Journal article
The Openwork Flying Buttresses of Amiens Cathedral: "Postmodern Gothic" and the Limits of Structural Rationalism
Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians, Vol.56(4), pp.478-493
12/01/1997
DOI: 10.2307/991315
Abstract
This study sets out to test assumptions about openwork flying buttresses of the type used in Gothic buildings from the mid-thirteenth century. The employment of such units has been associated with the "decadence" of Gothic architecture. Arguing that the deployment of the first such flyers responded to special circumstances at each of the buildings in question, the authors proceed to test the structural performance of the newfangled flyers of the Amiens choir and to correlate the findings with an archaeological investigation of the edifice itself. The openwork flyer is thus placed within a broadly conceived framework of theory and practice.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- The Openwork Flying Buttresses of Amiens Cathedral: "Postmodern Gothic" and the Limits of Structural Rationalism
- Creators
- Robert BorkRobert MarkStephen Murray
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians, Vol.56(4), pp.478-493
- Publisher
- The Society of Architectural Historians
- DOI
- 10.2307/991315
- ISSN
- 0037-9808
- eISSN
- 2150-5926
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 12/01/1997
- Academic Unit
- Art and Art History
- Record Identifier
- 9984398330702771
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