A/an _____________ is a half arch used to counteract the outward thrust of the vault and to transfer the thrust to piers outside the walls.

A. aqueduct
B. flying buttress
C. crusade
D. troubadour

B. flying buttress

Art & Culture

You might also like to view...

An instrument schedule indicates when the lighting designer has to be in the performance space

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

Art & Culture

As you listen to the selection “Amor imposible” compare what you are hearing to the sanjuán “Muyu muyari warmigu” by the Quichua master harpist Efraín with Rafael, voice and golpe. Identify four prominent similarities between the two selections—see also relevant discussion in Worlds of Music

What will be an ideal response?

Art & Culture