Examples of buttress in the following topics:
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- While that style is better known for its large dramatic features such as flying buttresses and elaborate stain glass, metalworkers and sculptures working in ivory also made an impact on the the art, architecture, craft and, interior design world of France during the period.
- Notre Dame is one of the first buildings to use a flying buttress, which became characteristic of gothic architecture.
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- Built with imposing facades with pilaster-like buttresses, many have elaborate arrangements of pinnacles forming a parapet above the entrance door.
- Many houses built before 1900 are in the Toucouleur-style and have a massive covered entrance porch set between two large buttresses.
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- The desire to increase window space drove the development of new structural techniques, which constitute most of the other distinctive features of the style: pointed arches, rib vaults, buttresses and pinnacles.
- Flying buttresses area common feature of Gothic architecture, supporting thinner walls and higher buildings.
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- French Gothic architecture arose from a unique combination of established technologies, such as the pointed arch, ribbed vault, and flying buttress.
- The increase in the use of large windows during the Gothic period is directly related to the use of the pointed arch, the ribbed vault, and the flying buttress.
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- English Gothic architecture (c. 1180-1520) is defined by pointed arches, vaulted roofs, buttresses, large windows, and spires.
- This style is defined by pointed arches, vaulted roofs, buttresses, large windows, and spires.
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- In France, Gothic architecture emerged and was characterized by dramatic flying buttresses, lancet archways, an increased use of stain glass, and elevated heights for civic and religious buildings.
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- Other characteristics of the Gothic style include the increased use of flying buttresses to support walls, and a shift towards more slender and ornate columns, and vaulted ceilings.
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- Meanwhile, environmentally minded Al Gore, the vice president during President Clinton's two terms, buttressed EPA policies by pushing for reduced air pollution to curb global warming, a super-efficient car that would emit fewer air pollutants, and incentives for workers to use mass transit.
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- When the David was completed, it was intended to be a buttress on the back of the Florentine Cathedral.
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- With thinner walls, larger windows, and high pointed arched vaults, the distinctive flying buttresses developed as a means of support.