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Arches And Vaults In Architecture
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Arch and Vault, a fundamental construction system in architecture used to
span the space between walls, piers, or other supports and to create a roof
or a ceiling. Until the 19th century the arch and vault were the only
alternative to the far more limited and simpler post-and-lintel system
supporting a flat or peaked beamed roof.
Arch
An arch, ....
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....her side of an arch, or between adjacent
arches, are spandrels. If the space between the arch and the lintel is
filled in, the resulting flat surface is the tympanum. Arches have been
built since prehistoric times. Rude prototypes were made by leaning two
slabs of rock together or by constructing a stepped, or corbeled, arch in
which projecting ele.... |
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