"On what type of building would you be most likely to find a ""flying buttress""?"
Flying buttress be seen on the exterior of the cathedrals as well. There is open space below the arches of the flying buttress and this space has the same effect as the clerestory within the church allowing the viewer to view through the arches, the buttresses also reach into the sky similar to the pillars within the church which creates more upward space. Making the exterior space equally as dynamic as the interior space and creating a sense of coherence and continuity. Flying buttress The flying buttress (arc-boutant, arch buttress) is a specific form of buttress composed of an arched structure that
Flying buttress between the wall and the pier. To provide lateral support, flying-buttress systems are composed of two parts: (i) a massive pier, a vertical block of masonry situated away from the building wall, and (ii) an arch that bridges the span between the pier and the wall — either a segmental arch or a quadrant arch — the "flyer" of the flying buttress. As a lateral-support system, the flying buttress was developed during late antiquity and later flourished during the Gothic period (12th–16th c.) of architecture. Ancient examples of the flying buttress can be found on the Basilica of San Vitale