Your friend Tatiana sees three barrel vaults intersect with a fancy edge created with piped masonry while looking at examples of Gothic cathedrals in Europe. These structures appear to allow for windows to be placed higher in the structure. She wants to know what these structures are called. What would you tell her? (1 point) Responses flying buttresses flying buttresses apse vaults apse vaults lancet arches lancet arches ribbed vaults ribbed vaults

Answer 1

I would tell Tatiana that the structures she is referring to are called ribbed vaults. Ribbed vaults are a key feature of Gothic architecture, allowing for the distribution of weight and the placement of windows higher in the walls, which is characteristic of the style.