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V. Find out if the following statements are true or false:

1. The nave had three or five aisles, while the transept usually had
two.

2. Above the quadrilateral body of the pillar rises the pyramidal spire.
3. There are many churches of the transitional period with groined
vaulting or pointed arches, which remain essentially Romanesque in con-

ception.
4. After the Gothic had reached its height in Italy, and had come to its
logical climax, there was a natural pause.
5. Pillars take the form of clusters of half- and three-quarter-columns.

VI. It is interesting to know…

Gothic churches are also usually bigger than Romanesque churches. By
1200 AD, people had more money available, and they could afford to spend
more on building great churches. And, where many Romanesque churches

had wooden roofs (which were always catching fire), Gothic churches had
safer stone roofs.

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