Ogive
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These are ogival arches are situated inside Saint-Étienne-du-Mont church in Paris. |
Gardner’s Art Through the Ages (eighth edition) was published in 1986 by Harcourt Brace Jovanovich. It was written by Horst de la Croix and Richard G. Tansey.
It defines ogive as: “The diagonal rib of a Gothic vault; a pointed, or Gothic, arch.”
Ogive curves and surfaces can appear in woodworking and engineering as well as in architecture. These objects are described as ogival.
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