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Romanesque Architecture
Architectural Terms Connie Daugherty Whatcom Community College Church plan of St. Philibert, Tournus. Courtesy of
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For Students working independently:
Click once on a slide to locate where the architectural part belongs on the plan. Doubleclick on the name of a church for a photographic or drawn example (on a website). Exit each photograph to return to the Powerpoint presentation. Click to continue to the next page.
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Church Façade with west towers
The face or front wall of a building Façade of Saint-Etienne, Caen Façade of La Trinite, Abbaye aux-hommes, Caen Facade of Vezelay
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Church Portal Tympanum: semicircular area directly over the door lintel Trumeau: Pier, column, or post at the center of a large portal, supporting the door lintel. Archivolts: curved moldings formed by voussoirs making up an arch Voussoirs: wedge-shaped stone blocks used to build an arch Portal vocabulary, Autun Portal, Autun Tympanum, Moissac Trumeau, Moissac Tympanum, Vezelay
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Narthex Entrance porch or vestibule of a church
View from Narthex, Tournus
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Nave Main hall, usually flanked by aisles Tournus Fontenay nave
Cluny nave and nave arcade (site is good but slow) Durham nave, nave arcade, and apse Conques nave
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A series of arches carried by columns or piers, flanking the nave.
Nave Arcade A series of arches carried by columns or piers, flanking the nave. Nave Arcade, Conques Nave Arcade, Fontenay Nave Arcade, Vezelay
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Gallery and Clerestory, Caen
Above the Nave Arcade: Gallery:The story above the side aisles, usually open and overlooking the nave Triforium: between the nave arcade or colonnade and the clerestory, (sometimes made up of openings from the upper part of the gallery). Covers the blind area created by the sloping roof over the aisles. Gallery, Durham Gallery, Durham Gallery and Clerestory, Caen
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Crossing The part of a cross-shaped church where the nave and transept meet, often marked by a tower or dome. Crossing and Crossing Tower, Paray-le-Monial Interior Crossing, Tournus Interior Crossing, Conques
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Transepts Arm of a cruciform church, perpendicular to the nave
Exterior Transepts, Paray-le-Monial Transepts with towers, Cluny
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Fontenay Choir and Apse
Section of a Christian church reserved for the clergy or religious, between the crossing and the apse (or in the nave just before the crossing) Fontenay Choir and Apse Tournus Choir and Apse
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Apse Apse: large, semicircular (or polygonal) niche. In a Christian church, it contains the altar. Souillac apse and radiating chapels Interior of apse, Vezelay Apse, Segovia
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Souillac apse and radiating chapels
Radiating Chapels:small, usually semicircular or polygonal chapels that expand out from the apse and apse ambulatory. Souillac apse and radiating chapels
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Choir and ambulatory, Vezelay
Walkway around the apse in a church (or around the central space in a central-plan building) Choir and ambulatory, Vezelay
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Side Aisles, Romanesque
Side Aisles, Tournus Side Aisles, Tournus View from Side Aisles, Savin-sur-Gartempe, Poitou View from Side Aisles, Vezelay Side Aisles, Fontenay Abbey
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Cloister An open space, part of a monastery, surrounded by an arcaded or colonnaded walkway, often with a fountain and garden. Plan of Cluny, with Cloister (cloitre) Drawing of Church and Cloister, Wenlock Cloister, Moissac Cloister, Moissac
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Cluster Columns, Colonettes, Capitals
Durham cluster columns and piers Tournus cluster column Caen cluster columns
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