Apse (Architecture)
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APSE (Gr. eokis, a fastening, especially the felloe of a wheel; Lat. absis), in architecture, a semicircular recess covered with a hemispherical vault.
Apse
APS
The circular or multangular termination of a church sanctuary, first applied to a Roman basilica.
apse - a domed or vaulted recess or projection on a building especially the east end of a church; usually contains the altar
apsis
church building, church - a place for public (especially Christian) worship; "the church was empty" ...
Apse
The semicircular or polygonal termination to the choir or aisles of a church, usually at the east end. A termination of the transept or nave could be given the same name.
St. Denis - Paris - France (1122) ...
The apse as a semicircular projection (which may be polygonal on the exterior, or reveal the radiating projections of chapels) may be roofed with a half-dome or with radiating vaulting.
Apse
In architecture, this is a space defined by a wall with a semicircular, or curved, or polygonal ground plan. It is usually vaulted with a semi-dome. When used in this sense, the word exedra (pl. exedrae) is an alternative term.
Apse. A semi-circular or polygonal projection of a building, with a half dome or conch (bowl-shaped vault).
Apse : Particular to the East end of Cathedrals, the Apse is a semicircular form serving as a culmination. The Apse, generally domed, will often form the Altar. The term is derived from the Medieval Latin: absis or apsis.
Apse
The domed or vaulted east end of the church. In Britain the apse is generally squared off, while on the continent, rounded apses were common.
Apse - The eastern complex of the church, with all the parts within the curved section, including the ambulatory, chapels and roundpoint, called a chevet.
Arches - A carved structural member that spans an opening.
Apse - Rounded and usually of a chancel or chapel.
Arcade - Row of arches, free-standing and supported on piers or columns; a blind arcade is a "dummy".
Apse
A recess, usually singular and semi-circular, at the east end of a Christian church.
Apse: Semi-circular vaulted structure at the east end of the church at the termination of the choir (fig.1).
Arcade: An arch or a series of arches supported by piers or columns (fig.6) ...
Apse/Apsidal
a semi-circular or polygonal recess, semi-domed or vaulted, in or projecting from a building.
Arabesque ...
Apse
Semi-circular east end of a chancel or chapel, usually Norman in an ancient church
Arcade ...
Apse A semi-circular recess built sometimes at the east end of a church in place of a chancel or at the eastern end of the chancel.
apse In a church, a semicircular or polygonal projection at the altar (usually east) end, beyond the sanctuary.
astragal A narrow convex molding often having the form of beading. Simple T-shaped astragals are common on French doors.
apse: semi-circular or polygonal structure, often the end of a chancel, forming a recess inside a building and a projection outside.
Arabesque: a flowing interlaced ornament based on geometrical patterns of Arab origin.
Apse
Semicircular end of a choir, chancel, or chapel.
Arcade
A series of arches supported by piers or columns.
APSE
Vaulted semicircular or polygonal end of a chancel or chapel.
ARCADE
Series of arches supported by piers or columns. Blind arcade or arcading: the same applied to the wall surface.
APSE A singular and semi-circular recess, usually at the east end of a church. See ambulatory above.
ARCADE A series of arches supporting or attached to a church wall.
apse : A semicircular area; in most churches it contains the altar.
arabesque : Ornament consisting of garlands of foliage with figures, fancifully interlaced to form graceful curves and painted, inlaid, or carved in low relief.
Apse
a projecting part of a building (especially a church), usually semicircular and topped by a half-dome or vault.
Aquatint ...
apse - the semicircular end of a basilica, often has a statue within it.
APSE MOSAICS
The most famous mosaics in San Vitale are the pair of mosaics representing the Emperor Justinian and the Empress Theodora. These appear in the apse adjacent to the apse mosaic representing Christ in Majesty.
apse: An extension or projection from a building, generally circular or polygonal
Contrast with niche.
See also east end ...
Apse
- a semicircular extension to a room or hall, usually vaulted.
(Illustration) of the apse of Leuchars church.
See Church Design ...
Apse: circular or polygonal end of a tower or chapel
Arcading: rows of arches supported on columns, free-standing or attached to a wall (blind arcade)
Arrow Loop: A narrow vertical slit cut into a wall through which arrows could be fired from inside ...
Apse
A semicircular area at the end of a church; in most churches it contains the altar.
Arcade
A series of arches supported by columns or piers, or a passageway formed by these arches.
Apse - A semicircular and usually vaulted projection from a rectangular structure. Origins of the word are classical, but it is most commonly used to describe an element of a Gothic church.
Interior view of apse
Interior view of choir
Interior view of crossing
Orcival (France) ...
apse A rounded alcove or extension, usually at the east end of a church. arcade A line of arches. archivolt An arch set immediately inside a larger arch.
Vaults of various proportions could cover a rectangular or even a trapezoidal bay, so that nave bays could correspond with the narrower aisle bays, and vaulting could proceed around the curved apse without interruption.
The plan of this building is still based on the square covered by a dome but the strict geometry of the Classical period is modified, thus there are small projecting wings either end of the qibla wall and the mihrab is located in a curved apse in a ...
Apse If the wall behind the altar (the east wall) is curved, it forms a semicircular area that is called an apse. In ancient times, large church buildings were modeled after a type of Roman public building that had such a wall.
Ambulatory - aisle round an apse.
Apse - rounded and usually of a chancel or chapel.
Arbalestina - cruciform loophole, used by crossbowmen.
The vaulting, both of the ambulatory and of the apse, is stilted and has its full complement of ribs, the shafting throughout is finely articulated, the dimensions are stately, the proportions just and effective, ...
The transept gives a basilica the shape of a Latin cross and usually serves to separate the main area of the building from an apse at the end.
Salisbury Cathedral has two transepts extending north and south and marking divisions within the building.
Basilica - Rectangular hall with double colonnade and apse for altar at one (east) end, used by the Romans for law courts and other assemblies and later for the basic Christian church form.
Early mediaeval circular or polygonal corridor crypt surrounding the apse of a church and often used with chambers for relics and the pilgrims visiting these.
(DEC) Decorated Period ...
the loveliest creation of French Romanesque architecture, the chevet-the complex of forms at the east end of the church that includes the semicircular aisle known as the ambulatory, the chapels that radiate from it, and the lofty polygonal apse ...
(lit. little branch): Classical ornament of leafy scrolls branching alternately to left and right.Ring cryptA corridor crypt surrounding the apse of an early medieval church, often associated with chambers for relics.
Bay, Nave of Lucca Cathedral
The Cathedral of St Martin (Italian Duomo) is a church in Lucca, Italy. It was begun in 1063 by Bishop Anselm (later Pope Alexander II). Of this structure, the great apse with its tall columnar arcade...
Rayonnant Gothic (1240-1350) takes its name from the series of chapels that branch out from the cathedral apse, as in Sainte Chapelle, Paris (1226-30). Late Gothic or the Flamboyant style (1350-1520) is exemplified in St Gervais, Paris.
Basilica - In Roman and early Christian architecture, a rectangular building supported internally with double colonnades and with a semicircular apse at one end.
 See also: Church, Architecture, Vault, Roman, Chapel
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