One important innovation was the use of pointed arches. Earlier Romanesque churches had pointed arches, but builders didn't capitalize on the shape.
POINTED ARCH: produced by two curves that meet in the centre forming a point. (IMAGE)
PORTICO: an open porch with columns supporting a pedimental roof, creating the entrance and\or centre piece of a facade. (IMAGE) ...
POINTED ARCH An arch with a strong center point, usually seen in Gothic Revival style buildings.
PORCH A roofed space outside the mains support walls of a building.
PORTICO A small entrance porch.
Pointed arch
An arch having a pointed crown, e.g., gothic arch.
Illustration from St. Ann's RC Church
Quatrefoil
(CAT ri foil) "four leaf"
An ornamental representation of a flower with four petals.
Pointed arch. * Arch.
Polychrome. Item made with, or decorated in several colours.
The pointed arch and window designs
The real basis of Gothic architecture, and that which differentiates it from the heavier Romanesque style, is its elaborate and highly scientific system of vaulting and buttressing, ...
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Late in the Romanesque period another solution came into use for regulating the height of diagonal and transverse ribs.
Pointed arches appear in the nave arcade and the nave is roofed with a pointed barrel vault. The pointed arches and vault emphasize the verticality of the building.
pointed arched windows and door openings are dominating features
sharply pitched roofs with numerous gables
use of decorative "gingerbread" wood trim on veranda [treillage] or vergeboards along eaves. Much trim was mass produced by machine.
pointed arch - an arch with a pointed apex; characteristic of Gothic architecture
proscenium arch - the arch over the opening in the proscenium wall
rampant arch - an arch whose support is higher on one side than on the other ...
Pointed arch machicolation: A machicolation dating from the 14th to the 15th century, which was supported on buttresses which extended down to the foundations.
A pointed arch with double curved sides, upper arcs convex, lower concave ...
A pointed arch formed by two reversed curves, slightly S-shaped in profile. Used extensively in Gothic style architecture for windows, doors and applied decorative motifs.
Parapet
A low protective wall higher than the exterior wall of a building.
Ogive
The pointed arch used in Gothic architecture.
Order
A term applied to the three styles of Greek columns and entablatures (Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian) and to the Roman Composite and Tuscan orders, developed from then original three orders.
A Gothic or pointed arch.
lantern
Any structure rising above the roof of a building and having openings in its sides by which the interior of the building is lighted.
arch - the pointed arch is widely regarded as the main identifiable feature of Gothic architecture (distinct from the round arch of the Romanesque period). The most common Gothic arches are the Lancet, Equilateral and Ogee.
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lancet - a narrow pointed arched opening seen in Gothic Revival
lattice - openwork produced by interlacing of wood laths or other thin strips, used as screening, especially under a porch ...
LANCET ARCH
A pointed arch, of which the width, or span, is narrow compared with the height.
LANTERN
Circular or polygonal windowed turret crowning a roof of a dome. Also the windowed stage of a crossing tower lighting the church interior.
gothic general term for a style of architecture and ornament prevalent between the twelfth and sixteenth centuries, considered old-fashioned in the seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries, characterized by pointed arches, ribbed vaulting, ...
Another development was the pointed arch and vault. The main advantage was geometrical.
Pointed arches and ribbed vaults had appeared sporadically in some of the larger churches at the end of the twelfth century, such as Worms, Mainz, and Bamberg, but the lateral arches are not stilted, and so far as proportion, design, ...
Common characteristics include: Pointed arches; tall, slender pillars; flying buttresses; large windows with ornate tracery. In England, Gothic is normally divided into three succeeding phases - Early English, Decorated and Perpendicular.
The central courtyard is surrounded by arcades of pointed arches which lead into small cell-like rooms.
The problem was ultimately solved by the introduction of the pointed arch for the transverse and wall ribs - the pointed arch had long been known and employed, on account of its much greater strength and of the less thrust it exerted on the walls.
Ogee (adjective ogival): a pointed arch with a double reverse curve, especially popular in the 14th century; a nodding ogee curves forward from the wall face at the top.
These picturesque country cottages are distinguished by pointed arched windows which are combined with towers, steep gable roofs, lacy bargeboard, verandas, and bay and oriel windows.
Tudor or flattened pointed arches in door and door surrounds
Prominently crossed gables
Oriel windows -- along with tall, narrow windows -- often with small window panes ...
Gothic arches, also called pointed arches, are narrow and pointed at the top. They were seen during the Gothic period in Europe from about middle 12th century to the 16th century.
As romanesque evolved into gothic and the pointed arch, vault construction became very sophisticated and because of its fireproof potential, comparatively widespread.
Lancet window: A narrow window with sharp pointed arches. Starting with Amiens, lancets were often subdivided into two and topped by a smaller rose window. Prior to this, lancets were typically surmounted by an oculus or round opening (fig.
Early Gothic Revival churches, with large, pointed arch windows, steeple pinnacles and light ornament, have a rather delicate air. Stone churches from the mid 1800s look more medieval with heavy stonework and buttresses.
lancet arch or window - A long, narrow, pointed arch or window
lantern - A small, windowed structure on a roof for the purpose of admitting light
latticework - Interlaced, decorative strips of lath, iron or wood ...
Windows are commonly seen extended into gables (with or without the pointed arch or gothic shape pointed arch. One story porches (entry or full lenght) are usual and commonly supported by flattened Gothic arches.
Gothic - Architectural style characterised by verticality, with pointed arches and windows, buttresses, clerestory windows and roofs vaulted or with exposed timber structure.
A defining characteristic is the detailed doorway with a low elliptical or pointed arch called a four-centered arch (also known as the Tudor arch).
The front entrance has a two-centered pointed arch with dripmolds and label stops. The door itself is new; sadly no attempt has been made to make it contextual.
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lancet arch - A Gothic or pointed arch. (p. 18 - all windows and doorway).
ogee arch - S-shaped double curve in Gothic architecture.
Architecture, Gothic
Gothic architecture has pointed arches, clustered pillars, vaulted roofs, and profusion of ornaments....
Balustrade
Rayonnnant Gothic balustrade....
First phase of Gothic architecture dominant after Norman, characterised by the earliest pointed arches and simple lancet windows c1190-1250.
Estoile
A star, usually of six wavy points. Where there are more they are alternately straight and wavy.
Lancet window - Slender rectangular window with pointed arch.
Lintel - A beam of any material used to span an opening.
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Ogive - The French name for a pointed arch, hence ogival, a term applied to French Gothic architecture, but no longer used.
Ribbed/arched Vaulting- Vaulting that crowns in a pointed arch and has stone tracery among the seams of the intersections of the vaults. (Beauvais)
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Gothic sash A window sash pattern composed of mullions that cross to form pointed arches.
grille A decorative, openwork grating, usually of iron, used to protect a window, door, or other opening.
The period of mediaeval architecture characterised by the use of the pointed arch. For its subdivisions see Early English, Geometric, Decorated, Perpendicular and Flamboyant
Grisaille ...
Period of Medieval architecture prevalent in Western Europe from 12th to 16th century. Characterized by the pointed arch and large windows with ornate tracery. Can be subdivided into Early English, Decorated and Perpendicular.
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It is characterized by the use of pointed arches and ribbed vaults, piers, and buttresses in the support of its stone construction. The style is best exemplified by the Notre Dame in Paris and the cathedrals of Amiens and Bourges.
Advances in architectural technique learned from contacts with the Arab world during the Crusades led to innovations such as the pointed arch, ribbed vault, and the buttress. Heavy Romanesque piers were replaced by slender clusters of columns.
Pointed Vault
A vault with a cross section resembling a pointed arch. Contrast with: barrel vault.
Portal
A doorway or entrance, especially one that is large and imposing.
Its striking characteristics are its pointed arches, its pinnacles and spires, its large buttresses, clustered pillars, vaulted roofs, profusion of ornament, and, on the whole, its lofty, bold character.
The architects of the cathedrals found that, since the outward thrusts of the vaults were concentrated in the small areas at the springing of the ribs and were also deflected downward by the pointed arches, ...
Gothic was essentially a northern European style. Many people think of the pointed arch as the essential of Gothic style. Decoration is often based on nature - can be very realistic, or can be grotesque.
Gothic
The dominant architectural style in the Middle Ages, used primarily from the later 12th century until the mid 16th century. It is characterised by pointed arches, rib-vaults, and large tracery windows.
Gothic - West European architectural style of the 12th -15th centuries, characterised by pointed arches. Aspects of the style were revived in later centuries
Gutter - Channel for conveying away water esp.
 See also: Arches, Gothic, Architecture, Church, House
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