CHURCH ARCHITECTURE: REVIEWER
 A style of architecture emerging in Italy and
Western Europe in the 9th Century and lasting
until the advent of Gothic Architecture in the 12th
Century. : Romanesque Arch
 The architecture of the European Middle Ages
comprising the Architecture of the Byzantine, pre-
Romanesque, Romanesque and Gothic periods.
Medieval Architecture
 Is a style of architecture that flourished in Europe
during the high and late medieval period. It
evolved from Romanesque architecture and was
succeeded by Renaissance architecture: Gothic
Architecture
 Is the architecture of the period between the
early 14th and early 17th centuries in different
regions of Europe, demonstrating a conscious
revival and development of certain elements of
ancient Greek and Roman thought and material
culture: Renaissance Arch
 begun in late 16th-century Italy, that took the
Roman vocabulary of Renaissance architecture
and used it in a new rhetorical and theatrical
fashion, often to express the triumph of the
Catholic Church and the absolutist state: Baroque
Architecture
 Religious enthusiasm found their material
expression in the magnificent cathedrals and
monastic buildings. The schools usually attached
to _____, trained youths for service of religion.:
Monasteries
 Also called Tunnel Vault, it is the simplest vault,
created by combining a series of round or Roman
arches. Ribbed Vault
 A circular window usually of stained glass and
decorated with tracery symmetrical about the
center: Rose window
 A grotesquely carved figure of a human or animal
especially one with an open mouth that serves as
a spout and projects from a gutter to throw
rainwater clear of a building: Gargoyle
 A broad, deep ditch usually filled with water
surrounding the rampart of a fortified town,
fortress or castles as protection against assault.:
Moat
 An arcaded story in a church, between the nave
arches and clerestory and corresponding to the
space between the vaulting and the roof of an
aisle.- Triforium
 A small or narrow opening in a wall of a
fortification for the discharge of missiles.
Loophole
 The portico before the nave of an early Christian
or Byzantine churches, appropriated to penitents
Narthex
 The major transverse part of a cruciform, crossing
the main axis at a right angle between the nave
and choir. Transept
 An aisle encircling the end of the choir or
chancel of a church. Ambulatory
 The innermost and the strongest structure or
tower of a medieval castle, used as a place of
residence esp. in the time of siege. Keep
 Nave and aisle of the same height. This flourished
in Germany, Belgium, and Netherland. Examples
are Ulm Cathedral and St. Elizabeth in Malburg.
HALL CHURCH Hall church
 With the development of gunpowder, palace-type
building evolved, taking the place of fortified
castles in Italy Palazzo
 The principal church of a diocese, containing the
bishop’s throne. Cathedral
 Any of the open spaces alternating with the
merlon of a battlement Crenel
 Parapet having a regular alternation of merlons
and crenels, originally for defense but later used
as a decorative motiF Battlement
 The space about the altar of a church for the
clergy and choir, often elevated above the nave
and separated from it by a railing or screen.
Chancel
 An arched structure of stone, brick or reinforced
concrete, forming a ceiling or roof over a hall,
room or other enclosed space. Vault
 Consisted of massive circular columns or piers
which supported semicircular arches. Arcades
 This is a circular window, whose mullion converge
like the spokes of a wheel. Wheel Window
 A projecting block or spur of stone with foliage to
decorate the raking lines formed by angles of
spires and canopies Crocket
 One of those commissioned in the design of St.
Peter’s Basilica, Rome and author of “The Five
Orders of Architecture” and designed the Gesu
church, Rome considered as the prototype of later
Jesuit churches isN Vignola
 An arch having its springing line higher than the
line of the moulding is called Stilted Arch
 The typical monastery plan during the
Romanesque period consisted of a group of 
buildings designed for all occupations, both
spiritual and temporal, of the monks and
resembled a village with the _________ as the
center MONASTIC CHURCH Monastic Church

 Architecture that employs classical element,

continued to flourish throughout the Baroque and
Neoclassical periods Classical Architecture

 FIGURE “A”
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 FIGURE “B”
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 FIGURE “C”
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 FIGURE “D”
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 FIGURE “E”
  Refer to FIGURE “E”; St. Peters Basilica

 Refer to FIGURE “E”; Donato Bramante

 Refer to FIGURE “E”; Renaissance Arch

 Refer to FIGURE “D”; one of the largest

cathedral in the world and took almost six
centuries to build. This cathedral is characterized
by its façade which extends into a forest of spires
and pinnacles that have both aesthetic and structural
purpose. Milan Cathedral
1. Refer to FIGURE “D”; Gothic Architecture

2. Refer to FIGURE “A”; also known as Duomo, this Cathedral

is considered as the most imposing building in Florence. The
Cathedral is famous for having the largest brick dome ever
constructed designed by this renowned Italian Renaissance
architect. Filippo Brunelleschi

3. Refer to FIGURE “A”; what is the name of this famous

Cathedral which is also known as the Basilica di Sta. Maria
Del Fiore? Florence Cathedral

4. Refer to FIGURE “B”;. Pisa Complex

5. Refer to FIGURE “E”; the 12th architect of the given figure

Gian Lorenzo Bernini

Widespread replacement of manual labor by machines that

began in Britain in the 18th century and is still continuing in some
parts of the world. Industrial Revolution