NOVA: Building the Great Cathedrals
Posted By admin On October 11, 2010 @ 9:00 pm In All,Highlights,Videos | No Comments
Tuesday, October 19 at 8 p.m.
[2]Buy the Video
Carved from a hundred million pounds of stone, soaring effortlessly atop a spider web of masonry, Gothic cathedrals are marvels of human achievement and artistry. But how did medieval builders reach such spectacular heights? Consuming the labor of entire towns, sometimes taking a hundred years to build, these architectural marvels were crafted from just hand tools and stone. Many now teeter on the brink of catastrophic collapse. To save them, an international team of engineers, architects, art historians, and computer scientists searches the naves, bays, and bell-towers for clues to how the dream of these heavenly temples on earth came true. NOVA’s teams perform hands-on experiments to investigate and reveal the architectural secrets that the cathedral builders used to erect their soaring, glass-filled walls. On this dazzling journey, inside the jewels of Gothic architecture, the filmmakers of the award-winning NOVA documentary "Secrets of the Parthenon" reveal the hidden formulas, drawn from the pages of the Bible itself, that drove medieval builders ever upward.
- –> Visit the site to learn more. [3]
- –> Buy the DVD at Shop PBS. [2]
Related posts
Article printed from Southern Oregon Public Television (SOPTV): http://www.soptv.org
URL to article: http://www.soptv.org/nova-building-great-cathedrals/
URLs in this post:
[1] Get the Flash Player: http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer
[2] Image: http://www.pntrac.com/t/2-29303-55398-51107?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.shoppbs.org%2Fproduct%2Findex.jsp%3FproductId%3D4449467
[3] Visit the site to learn more.: http://www.pbs.org/cgi-registry/golocal?station=ksys&site=/wgbh/nova/ancient/building-gothic-cathedrals.html
[4] subscribe to my RSS feed: http://www.soptv.org/feed/
[5] NOVA: The Bible’s Buried Secrets: http://www.soptv.org/nova-bibles-buried-secrets/
[6] VISIONS: Visions of England: http://www.soptv.org/visions-visions-england/
[7] THE HUMAN SPARK: http://www.soptv.org/human-spark/
[8] NOVA: What Darwin Never Knew: http://www.soptv.org/nova-what-darwin-never-knew/
[9] NOVA: Venom: Nature’s Killer: http://www.soptv.org/nova-venom-natures-killer/
Click here to print.