Medieval Period

The first churches were built using what plan?

• Gothic

• Romanesque

• Cross

• Transept

What style was inspired by the architecture of the early Roman Empire and was known for its round arches and blunt, heavy walls.

• Gothic

• Renaissance

• Medieval

• Romanesque

A long wide aisle down the middle of a church.

• nave

• apse

• cloister

• transept

Semicircular area at the end of the nave opposite the main entry

• apse

• nave

• tympanum

• transept

Monks painted manuscript paintings using gold leaf known as _____.

• madonna

• pieta'

• illuminations

• gargoyles

People born into a royal family.

• infidels

• vassals

• troubadours

• nobles

These churches are light and graceful with pointed arches.

• Romanesque

• Monasteries

• Gothic

• Byzantine

These were used to brace the high walls of the gothic churches.

• cloister

• frieze

• tympanum

• buttress

Grotesque flying monster that projects out from the upper portions of huge Gothic churches.

• tyrants

• gargoyles

• demons

• vassals

Medieval art was ...

• Realistic

• Stiff and 2 dimensional

• used aerial perspective

• made to decorate homes