clerestory

Examples of clerestory in the following topics:

• Gothic Architecture: The Abbey Church of Saint Denis

  • To achieve his aims, Suger's masons drew on the new elements that had evolved or been introduced to Romanesque architecture: the pointed arch, the ribbed vault, the ambulatory with radiating chapels, the clustered columns supporting ribs springing in different directions, and the flying buttresses, which enabled the insertion of large clerestory windows.
  • Solid masonry was replaced with vast window openings filled with brilliant stained glass and interrupted only by the most slender of bar tracery—not only in the clerestory but also, perhaps for the first time, in the normally dark triforium level.

• Romanesque Architecture: The Church of Saint-Lazare

  • The nave elevation is composed of three levels: grand arcade, triforium, and clerestory, each marked by a cornice.

• Architecture of the Early Christian Church

  • In basilicas of the former Western Roman Empire, the central nave is taller than the aisles, forming a row of windows called a clerestory.

• Characteristics of Romanesque Architecture

  • The arcade of a cloister is typically of a single stage; the arcade that divides the nave and aisles in a church, however, is typically of two stages, with a third stage of window openings known as the clerestory rising above them.

• Architecture and Mosaics in the Middle Byzantine Empire

  • Mark's Basilica from the clerestory-level walkway shows its richly decorated mosaics and marble polychrome panels.