buttress

Examples of buttress in the following topics:

• Architecture of Djenne

  • Built with imposing façades with pilaster-like buttresses, many have elaborate arrangements of pinnacles forming a parapet above the entrance door.
  • Many houses built before 1900 are in the Toucouleur-style and have a massive covered porch set between two large buttresses.
  • The eastern wall is roughly three feet thick and is strengthened on the exterior by eighteen buttresses.
  • The corners are formed by rectangular shaped buttresses topped by pinnacles.

• Gothic Metalwork and Ivory Carvings

  • While that style is better known for its large dramatic features such as flying buttresses and elaborate stain glass, metalworkers and sculptures working in ivory also made an impact on the the art, architecture, craft and, interior design world of France during the period.
  • Notre Dame is one of the first buildings to use a flying buttress, which became characteristic of gothic architecture.

• Architecture

  • The desire to increase window space drove the development of new structural techniques, which constitute most of the other distinctive features of the style: pointed arches, rib vaults, buttresses and pinnacles.
  • Flying buttresses area common feature of Gothic architecture, supporting thinner walls and higher buildings.

• English Gothic Architecture

  • English Gothic architecture (c. 1180–1520) is defined by pointed arches, vaulted roofs, buttresses, large windows, and spires.
  • This style is defined by pointed arches, vaulted roofs, buttresses, large windows, and spires.

• Painting and Architecture

  • In France, Gothic architecture emerged and was characterized by dramatic flying buttresses, lancet archways, an increased use of stain glass, and elevated heights for civic and religious buildings.

• Italian Architecture 1200-1400

  • Other characteristics of the Gothic style include the increased use of flying buttresses to support walls, and a shift towards more slender and ornate columns, and vaulted ceilings.

• Sculpture in the High Renaissance

  • When the David was completed, it was intended to be a buttress on the back of the Florentine Cathedral.

• Cathedrals

  • With thinner walls, larger windows, and high pointed arched vaults, the distinctive flying buttresses developed as a means of support.

• Arches, Vaults, and Domes

  • Buttresses are used to supply resistance when intersecting vaults are employed.

• Art of the Bronze Age

  • In Mesopotamian Babylonia, an abundance of clay and lack of stone led to greater use of mud brick; Babylonian temples were massive structures of crude brick, supported by buttresses, the rain being carried off by drains.