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The ramping arch (also known as rampant arch, from French: arc rampant, and raking arch) is an asymmetrical arch that has its springers located at substantially different heights. Frequently a ramping arch is associated with a ramp or stairs.
Originally used to support inclined structures, like stairs or ramps, in the 13th-14th centuries the rampant arch appeared as parts of flying buttresses used to counteract the thrust of Gothic ribbed vaults.
References
- Woodman & Bloom 2003, Ramping.
- Davies & Jokiniemi 2008, p. 305.
- Gorse, Johnston & Pritchard 2020.
- Curl & Wilson 2021.
- arco entry (in Italian) by C. Ewert in the Enciclopedia Treccani, 1991
- Velilla et al. 2019.
Sources
- Curl, James Stevens; Wilson, Susan (2021). "ramping". The Oxford dictionary of architecture: over 5000 entries (4th ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-191874-2.
- Davies, N.; Jokiniemi, E. (2008). Dictionary of Architecture and Building Construction. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 978-1-136-41025-3. Retrieved 2024-01-05.
- Gorse, Christopher A.; Johnston, David; Pritchard, Martin (2020). "rampant arch". A Dictionary of Construction, Surveying, and Civil Engineering (2nd ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-187106-1.
- Velilla, Cristina; Alcayde, Alfredo; San-Antonio-Gómez, Carlos; Montoya, Francisco G.; Zavala, Ignacio; Manzano-Agugliaro, Francisco (2019-05-03). "Rampant Arch and Its Optimum Geometrical Generation". Symmetry. 11 (5): 627. doi:10.3390/sym11050627. ISSN 2073-8994.
- Woodman, Francis; Bloom, Jonathan M. (2003). "Arch". Oxford Art Online. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/gao/9781884446054.article.t003657. ISBN 978-1-884446-05-4.