FREE AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT GOTHIC ARCHITECTURE

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FREE AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT GOTHIC ARCHITECTURE

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Question 1: what are the 2 main building types of medieval architecture

Answer:

church and castle

Question 2: what is one of the largest surviving medieval wooden roof trusses

Answer:

Westminster Hall Palace London, England

Question 3: what were major trade goods

Answer:

Spices and cotton cloth from

• Mediterranean. Amber and Furs from Germany and Russia. Woolen cloth - important industry in

England Question 4: what allows for walls made entirely out of stained glass in Sainte-Chapelle in Paris, France

Answer:

building is reduced to isolated piers

Question 5: what is most important political and social change in Europe

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reemergence of cities Question 6: after repeated collapse of the vaults, what church was never finished?

Answer:

Church of Saint-Pierre in Beauvais, France

Question 7: What building was built in one campaign but has complex geometries

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House of Jacques Coeur in Bourges, France Question 8: what is most important city in the Flemish textile trade and fur trade with England and Scandinavia

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Bruges Question 9: despite the rise of cities and secular concerns, what was the focus of the people

Answer:

gaining the assurance of heaven

Question 10: burgher or bourgeois

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a person who lived in a city, someone who operated a business Question 11: Abbot Suger provided basis for subsequent Gothic church facades in what church?

Answer:

Abbey Church of Saint-Denis, France

Question 12: civic pride and religious piety provided the arena for what

Answer:

gothic architectural experimentation

Question 13: what is another by-product of the Crusades

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Gothic cathedral because they weer inspired by Hagia Sophia

Question 14: what became symbols of civic pride

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guild halls (craftsmen area)

Question 15: what are characteristics of late gothic architecture

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increase in ornamental embellishment ].

Question 16: what did scholasticism result in

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Universities

Question 17: 1337-1453

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Hundred Years War- England vs. France for dominion in Western France. marked the end of the Middle Ages

Question 18: describe "cathedral crusade"

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when crusades failed the quest was for architectural space, 80 cathedrals sprang up in France before 1450

Question 19: architect of King's college chapel

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Reginald Ely and John Wastell

Question 20: what is Summa theologica

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written by Thomas Aquinas. covered the entire literature of the church. coherent doctrine as a hierarchical construction of greater principles dominating subsidiary ideas

Question 21: architect of Westminster Palace London, England

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Henry Yevele and Hugh Herland Question 22: according to 2nd epigraph, what is relationship between parts of gothic church?author?

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no standard relationship between solid and void and no fixed set of proportions. Robert Brannar Question 23: what was the physical expression of Saint Thomas Aquinas' Summa theologica

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urban cathedral Question 24: 3 innovations distinguished new facade of abbey church of saint denis

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(1) clear geometric compositional scheme (2) 1st rose window that admitted light into nave (3) 3 recessive doors behind jamb columns covered with biblical imagery

Question 25: innovation of flying buttresses led to what famous church?

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Church of Notre Dame de Chartres Question 26: what was most important change Suger made to Abbey church of Saint Denis

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new choir - ancient documents written by st. denis describing god as superessential light. simulate heavenly light with natural sunlight by rose windows

Question 27: describe plan of a typical merchants house

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(1st floor) large shop, court, kitchen (2nd floor) living quarters: dining room, bedroom, open court, rear bedroom (3rd floor) sleeping quarters for apprentices and storage for merchandise and supplies

Question 28: what is a good example of Perpendicular gothic architecture

Answer:

rebuilt choir at Gloucester Cathedral in Gloucester, England