While exploring Gothic cathedrals in Europe, your friend George asks you about their style. He sees several pointed arches that look like spearheads over long openings. The openings beneath the arches are often quite narrow. He wants to know what these arches are called. What would you tell him?

Question

(1 point)
Responses

flying buttresses

flying buttresses

barrel vaults

barrel vaults

lancet arches

lancet arches

ribbed arches

Answer 1

You would tell George that the arches he is seeing are called lancet arches.