Lectures on the rise and development of mediæval architecture (1879)
Scott, George Gilbert, Sir, 1811-1878 · London : J. Murray · leaf 300
268 LECTURES ON [LECTURE XVII. form very acute angles with the haunches of these arches. These considerations seem to have led the … Fig. 442. — Plan, Santa Fosca, Torcello. Mr. Fergusson says : " A little reflection .... will show how difficult it is to adapt the curves of a pendentive dome to a circular arch, and how weak the arrangement is when done. . . . With a pointed arch, however, even when the pendentives follow its…
Architecture, Medieval · Architecture, Gothic
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