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Compound pier (cluster pier)
A pier with a group, or cluster, of attached shafts, or responds, especially characteristic of gothic architecture.
Perpendicular style
An English Late Gothic style of architecture distinguished by the pronounced verticality of its decorative details.
Rayonnant
The “radiant” style of Gothic architecture, dominant in the second half of the 13th century and associated with the French royal court of Louis IX at Paris.
scholasticism
The Gothic school of philosophy in which scholars applied Aristotle’s system of rational inquiry to the interpretation of religious belief.
altarpiece
祭坛装饰品A panel, painted or sculpted, situated above and behind an altar. See also retable.
crenellations
Alternating solid merlons and open crenels in the notched tops of walls, as in battlements.
flamboyant
A Late French Gothic style of architecture superseding the Rayonnant style and named for the flamelike appearance of its pointed bar tracery.
fleurs-de-lis
A three-petaled iris flower; the royal flower of France.
diagonal rib
A relatively slender, molded masonry arch that projects from a surface. In Gothic architecture, the ribs form the framework of the vaulting. A diagonal rib is one of the ribs that form the X of a groin vault. A transverse rib crosses the nave or aisle at a 90-degree angle.
lux nova
Latin, “new light.” Abbot Suger’s term for the light that enters a Gothic church through stained-glass windows.
cartography
The art of mapmaking.
rose window
A circular stained-glass window.
indulgences
豁免A religious pardon for a sin committed.
gothic
Originally a derogatory term named after the Goths, used to describe the history, culture, and art of western Europe in the 12th to 14th centuries. Typically divided into periods designated Early (1140–1194), High (1194–1300), and Late (1300–1500).
transverse rib
A relatively slender, molded masonry arch that projects from a surface. In Gothic architecture, the ribs form the framework of the vaulting. A diagonal rib is one of the ribs that form the X of a groin vault. A transverse rib crosses the nave or aisle at a 90-degree angle.
guilds
协会An association of merchants, craftspersons, or scholars in medieval and Renaissance Europe.
chiarosuro
明暗对照法In drawing or painting, the treatment and use of light and dark, especially the gradations of light that produce the effect of modeling.
maniera greca
Italian, “Greek manner.” The Italo-Byzantine painting style of the 13th century.
stigmata
烙印In Christian art, the wounds Christ received at his crucifixion that miraculously appear on the body of a saint.
piazza
Italian, “plaza.”
international gothic
A style of 14th- and 15th-century painting begun by Simone Martini, who fused the French Gothic manner with Sienese art. This style appealed to the aristocracy贵族 because of its brilliant color, lavish costumes, intricate ornamentation, and themes involving splendid processions of knights and ladies.
humanism
In the Renaissance, an emphasis on education and on expanding knowledge (especially of classical antiquity), the exploration of individual potential and a desire to excel, and a commitment to civic responsibility and moral duty.
cartoon
草图In painting, a full-size preliminary drawing from which a painting is made.
grisaille
灰色装饰画A monochrome painting done mainly in neutral grays to simulate sculpture.
