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In Reply to: RE: Greece was the beginning of the "West." Rome continued it. Even mosques, per your posted by tinear on October 06, 2020 at 11:39:33
well, stained glass is ornamentation, not architecture
re: the pyramids ... have you read 'The Wind From Nowhere'?
it posits that they were built as survival bunkers against a worldwide recurring natural disaster - extinction event that moves the concept into the 'modern world' as the phenomena reappears ... sort of a cousin to the HAB Theory
'Hardoon Tower is a pyramid-like structure intended to withstand the wind; it is being built by Hardoon, a millionaire businessman, who has a private army.' [how quaint ... a 'millionaire'!]
you can read it on-line for free with a web search
this went so far OT it really belongs in Central, sorry CFL
see link:
with regards,
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supports to allow more area for them. They are a key to the architectural impact. Similarly, chapel sculptures and altar murals/paintings all add to the whole. They are "architectural."
I'm not one to live in a stained glass house and throw rocks but ...
I'm pretty certain that the geometries and implementation of flying arches were in use before stained glass windows ... well, any glass windows reallythe spring voussoir and central voussoir or keystone arch concepts came well before they filled them with glass from what I've been taught and learned
I'm relying on memory but am certainly willing to learn more or otherwise
edit: I just realized that you've got the flying buttress in mind, and yes that engineering was driven by weight relief across spans of glass ... but that's [forgive me] a narrow focus on the overarching cncept
best regards,
Edits: 10/06/20
"An external, arched support for the wall of a church or other building. Flying buttresses were used in many Gothic cathedrals (see also cathedral); they enabled builders to put up very tall but comparatively thin stone walls, so that much of the wall space could be filled with stained-glass windows". wikipedia
yes ... that's pretty much what I said
most engineering concepts are born of their time and need
with regards,
. . . I posted something on Central when I meant to post it on General.
I have no problem with your post remaining here, if that's where you want it.
well, I was just riffing to 'What(s) next, attempts to equate gothic and baroque cathedrals to early Egyptian, Persian, or Aztec monuments? from tinear's 'classical music continues to take it on the chin for past sins' comments posted here
so I don't know where it belongs or if I get any say, that's above my pay-grade ... we've already explored this with 'what's the value of free' before, remember?
with regards,
But if in the future you (or any inmate here) need(s) any "special handling" of your posts in THIS forum, I believe my special moderator powers still would allow for that.
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