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Gothic architecture - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Its characteristic features include the pointed arch, the ribbed vault and the flying buttress. Gothic architecture is most familiar as the architecture of many of the .
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gothic_architecture

Flying Buttresses - Sainte-Chapelle in Riom France
In order to prevent the outward collapse of the arches, Gothic architects began using a revolutionary flying buttress system. Freestanding brick or stone supports .
http://architecture.about.com/od/earlychristianmedieval/ss/gothic_5.htm

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Flying Buttress
The Flying Buttress was an innovative feature of Medieval Gothic architecture following the prior introduction of the buttress in earlier Medieval Romanesque .
http://www.castles.me.uk/flying-buttress.htm

Gothic Architecture
Gothic Architecture. Gothic architecture has three distinct characteristics which set it apart from Romanesque; pointed arches, ribbed vault, and flying buttresses.
http://www.historylink101.com/lessons/art_history_lessons/ma/gothic_architecture.htm

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Gothic Art And Architecture
The long sides of the cathedral's exterior presented a baffling and tangled array of piers and flying buttresses. The basic form of Gothic architecture eventually .
http://history-world.org/gothic_art_and_architecture.htm

How are flying buttresses constructed?
Oct 20, 1999 . For those of you who aren't up to scratch on Gothic architecture, a flying buttress is a projecting masonry structure built on the outside of a .
http://ask.yahoo.com/19991020.html

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Gothic buildings: a spotters' guide | Art and design | The Guardian
Sep 10, 2011 . Flying buttress. Gothic architectural aspiration was unequivocally bound for the heavens. From about 1150, in order to support the weight of the .
http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/gallery/2011/sep/10/gothic-buildings-spotters-guide

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The Seven Key Characteristics of Gothic Architecture: From the ...
Discover the seven characteristics of gothic architecture. Includes the history of the gargoyles of gothic architecture, the flying buttress and the all-important .
http://www.exploring-castles.com/characteristics_of_gothic_architecture.html

Gothic or Romanesque?
Gothic Architecture Three architectural features are typical of the Gothic. These are the pointed arch, the ribbed vault, and the flying buttress. It is the pointed arch .
http://staff.harrisonburg.k12.va.us/~cwalton/gothicorromanesque.htm

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Cathedral Architecture
To make these massive buildings, the builders obviously needed a lot of building material. Most of the . The Gothic vaults were very difficult to build. . The purpose of the flying buttress was to help support them from the outside. If there were .
http://library.thinkquest.org/10098/cathedrals.htm

flying buttress (architecture) -- Britannica Online Encyclopedia
flying buttress (architecture), Masonry structure typically consisting of an . The flying buttress evolved in the Gothic era from earlier simpler, hidden supports.
http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/211645/flying-buttress

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Some Observations on the Early Flying Buttress and Choir Triforium ...
rib vaults, exposed flying buttresses became a critical constructional device for bracing structures with the wide and tall spaces found in Gothic architecture.
http://www.jstor.org/stable/767067

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Gothic Architecture definitions | Quizlet
20, characterized by pointed arches, high ceilings, flying buttresses, and large stained-glass windows. 2 sets. 21, gothic architecture is a style of architecture .
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