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Summary - Todays skyscrappers and bridged rely heavily on steel reinforcement but the stone cathedrals and bridges of the middle ages relied only on the principles of 'statics'.
Summary - Todays skyscrappers and bridged rely heavily on steel reinforcement but the stone cathedrals and bridges of the middle ages relied only on the principles of 'statics'.
| Module code and title: | MST207, "Mathematical methods, models and modelling" |
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| Item code: | MST207; 01 |
| First transmission date: | 1998 |
| Published: | 1998 |
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| Duration: | 00:29:06 |
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| Producer: | Michael Peet |
| Contributors: | Francis Evans; Jacques Heyman; Francesca Hunt; John Trapp |
| Publisher: | BBC Open University |
| Keyword(s): | Beauvais; Building with arches; Cathedrals; Chartres; Ely; St Peter's Basilica |
| Footage description: | Footage - Aerial shots of Chartres Cathedral. Interior view of ceiling of Chartres Cathedral. Front of Chartres Cathedral. Different views of Chartres Cathedral(0'22"-1'33") - Exterior of Ely Cathedral. West Tower. Choir. Close up of Ely Cathedral. John Trapp sitting on seat in Lady Chapel, Ely Cathedral with small blocks in tray. Views of Parthenon. Computer animation. Lintel of west door at Chartres. Exterior shot of Ely Cathedral. John Trapp in Lady chapel, Ely Cathedral sitting on bench. View of Lady Chapel window and stone vault tilting down to altar and window(1'34"-4'58") - Francis Evans giving lecture using a model of an arch. Francis Evans standing on model of an arch(4'59"-6'03") - Nave at Ely. Wood roof. Arches in side aisles. John Trapp and Jacques Heyman inside Ely. East end of Ely. Great west tower. View of John Trapp and Jacques Heyman from ground panning up to aerial view. View of arch. Tower and deformed arches in Ely.a Aerial shot of John Trapp and Jacques Heyman panning to ground level. View of arches(6'04"-8'39") - Aerial shot of Chartres. Exterior views of Chartres. Francis Evans giving lecture using a model arch. Computer animation(8'40"-12'58") - Roof of chapel panning to stone vault. John Trapp and Jacques Heyman in Ely Cathedral. Exterior view of Ely(12'59"-15'02") - Francis Evans giving lecture using model arch with flying buttress(15'03"-15'42") - Exterior views of Ely. John Trapp and Jacques Heyman in roof space of Ely showing top stone vault. Exterior views of flying buttresses. Pinnacles at Lady Chapel. External views of Ely. Interior view of stone vault, Ely(15'43"-17'36") - Francis Evans giving lecture using model arch with pinnacles. Exterior view of Pinnacles at Ely. Bottom of east wall. John Trapp and Jacques Heyman over Bishops west chapel showing relieving arch and second arch(17'37"-21'55") - Francis Evans using model to show compression forces. Computer animation(21'56"-23'07"). a St. Peter's Basilica and traffic. St. Peter's Basilica. Francis Evans giving lecture using arch model. John Trapp and Jacques Heyman outside west end of Ely. Exterior view of Chartres. Sandrine Aumon and John Trapp on Chartres Cathedral. View of buttresses at Chartres. Exterior view of Chartres. Buttress. Computer animation. John Trapp on Ely Cathedral looking down at buttresses. Exterior view of Beauvais. Interior of Beauvais. View of choir(23'08"-29'06). |
| Master spool number: | DOU9246 |
| Production number: | FOUM570T |
| Videofinder number: | 5402 |
| Available to public: | no |
