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In Reply to: RE: Stained glass are architectural art. One of the driving ideas was to design wall posted by tinear on October 06, 2020 at 17:57:03
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: 10/06/20Follow Ups:
"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,
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