Books by Gervais Olof Frykman
The Geometry of Llandaff Cathedral, 2024
All great churches in the mediaeval period were designed on a geometrical framework which is uniq... more All great churches in the mediaeval period were designed on a geometrical framework which is unique to each building. The study of the geometry of great churches therefore gives an insight into the creative process. It also reveals beauties which could otherwise be appreciated only unconsciously. The study of lines, figures and proportions is not a substitute for a response such as this written by George Pace after his first visit to Llandaff: "I was overwhelmed with the scale and majesty of the Nave arcades. No illustration I had seen had done the arcade even faint justice".1 The concise treatment of the Lady Chapel in this paper in no way replaces appreciation of its special beauty. Geometrical study is complementary to aesthetic enjoyment, and can only enhance our understanding of these buildings. It can also be of considerable archaeological significance.
Architectural Geometry transcended its function in laying out buildings. It became a sophisticated art form, and its finest practitioners could produce geometry of staggering complexity, as in the west front of Llandaff Cathedral. This art is at least as old as the Great Pyramid, with astronomical references which transcended the laying out of fields after the Nile floods.
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The Geometry of Llandaff Cathedral
All great churches in the mediaeval period were designed on a geometrical framework which is uniq... more All great churches in the mediaeval period were designed on a geometrical framework which is unique to each building. The study of the geometry of great churches therefore gives an insight into the creative process. It also reveals beauties which could otherwise be appreciated only unconsciously. The study of lines, figures and proportions is not a substitute for a response such as this written by George Pace after his first visit to Llandaff: "I was overwhelmed with the scale and majesty of the Nave arcades. No illustration I had seen had done the arcade even faint justice".1 The concise treatment of the Lady Chapel in this paper in no way replaces appreciation of its special beauty. Geometrical study is complementary to aesthetic enjoyment, and can only enhance our understanding of these buildings. It can also be of considerable archaeological significance.
Architectural Geometry transcended its function in laying out buildings. It became a sophisticated art form, and its finest practitioners could produce geometry of staggering complexity, as in the west front of Llandaff Cathedral. This art is at least as old as the Great Pyramid, with astronomical references which transcended the laying out of fields after the Nile floods.
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Books by Gervais Olof Frykman
Architectural Geometry transcended its function in laying out buildings. It became a sophisticated art form, and its finest practitioners could produce geometry of staggering complexity, as in the west front of Llandaff Cathedral. This art is at least as old as the Great Pyramid, with astronomical references which transcended the laying out of fields after the Nile floods.
Papers by Gervais Olof Frykman
Architectural Geometry transcended its function in laying out buildings. It became a sophisticated art form, and its finest practitioners could produce geometry of staggering complexity, as in the west front of Llandaff Cathedral. This art is at least as old as the Great Pyramid, with astronomical references which transcended the laying out of fields after the Nile floods.
Architectural Geometry transcended its function in laying out buildings. It became a sophisticated art form, and its finest practitioners could produce geometry of staggering complexity, as in the west front of Llandaff Cathedral. This art is at least as old as the Great Pyramid, with astronomical references which transcended the laying out of fields after the Nile floods.
Architectural Geometry transcended its function in laying out buildings. It became a sophisticated art form, and its finest practitioners could produce geometry of staggering complexity, as in the west front of Llandaff Cathedral. This art is at least as old as the Great Pyramid, with astronomical references which transcended the laying out of fields after the Nile floods.