Curvilinear
Flowing tracery of windows as seen in the latter period of the Decorated style.
Cusp ...
curvilinear: style of tracery using ogees in which the patterns assume free curving shapes resembling leaves, flames etc.
Curvilinear
composed of, or bounded by, curved lines.
Cyclopaean masonry ...
Curvilinear wall: A wall consisting of round bastion which were built so close together that only a small portion of each protruded.
Cuvette: See cunette.
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A curvilinear shape, derived from that of a Roman shield.
Perpendicular -
A style of English Gothic architecture current between c. 1350-1530.
CURVILINEAR TRACERY: a form of window tracery, characteristic of the Decorated style, in which weaving lines of masonry form daggers and mouchettes above ogee arches.
A conventional floriage is common in these diapers; tracery also is a great feature in this work, in geometrical combinations, whether rectilinear or curvilinear; and the designs are rich in colour; idolatry was in the reproduction of natural forms, ...
Bar tracery types include: curvilinear tracery, with uninterrupted flowing curves, typical of the 14th century (also called flowing tracery); geometrical tracery, typical of c.1250-c.
In France, late Gothic architecture is known as flamboyant, from the flamelike forms of its intricate curvilinear tracery. The ebullient ornamentation of the flamboyant style was largely reserved for the exteriors of the churches.
Two of the most eye-catching creations of Spanish Baroque are the energetic façades of the University of Valladolid (Diego Tom�, 1719) and Hospicio de San Fernando in Madrid (Pedro de Ribera, 1722), whose curvilinear extravagance seems to herald ...
Steamed wood bent into a curvilinear shape. Bentwood is common to such pieces as oxbow desks staircases, and archways.
Biedermeier:
A 19th-century style originating in Germany, characterized by lack of ostentation ...
Decorated Gothic (1275-1375) - aka Geometric, Curvilinear, and Flamboyant - These terms describe primarily the fanciful tracery and ornamentation found in the window heads during this time.
5. Architecture A curvilinear, often lobelike figure or space formed between the cusps of intersecting arcs, found especially in Gothic tracery and Moorish ornament.
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a. An airfoil.
cartouche A decorated panel, often curvilinear in form, much like a frame.
casein A water soluble paint in which milk protein (casein) is the binder; also called milk paint.
Scrollwork - Ornamental work with curvilinear open patterns
Segmented Arch - Arch that does not form complete semi-circle
Sill - Bottom member of a window or door ...
Type of emphatic rustication in which the face of each stone is carved with curvilinear formations resembling patterns left by of worms
Found in Renaissance and Renaissance Revival styles
Examples from Buffalo architecture: ...
Gingerbread Pierced curvilinear ornament made with jig saw or scroll saw much used in the
Gothic Revival.
MOUCHETTE A motif resembling a curved dragger, in Gothic tracery of the curvilinear style.
MULLION A vertical divider in a window.
NARTHEX The entrance hall that stretches across the church's main entrance.
The Getty Center is organized around a central arrival plaza. Architect Richard Meier used curvilinear design elements. The Museum Entrance Hall and the canopy over the Harold M. Williams Auditorium are circular.
Materials Used: ...
Varied techniques and patterns are given names such as plate tracery (built up in corsed layers like the framing walls), bar tracery (constructed of complex fragments of the total pattern), flowing tracery (seemingly freehand, curvilinear design, ...
Curvilinear window tracery, in all its suave grace, has taken the place of the fine and vigorous forms as of Netley, advanced a stage beyond the prototypes of France.
originated in the cities on the islands and coasts of Asia Minor, which were more exposed to Asian and Egyptian influences; it featured capitals with spiral volutes, a more slender shaft with quite different fluting, and an elaborate and curvilinear ...
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