Complejidad y estandarización en las bóvedas tardogóticas

Abstract

The idea that the gothic architecture followed a rising complexity level as an aesthetical principle was deeply developed by Paul Frankl. This evolution searching more complicated designs was made possible by using advanced geometrical methods that tried to simplify the construction process. In other words, while the amount of ribs was getting bigger and the designs were more elaborated, a search for standardization was developed. The main objective of this paper is to focus on those geometrical methods through the analysis of some particular late gothic ribbed vaults. The technological advances that are analyzed became a specific feature of one of the most important chapters of the European construction history.