The Analysis of Gothic Architecture: Studies in Memory of Robert Mark and Andrew Tallon, 2023
This essay focuses on the representations of flyer designs on the choir terraces of the Cathedral... more This essay focuses on the representations of flyer designs on the choir terraces of the Cathedral of Clermont-Ferrand. There are two distinct sets of full-scale drawings that relate to the cathedral’s flyers. The first, incised into the terrace pavement around 1270, consists of five curving lines incised above two radiating chapels that, we propose, set out the arches of the choir flyers. The second group, dating to around 1300, shows two versions of an openwork design that was installed in the nave. Does the information supplied by the Clermont-Ferrand drawings, complemented by examples at Saint-Etienne, Limoges and Saint-Just-Saint-Pasteur, Narbonne, intersect with the behavior of great church structures revealed by Robert Mark and Andrew Tallon through their use of modeling and scanning? What did master masons in the later 13th and 14th centuries attempt to calculate by engraving parts of their buildings on stone surfaces? These primary documents of architectural thought and labor materialize the master mason’s command of varied graphic modes that not only served as a medium of visualization, but were fully integrated into the processes of fabrication and construction.
The original Art Bulletin publication mismatched captions and images of figures 33-36. Images and... more The original Art Bulletin publication mismatched captions and images of figures 33-36. Images and captions have been coordinated correctly in the version posted here.
The Analysis of Gothic Architecture: Studies in Memory of Robert Mark and Andrew Tallon, 2023
This essay focuses on the representations of flyer designs on the choir terraces of the Cathedral... more This essay focuses on the representations of flyer designs on the choir terraces of the Cathedral of Clermont-Ferrand. There are two distinct sets of full-scale drawings that relate to the cathedral’s flyers. The first, incised into the terrace pavement around 1270, consists of five curving lines incised above two radiating chapels that, we propose, set out the arches of the choir flyers. The second group, dating to around 1300, shows two versions of an openwork design that was installed in the nave. Does the information supplied by the Clermont-Ferrand drawings, complemented by examples at Saint-Etienne, Limoges and Saint-Just-Saint-Pasteur, Narbonne, intersect with the behavior of great church structures revealed by Robert Mark and Andrew Tallon through their use of modeling and scanning? What did master masons in the later 13th and 14th centuries attempt to calculate by engraving parts of their buildings on stone surfaces? These primary documents of architectural thought and labor materialize the master mason’s command of varied graphic modes that not only served as a medium of visualization, but were fully integrated into the processes of fabrication and construction.
The original Art Bulletin publication mismatched captions and images of figures 33-36. Images and... more The original Art Bulletin publication mismatched captions and images of figures 33-36. Images and captions have been coordinated correctly in the version posted here.
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Does the information supplied by the Clermont-Ferrand drawings, complemented by examples at Saint-Etienne, Limoges and Saint-Just-Saint-Pasteur, Narbonne, intersect with the behavior of great church structures revealed by Robert Mark and Andrew Tallon through their use of modeling and scanning? What did master masons in the later 13th and 14th centuries attempt to calculate by engraving parts of their buildings on stone surfaces? These primary documents of architectural thought and labor materialize the master mason’s command of varied graphic modes that not only served as a medium of visualization, but were fully integrated into the processes of fabrication and construction.
Does the information supplied by the Clermont-Ferrand drawings, complemented by examples at Saint-Etienne, Limoges and Saint-Just-Saint-Pasteur, Narbonne, intersect with the behavior of great church structures revealed by Robert Mark and Andrew Tallon through their use of modeling and scanning? What did master masons in the later 13th and 14th centuries attempt to calculate by engraving parts of their buildings on stone surfaces? These primary documents of architectural thought and labor materialize the master mason’s command of varied graphic modes that not only served as a medium of visualization, but were fully integrated into the processes of fabrication and construction.