medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
From: Dr Jim Bugslag <[log in to unmask]>
>Andrew Tallon of Vassar University has been using this laser scanning
technology recently to analyse flying
buttresses on Gothic buildings. Laser scanning not only provides a much
clearer idea of their alignments and their relationship with walls and vaults,
but it helps to refine our understanding of the way they work.
> Laser-based surveying techniques have also been used to great effect to
analyse the plans and elevations of medieval structures, as, for example, with
Linda Neagley's work on the church of St Maclou at Rouen.
where is Linda's work published, Jim?
i haven't kept up with her since she did her dissertation on that building
under Stephen Murray here at Indiana, just a few years ago. (some art
hysterians tend to get stuck on particular place for decades and decades and
can't seem to get past it.)
back in the '80s or so there was some sort of "topological" scanning technique
which was used on, say, sculpted portals.
it probably used lasers (or was it "radar"? --what a quaint, so-20th c.
word).
this technique looks to be an extension of and improvement on that one.
i wonder if anyone has done Chartres West yet.
or more important places, like Etampes (talk about being stuck on a particular
place for decades and decades).
c
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