Flying buttress
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The flying buttress is a specific form of buttress composed of a ramping arch that extends from the upper portion of a wall to a pier of great mass, to convey to the ground the lateral forces that pus
Arching above a side aisle roof, flying buttresses support the main vault of St. Mary's Church, in Lübeck, Germany.
The 4th-century Rotunda of Galerius in Thessaloniki, Greece, showing an early example of flying buttresses
Flying buttress of Reims Cathedral, as drawn by Villard de Honnecourt
Architectural drawing of a Neo-Gothic flying buttress for the late 19th-century Votive Church, in Vienna
Gothic architecture
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Gothic architecture is an architectural style prevalent in Europe from the late 12th to the 16th century, during the High and Late Middle Ages, surviving into the 17th and 18th centuries in some areas
Flying buttress
…the flyer of the flying buttress. As a lateral-support system, the flying buttress was developed during late antiquity and later flourished during the Gothic period (12th–16th c.) of architecture. Ancient examples of the flying buttress can be found on the Basilica of San Vitale in Ravenna and on the Rotunda of…
Wells Cathedral West Front Exterior, UK Diliff
Sainte Chapelle Interior Stained Glass
Rouen Cathédrale Primatiale Notre Dame de l'Assomption Fassade Mittelportal Tympanon 2
Pointed arches in the 14th-century tower of the church of San Salvador at Teruel in Aragon