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Gothic Cathedrals
Title: Gothic Cathedrals
Category: Science & Technology
Details: Words: 311 | Pages: 1.3 (approximately 235 words/page)
Gothic Cathedrals
tracery - In architecture, branching, ornamental stonework, generally in a window, where it supports the glass. Tracery is particularly characteristic of Gothic architecture. Example:
The tracery in a rose window of Washington Cathedral, Washington, DC. This graphic displays four different photos-- they amount to a zoom into the tracery.
Also see fenestration, foil, quatrefoil, and stained glass.
rose window - Large circular windows of tracery and stained glass found in Gothic cathedrals. Also called a wheel window. …showed first 75 words of 311 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 311 total…the transept, and within the chancel, but may extend into the nave.
chancel - The part of a church reserved for clergy and containing the altar and the choir.
ltarpiece or altar-piece - A piece of artwork which is placed above and either on or behind an altar in a Christian church or other religious platform. Usually it is a votive painting, a set of painted and/or carved panels (often a triptych), or a decorative screen.
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