Romanesque Architecture

The most important innovation of Romanesque architecture was a new construction principle - the principle of equilibrium that describes the science of the structure behind

• Arches

• Vaulting

• Buttress

• All of the above

The external façade of Romanesque churches usually

• had towers

• looked bulky & massive

• well articulated ( intricate details)

• was made of wood

The entrance had

• receding planes

• projecting vestibule

• coloumns in front of it

What system of vaulting is this?

• Barrel vault

• Groin vault

• Rib-groin vault

• Tunnel vault

Pisa Cathedral had how many apse?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

There was a __________ over the crossing of the Pisa Cathedral

• Tower

• Dome

• Courtyard

• Baldachino

The campanile in the Pisa Cathedral complex has how many storeys of arcades?

• 7

• 8

• 10

• 11

The passage that is created over the aisle, due to the buttress is called

• Triforium gallery

• Nave

• Baldachino

• Choir

Sexpartite vaulting has how many arms/ribs?

• 3

• 4

• 6

The _________ helped achieve oblong bays in the nave to match the bays of shorter width in the aisle

• pointed arch

• clerestory windows

• brick piers