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? A. flying buttresses B. apse vaults C. lancet arches D. ribbed vaults
In order to incorporate higher ceilings and taller windows into their designs, Gothic architects utilized a new method of structural support called rib vaulting.
