Gothic rib vault
The Gothic rib vault was one of the essential elements that made possible the great height and large windows of the Gothic style. It was made of diagonal crossing arched ribs. These ribs directed the thrust outwards to the corners of the vault, and downwards via slender colonettes and bundled columns, to the pillars and columns below.
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Gothic rib vault
The Gothic rib vault was one of the essential elements that made possible the great height and large windows of the Gothic style. It was made of diagonal crossing arched ribs. These ribs directed the thrust outwards to the corners of the vault, and downwards via slender colonettes and bundled columns, to the pillars and columns below.
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Uploaded on July 24, 2020
Taken on October 31, 2011