Experiments in Gothic structure

by Mark, Robert

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Title Statements

Full title :Experiments in Gothic structure / Robert Mark.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:©1982.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):MIT Press
Place of Publication:Cambridge, Mass
Language:eng
Publication Date:©1982.

The Physical Object

Description:x, 135 pages, 4 unnumbered leaves of plates : : illustrations (some color) ; : 26 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:0262131706, 9780262131704, 0262630958, 9780262630955
oclc:ocm08170585
LC Classification:NA440
Dewey Decimal:723/.5

The enigma of Gothic structure -- Modeling Gothic structure -- The beginning of High Gothic : the cathedrals of Chartres and Bourges -- Quintessential High Gothic : Amiens Cathedral and medieval engineering -- The collapse of Beauvais Cathedral -- Innovation in English Gothic buttressing : the repairs to the tower of Wells Cathedral -- Experimentation in fourteenth-century Gothic : the church of St. Ouen, Rouen, and the cathedral of Palma, Majorca -- Gothic ribbed vaulting : the high vaults of the cathedrals of Cologne and Bourges -- Conclusion: the legacy of Gothic structure.