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Tips & Tricks to Gothic: Trefoil | Ogee Arch | Equilateral Arch | Rose Window

 


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Over 30 pages of diagrams,
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This revolutionary design first gave rise to the Gothic in the 13th century. It was first seen at the Abbey
of St. Denis, just outside Paris, where Abbot Suger had a master plan for transforming the squat, heavy
Romanesque style into the architectural wonder of the age...

 

The basic Gothic arch begins simply enough with a straight, horizontal line.

 

 

1. Construct the baseline A-B, and extend your compass out
to the exact same length.

2. With your compass needle at point B, construct arc A-C.

3. With your compass needle at point A, construct arc B-C.


Voila - Gothic architecture.

Above, the main portal at Notre Dame, Paris.


 

Tips & Tricks to Gothic: Trefoil | Ogee Arch | Equilateral Arch | Rose Window

 

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