 Post & Lintel Comstruction |
 Transmitting Thrust |
 Transmitting Thrust |
 Saint-Sernin (plan) Romanesque Pilgrimage Church ca. 1080 Toulouse, France |
 Saint Philibert Abbey Church View of Nave Looking East after 1020 Tournus, France (Saone-et-Loire) |
 Saint Philibert Abbey Church View of Nave Vaulting after 1020 Tournus, France (Saone-et-Loire) |
 Saint Philibert Abbey Church View of Nave Vaulting after 1020 Tournus, France (Saone-et-Loire) |
 Saint Philibert Abbey Church View of Nave Vaulting after 1020 Tournus, France (Saone-et-Loire) |
 Saint Philibert Abbey Church View of Nave Vaulting after 1020 Tournus, France (Saone-et-Loire) |
 Sainte Madeleine Pilgrimage Church View of Nave 1104-32 Vezelay, France |
 Sainte Madeleine Pilgrimage Church View of Nave Vaulting 1104-32 Vezelay, France |
 Saint Foy Abbey Church View of Abbey & Surrounding Area ca. 1080 Conques, France |
 Saint Foy Abbey Church (Plan) ca. 1080 Conques, France |
 Saint Foy Abbey Church Interior View of Nave ca. 1080 Conques, France |
 Saint Foy Abbey Church Interior View of Choir & Ambulatory ca. 1080 Conques, France |
 Saint Foy Abbey Church Interior View of Choir & North Transept ca. 1080 Conques, France |
 Saint Foy Abbey Church Interior View of Ambulatory ca. 1080 Conques, France |
 Reliquary of Saint Foy gold & gems ca. 900 St. Foy, Conques, France |
 Saint Denis Abbey Church Choir, Ambulatory & Radiating Chapels 1140-44 Paris, Saint Denis |
 Saint Denis Abbey Church Interior of Ambulatory 1140-44 Paris, Saint Denis |
 Saint Denis Abbey Church Plan of Chevet 1140-44 Paris, Saint Denis |
 Saint Denis Abbey Church Ambulatory & Interior Chapel 1140-44 Paris, Saint Denis |
 Saint Denis Abbey Church Ambulatory & Interior Chapels 1140-44 Paris, Saint Denis |
 Dynamics of Arches |
 Saint Sernin View of Nave Towards Choir ca. 1080 Toulouse, France |
 Notre Dame Cathedral View of Nave Towards Transept Gallery 1163-1175 Paris |
 Notre Dame Cathedral General View from South 1163-1175 Paris |
 Notre Dame Cathedral View Flying Buttresses 1163-1175 Paris |
 Notre Dame Cathedral View of Interior Crossing 1163-1175 Paris |
 The Flying Buttress |
 Saint Sernin Nave Transverse Section ca. 1080 Toulouse, France |
 Chartres Cathedral Nave Towards Choir 1195-1205 Chartres, France |
 Chartres Cathedral Nave Showing Triforium Detail 1195-1205 Chartres, France |
 Amiens Cathedral Interior View of Nave 13th Century Amiens, France |
 Amiens Cathedral Interior View of Side Aisle 13th Century Amiens, France |
 Amiens Cathedral Interior View East Wall of South Transept & Choir Wall 13th Century Amiens, France |
 Amiens Cathedral Interior View of Nave 13th Century Amiens, France |
 Sainte Chapelle Elevation & Cross Section 1231-48 Paris |
 Sainte Chapelle General View of Exterior 1231-48 Paris |
 Sainte Chapelle Interior View of Lower Chapel 1231-35 Paris |
 Sainte Chapelle Interior View of Upper Chapel 1231-48 Paris |
 Beauvais Cathedral Plan of Choir ca. 1272 Beauvais, France |
 Beauvais Cathedral Cross Section ca. 1272 Beauvais, France |
 Beauvais Cathedral Interior View of Choir ca. 1272 Beauvais, France |
 Beauvais Cathedral Interior View of Choir ca. 1272 Beauvais, France |
 Beauvais Cathedral Interior View of Choir Vaulting ca. 1272 Beauvais, France |
 Beauvais Cathedral Interior View of Nave Elevation ca. 1272 Beauvais, France |
 Beauvais Cathedral Reconstruction of Choir ca. 1272 Beauvais, France |
 Beauvais Cathedral Plan Showing Repairs After Collapse ca. 1272 Beauvais, France |
 Beauvais Cathedral Exterior View of Choir from South ca. 1272 Beauvais, France |
 Beauvais Cathedral Airview from South ca. 1272 Beauvais, France |
 Beauvais Cathedral General View from South ca. 1272 Beauvais, France |
 Beauvais Cathedral General View from East ca. 1272 Beauvais, France |
 Beauvais Cathedral General View from East (detail) ca. 1272 Beauvais, France |
 Beauvais Cathedral Interior View (detail) ca. 1272 Beauvais, France |
 Passion Sarcophagus Detail of Arcade Early Christian - 4th C CE Rome, Lateran Museum |
 Ivory Casket: Suicide of Judas/Crucifixion Early Christian - ca. 420 CE London, British Museum |
 Ivory Casket: Scenes from Passion of Christ Early Christian - ca. 420 CE London, British Museum |
 Rabbula Gospels: Crucifixion of Christ Early Christian - 586 CE Florence, Laurentian Library Ms. Cod. Plut. I, 56 |
 Gero Crucifix Ottonian - ca. 975 Cologne, Cathedral Museum |
 Gero Crucifix (detail) Ottonian - ca. 975 Cologne, Cathedral Museum |
 Gero Crucifix (detail) Ottonian - ca. 975 Cologne, Cathedral Museum |
 Giotto Cross of St. Damian Gothic/Early Renaissance 1296-97 fresco Assisi, Italy Church of San Francesco (upper) |
 Giotto Marks of the Verna Gothic/Early Renaissance 1296-97 fresco Assisi, Italy Church of San Francesco (upper) |
 Robert Campin Merode Altarpiece Northern Renaissance - ca. 1426 New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art - Cloisters Collection |
 Robert Campin Merode Altarpiece Right Wing: St. Joseph Northern Renaissance - ca. 1426 New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art - Cloisters Collection |
 Robert Campin Merode Altarpiece Right Wing: St. Joseph (detail) Northern Renaissance - ca. 1426 New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art - Cloisters Collection |
 Anon. Paris Missal Leaf: Crucifixion of Christ Gothic - ca. 1270 New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art |
 Mathias Grunewald Isenheim Altarpiece 1st Position: Crucifixion/Pieta/Saints Northern Renaissance - 1512-16 Colmar, Unterlinden Museum |
 Mathias Grunewald Isenheim Altarpiece Closed: Crucifixion of Christ Northern Renaissance - 1512-16 Colmar, Unterlinden Museum |
 Mathias Grunewald Isenheim Altarpiece Closed (detail) Crucifixion of Christ Northern Renaissance - 1512-16 Colmar, Unterlinden Museum |
 Mathias Grunewald Isenheim Altarpiece Closed (detail) Crucifixion of Christ Northern Renaissance - 1512-16 Colmar, Unterlinden Museum |
 Mathias Grunewald Isenheim Altarpiece Closed (detail) Crucifixion of Christ Northern Renaissance - 1512-16 Colmar, Unterlinden Museum |