Events

2017 International Colloquium “Stone Clockworks and Rampant Sprouts: Stone Clockworks and Rampant Sprouts: The Design of ‘Modern Vaults’ in Medieval and Early Modern Europe”, Dresden and Meissen, 27.-28.01.2017. 2016  Workshop “Auf dem Reißboden: Ein Werkstattbesuch …

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Dissemination, videos

Documentary and instructional film on stone planning in Late Gothic vaults (T. Eichberg – EichbergFILM, 2017; in German with English subtitles):  Friedrich-Weinbrenner-Gewerbeschule Freiburg i.Br. school of craftsmanship, Master Mason’s course: Lectures, technical visits and …

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Lectures

2018 Wendland, David, “Entwurf, Konstruktion und Steinplanung in spätgotischen Gewölben” (Annaberg, 28.08.2018) Wendland, David, “Reverse engineering marvellous machines: the design of Late Gothic vaults from concept to stone planning and the prehistory of stereotomy.” (Sixth …

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Publications

Books Wendland, David: Steinerne Ranken, wunderbare Maschinen: Entwurf und Planung spätgotischer Gewölbe und ihrer Einzelteile. With contributions by María José Ventas Sierra, Alexander Kobe and María Aranda Alonso. Petersberg: Michael Imhof, 2019. Katja Schröck, and …

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