nave

Examples of nave in the following topics:

• Ottonian Architecture in the Early European Middle Ages

  • The central body of the church has the nave with two aisles flanked by two towers characteristic of Carolingian architecture.
  • This plan shows the apse at both the west and east ends of the church, with a single transept dividing the nave from the east apse.
  • The black circles and rectangles between the nave and each aisle mark the alternating columns (circles) and piers (rectangles).
  • The round arches at the east end of the divide the nave from the crossing and the crossing from the apse.
  • Main seating for worshipers is located in the nave, while the aisles were originally used to accommodate large crowds on feast days.

• 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.
  • The three story elevation of Saint-Lazare was made possible by the use of pointed arches for the nave.
  • Each nave bay is separated at the vault by a transverse rib.
  • Each transept projects to the width of two nave bays and the west entrance has a narthex which screens the main portal.
  • Lazare has a ground plan in the form of a Latin cross, with an aisled nave, a plain transept, and a three-stage choir with a semicircular end.

• Architecture of the Early Christian Church

  • Therefore, Christians began using the model of the basilica, which had a central nave with one aisle at each side and an apse at one end.
  • Between the nave and the apse, they added a transept, which ran perpendicular to the nave.
  • In basilicas of the former Western Roman Empire, the central nave is taller than the aisles, forming a row of windows called a clerestory.

• Architecture under the Merovingians

  • The structure bears common hallmarks of a Roman basilica, including the round arches and tripartite division into nave (center) and aisles (left and right of the nave), a division visible from the exterior of the building.
  • This church in Metz, France bears common hallmarks of a Roman basilica, including the round arches and tripartite division into nave (center) and aisles (left and right of the nave), a division visible from the exterior of the building.

• Italian Painting in the Baroque Period

  • Some were dramatically illusionistic, such as Gaulli's nave fresco (1674–9) in the church of the Gesu and Andrea Pozzo's nave vault (1691–4) in Sant'Ignazio, both in Rome.

• 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.
  • Piers that occur at the intersection of two large arches, such as those under the crossing of the nave and transept, are commonly cruciform in shape, each arch having its own supporting rectangular pier at right angles to the other.
  • In churches, typically the aisles are vaulted, but the nave is roofed with timber, as is the case at both Peterborough and Ely.

• Architecture under Constantine

  • The basilica consisted of one side aisle on either side of a central nave.
  • When Constantine took over and completed the grand building, it was 300 feet long, 215 feet wide, and stood 115 feet tall down the nave.
  • The Aula Palatina has a simplified Roman basilican plan, consisting of a wide nave that ends in a north-facing apse.
  • Although round arches repeat throughout the interior and exterior, the building deviates from the traditional basilica with the flat ceiling that covers the nave and the flat roof that tops the apse.

• Norman Stained Glass

  • Whereas the lower windows in the nave arcades and the ambulatory consist of one simple lancet per bay, the clerestory windows are each made up of a pair of lancets with a plate-traceried rose window above.
  • The nave and transept clerestory windows mainly depict saints and Old Testament prophets.
  • The nave at Le Mans retains around 20 stained glass windows from Bishop Guillaume's mid-12th century rebuilding, though all but one have been moved from their original locations.
  • The Ascension window, toward the western end of the south aisle of the nave, has been dated to 1120, making it one of the oldest extant stained glass windows in France.

• Architecture in the Early Byzantine Empire

  • The nave is covered by a central dome which at its maximum is over 180 feet from floor level and rests on an arcade of 40 arched windows.
  • It is laid out in a horseshoe shape that encloses the nave until it reaches the apse.

• Gothic Cathedrals

  • Most Gothic churches have the Latin cross (or "cruciform") plan, with a long nave making the body of the church.
  • This nave is flanked on either side by aisles, a transverse arm called the transept, and, beyond it, an extension referred to as the choir.