Chapter 17: Romanesque Art
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 nave | the central area of a church |
| narthex | entrance hall into church |
| altar | elevated structure for religious ceremonies |
| gallery arcade | gallery-upper story over an aisle, opening onto the nave. The arcade is the row of arches in the gallery |
| clerestory | part of an interior wall rising above the adjacent roof with windows admitting light |
| ambulatory | the passage (walkway) around the apse in a basilican church or around the central space in a central-plan church |
| trumeau | center post supporting the lintel in the middle doorway |
| tympanum | half-round panel that fills the space between the lintel and arch over the doorway of the church. |
| voussoir | wedge-shaped stone building block used in constructing an arch or vault |
| last judgment | Jesus Christ coming at the end of time to judge all people |
| holy roman empire | the lands ruled by Charlemagne |
| normandy | A region in northwestern France on the English channel |
| pilgrimage | a journey to a sacred place |
| west facade | the west side of a medieval building |
| gislebertus | Artist of last judgment |
| apse | a recess, usually semicircular in the wall of a Roman basilica or at the east end of a church |
| choir | The area of the church between a transept and main apse. it is the area where the service is sung and clergy may stand, and the main or high altar is located. |
| aisles | The portion of a basilica flanking the nave and separated from it by a row of columns or piers |
| tribune | flat area with paintings over the arches separating the nave from aisles |
| buttress | a support usually of stone or brick |
| radiating chapels | semicircular openings off of the ambulatory |
| jamb | a side post of a doorway |
| archivolts | an ornamental molding or band following the curve of the underside of an arch |
| cloisters | courtyard in a monastery, convent, or other place where one may follow a quiet religious way of life |
| lombardy | a region of north central Italy bordering Switzerland |
| tuscany | a region in central Italy |
| relic | an object considered holy because it belonged to, or was touched by, a saint or other holy person |
| reliquary | a container where religious relics are stored or displayed (especially relics of saints) |
| holy crusades | military expeditions undertaken by European Christians in the 11th, 12th, and 13th centuries to recover the Holy Land from the Muslims |
| abbey church | a monastery under the supervision of an abbot or a convent under the supervision of an abbess |
| compound piers | piers with columns or pilasters attached to their rectangular core |
| campanile | the italian term for a freestanding bell tower |
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