Title & Author:

Ad quadratum : the practical application of geometry in medieval architecture / edited by Nancy Y. Wu.

Publication:

Farnham, Surrey, England : Ashgate, [2002]
©2002

Description:

xviii, 272 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Series:

AVISTA studies in the history of medieval technology, science and art ; volume 1

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Geometry on a Carolingian wall / Warren Sanderson -- A proposal for constructing the plan and elevation of a Romanesque church using three measures / Marie-Therese Zenner -- Measure and proportion in Romanesque architecture / James Addiss -- A schematic plan for Norwich Cathedral / Nigel Hiscock -- The plan of Saint-Quentin: pentagon and square in the genesis of high Gothic design / Ellen M. Shortell -- The hand of the mind: the ground plan of Reims as a case study / Nancy Y. Wu -- Reconciling the feet at Beauvais and Amiens cathedrals / Stephen Murray -- On the drawing board: plans of the Clermont Cathedral terrace / Michael T. Davis -- Geometry studies: the blind tracery in the western chapels of Narbonne cathedral / Vivian Paul -- The church of St. George of the Latins in Famagusta: a case study on medieval metrology and design techniques / Alpay Özdural -- Geometry and scenography in the late Gothic choir of Metz Cathedral / Robert Bork.
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ISBN:

0754619605
9780754619604

Subject:

Architecture, Medieval.
Geometry in architecture.
Church architecture Europe.
Architecture, Medieval Europe.
Architecture médiévale.
Géométrie en architecture.
Architecture chrétienne Europe.
Church architecture
Bouwkunst.
Meetkunde.
Geometry in architecture Europe.
Europe

Form/genre:

Conference publications.

Added entries:

Wu, Nancy Y., editor.
Association Villard de Honnecourt for the Interdisciplinary Study of Medieval Technology, Science and Art.
AVISTA studies in the history of medieval technology, science and art ; v. 1.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 226188
Call No.: NA350 .I6 1998
Status: Available