Art History - Chap 15 - Vocab

Archivolt	Curved molding formed by the voussoir making up an arch.
Attribute	The symbolic object or objects that identify a particular deity, saint, or personification in art.
Bailey	The outermost walled courtyard of a castle.
Baldachi	A canopy (whether suspended from the ceiling, projecting from a wall, or supported by columns) placed over an honorific or sacred space such as a throne or altar.
Campanile	The Italian term for a freestanding bell tower.
Chevron	A decorative or heraldic motif of repeated Vs; a zigzag pattern.
Compound Pier	A pier or large column with shafts, pilasters, or colonnettes attached to it on one or more sides.
Corbelling	An early roofing and arching technique in which each course of stone projects slightly beyond the previous layer.
Crenellation	Alternating high and low sections of the wall, giving a notched appearance and creating permanent defensive shields in the walls of fortified buildings.
Cruciform	A term describing anything that is cross-shaped, as in the cruciform plan of a church.
Embroidery	The technique in needlework of decorating fabric by stitching designs and figures of colored threads of fine material.
Fresco	A painting technique in which water-based pigments are applied to a surface of wet plaster.
Galleria	In church architecture, the story found above the side aisles of a church, usually open to and overlooking the nave.
Glazing	In ceramics, a method of treating earthen-wares with an outermost layer of vitreous liquid (glaze) that, upon firing, renders a waterproof and decorative surface.
Lantern	A turret-like structure situated on top of a dome, with windows that allow light into the space below.
Lithograph	A print made from a design drawn on a flat stone block with greasy crayon.
Niello	A metal technique in which a black sulfur allory is rubbed into fine lines engraved into a metal (usually gold and silver).
Rib	Projecting band at the juncture of the curved surfaces, or cells, of a vault that is sometimes structural and sometimes purely decorative.
Rosette	A round or oval ornament resembling a rose.
Sanctuary	A sacred or holy enclosure used for worship.
Stringcourse	A continuous horizontal band, such as a molding, decorating the face of a wall.
Trumeau	A column, pier, or post found at the center of a large portal or doorway, supporting the lintel.
Tympanum	In classical architecture, the vertical panel of the pediment. In medieval, the area over a door enclosed by an arch and a lintel, often decorated with sculpture or mosaic.
Vaulting	A system of space spanning using vaults.
Crossing	Part of a cross shaped church where the nave and the transept meet
Portal	Large doorway
Transept	Arm of a cruciform church
Choir	Section of a Christian church reserved for the clergy or the religious
Scriptoria	Room in a monastery for writing or copying manuscripts
Lectionary	Work containing biblical excerpts arranged according to the Church calendar for reading during Mass
Keep	Massive tower east of the bailey in Durham Castle
Moat	water filled ditch
Tomb Effigies	Portraits of the deceased