Soaring Open Spaces, Pointed Arches, Ribbed Vaulting, Flying Buttresses, and Stained

question 28

Multiple Choice

Soaring open spaces, pointed arches, ribbed vaulting, flying buttresses, and stained glass windows are characteristic of:

• A) Renaissance architecture.
• B) Romanesque churches.
• C) the church of Sainte Foy.
• D) Gothic cathedrals.
• E) the Palace Chapel of Charlemagne.

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