Gothic architecture
The characteristic forms that were to define Gothic architecture grew out of Romanesque architecture and developed at several different geographic locations, as the result of different influences and structural requirements. While barrel vaults and groin vaults are typical of Romanesque architecture, ribbed vaults were used in the naves of two Romanesque churches in Caen, Abbey of Saint-Etienne and Abbaye aux Dames in 1120. Another early example is the nave and apse area of the Cathedral of Cefalu in 1131. The ribbed vault over the north transept at Durham Cathedral in England, built from 1128 to 1133, is probably earlier still and was the first time pointed arches were used in a high vault.
Barrel and groin vaults are examples of what kind of architecture?
Romanesque architecture
While barrel vaults and groin vaults are typical of Romanesque architecture, ribbed vaults were used in the naves of two Romanesque churches in Caen, Abbey of Saint-Etienne and Abbaye aux Dames in 1120.
groin vaults