What is Barrel vault?
[[Image:Barrel Vault.jpg|thumb|{{center|[[The Cloisters]], [[New York City]]}}]] A '''barrel vault''', also known as a '''tunnel vault''' or a '''wagon vault''', is a type of [[ceiling]]. It is an architectural element formed by the extension of a simple [[arch]].<ref name=Kleiner161>Fred Kleiner, ''Gardner's Art through the Ages: The Western Perspective'', Volume 1 (Australia; United States: Wadsworth/Cengage Learning, 2010), p. 161</ref> It forms the shape of a semicircle over parallel walls.<ref name=Kleiner161/> == References == {{reflist}} [[Category:Vault (architecture)]] {{stub}}