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WorksheetsRomanesque Architecture
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
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
