Lectures on the rise and development of mediæval architecture (1879)
Scott, George Gilbert, Sir, 1811-1878 · London : J. Murray · leaf 288
already cited, themathematical solution of the problem is the ellipse ;but only imagine anything so unpleasing as a series ofelliptical arches placed the length-way upwards ! Goodtaste would not suffer it. But the pointed arch at oncemet the difficulty. To illustrate my meaning, I will / LECTURE… … Fig. 146. You first, after setting out your widths as in theoriginal, increase the whole height and that of eachstorey by one-third ; you then increase the pillars andthe jambs of the triforium and clerestory windows inthe same proportion : this brings you to a stand, forthe arches, being…
Architecture, Medieval · Architecture, Gothic
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