Art History Vocabulary Crossword

An enclosed space, open to the sky, especially within a monastery, surrounded by an arcaded walkway, often having a fountain and garden. Since the most important monastic buildings (e.g., dormitory, refectory, church) open off this space, it represents the center of the monastic world.
A decorative knoblike element that can be found in many places, for example at the intersection of a Gothic rib vault or as a buttonlike projection on metalwork.
A glassmaking technique in which rods of differently colored glass are fused in a long bundle that is subsequently sliced to produce disks or beads with small-scale, multicolor patterns.
Of an eclectic style practiced in Christian medieval Spain when much of the Iberian peninsula was ruled by Islamic dynasties.
Stonework or woodwork forming a pattern in the open space of windows or applied to wall surfaces.
A slender straight or curving bar that divides a window into subsidiary sections to create tracery.
A four-lobed decorative pattern common in Gothic art and architecture.
A tall, narrow window crowned by a sharply pointed arch, typically found in Gothic architecture.
A full-scale drawing of a design that will be executed in another medium, such as wall painting, tapestry, or stained glass.
The element of the interior elevation of a church found directly below the clerestory and consisting of a series of arched openings in front of a passageway within the thickness of the wall.
Multicolored decoration applied to any part of a building, sculpture, or piece of furniture. This can be accomplished with paint or by the use of multicolored materials.
Chipping away at the edges of a piece of glass to achieve the precise shape needed for inclusion in the composition of a stained-glass window.
A continuous horizontal band, such as a molding, decorating the face of a wall.
Italian term for a gallery. Often used as a corridor between buildings or around a courtyard, it usually features an arcade or colonnade.
The base of an altarpiece, often decorated with small scenes that are related in subject to that of the main panel or panels.
A ground made from glue, gypsum, and/or chalk, used as the ground of a wood panel or the priming layer of a canvas. Provides a smooth surface for painting.
talian word taken from Sinope, the ancient city in Asia Minor that was famous for its red-brick pigment.
In architecture, the vertical element found on both sides of an opening in a wall, and supporting an arch or lintel.
Light encircling, or emanating from, the entire figure of a sacred person.
A column, pier, or post found at the center of a large portal or doorway, supporting the lintel.