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Dr. Leedy's study is therefore unrivalled in the depth with which it treats its subject. It documents and analyses the emergence offan vaulting and traces its origins back to certain essential characteristics of the English interpretation of Gothic, involving both aesthetic and technical considerations. It identifies the centres which were especially influential (such as Tewkesbury and Gloucester) and relates these to the 'families' of dependent work which they inspired. Theory, design, symbolism and construction of the vaults are discussed in detail. A particularly valuable feature of this…
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1 edition- Hardcover · English · 1980Scolar Press · 234 pages · 9780859676106
Church architectureVaults (Architecture)Gothic Architecture