Chartres, France High Gothic 1194-1220
Salisbury Cathedral	Salisbury, England Gothic in Europe 1220-1260
St. Vitus Cathedral	Prague, Czech Republic Gothic in Europe 1344-1357
Laon Cathedral	Laon, France Early Gothic 1160-1235
Reims Cathedral	Reims, France High Gothic 1211-1250
Exeter Cathedral	Exeter, England Early English Gothic 1224-1244
Amiens Cathedral	Amiens, France High Gothic 1220-1269
Notre Dame-Paris	Paris, France High Gothic 1163-1250
Sainte-Chappelle	Paris, France High Gothic 1241-1248
Wells Cathedral	Wells, England Gothic 1192-1230
Dome-Florence Cathedral	Florence, Italy Begun 1420 Brunelleschi
Ospedale degli Innocenti	Florence, Italy 1419 Brunelleschi
Old Sacristy	Florence, Italy 1421-1428 Brunelleschi
S. Spirito	Florence, Italy Begun 1436 Brunelleschi
Palazzo Medici	Florence, Italy 1445 Michelozzo
Palazzo Rucellai	Florence, Italy Begun 1457 Alberti
S. Maria Novella	Florence, Italy 1458-1470 Alberti
S. Andrea	Florence, Italy Begun 1472 Alberti
Tempietto	Rome, Italy 1502 Bramante
St. Peter's (Original Plan)	Rome, Italy 1505 Bramante
S. Satiro	Milan, Italy 1482 Bramante
New Sacristy	Florence, Italy 1520-1534 Michelangelo
Laurentian Library	Florence, Italy 1526, 1533-1559 Michelangelo
St. Peter's Dome	Rome, Italy 1545 Michelangelo
Villa Rotonda	Vincenza, Italy 1566 Palladio
Villa Barbaro	Maser, Italy 1557 Palladio

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