Gothic architecture /

Title:

Gothic architecture /

Author:

Frankl, Paul, 1878-1962.

Format:

Book

Institution:

MassArt, Wentworth Institute of Technology

Contents:

Introduction / Paul Crossley -- 1. The Aesthetic Function of the Rib -- 2. The Stylistic Significance of the Rib-Vault -- 1. The Transition -- 1. The Gothic Rib-Vaults of the First Generation (1093-1120) -- 2. Diagonality of Shafts, Multipartite Vaults, Pointed Arches, Keystones -- 3. The Ridge-Rib -- 4. Vaults with Arched Ridges -- 2. The Early Gothic Period -- 1. The Beginnings of the Gothic Structural System -- 2. Changes in Capitals and Bases -- 3. The Exposed Flying Buttress -- 4. Facades, Towers, Gables, Tabernacles -- 5. Hall-Churches -- 6. The Early Gothic Style in the Cistercian Order -- 7. The Spread of the Early Gothic Style and the Passive Transition -- 8. The Tierceron -- 3. The High Gothic Style, 1194-1300 -- 1. The Organic Unification of Interior and Exterior. Finials and Balustrades -- 2. The High Gothic Pier. Tracery. Gargoyles -- 3. Horizontal Fusion in England and Spain -- 4. Glazed Triforia. Windows and their Gables. The Spherical Triangle. Cusps in Tracery -- 5. Facades. Doors. Blind Arcades and Tracery. The Elimination of Capitals -- 6. The Tierceron Star-Vault -- 7. The Spread of the Gothic Style, 1200-50 -- 8. Regularity of Structure. Piers with Grooves. Triradials -- 9. The Sharpening of Profiles. Piers without Capitals. The Ogee Curve -- 10. Autonomous Tracery -- 11. The Gothic Wall -- 12. The Culmination of the High Gothic Style -- 13. The Spread of the Gothic Style, 1250-1320 -- 4. The Late Gothic Style -- 1. New Varieties of Ribs. Liernes. Net-Vaults -- 2. Curvilinear and Rectilinear -- 3. The Relaxation of Strict Regularity. Hall-Choirs -- 4. Pendant Bosses. Flying Ribs. Net-Vaults with Interrupted Ribs. Concave-sided Gables. Choirs with an Even Number of Sides -- 5. The Fan-Vault -- 6. The Spread of the Gothic Style in the Late Gothic Period -- 7. The Beginnings of the Flamboyant --

Online access:

No online access

Library holdings:

MassArt Main
NA5453 .C77 2001 – Available

Wentworth Stacks--Upper Level
723.5 .F72 2000 – Available