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CUSP The point formed by the intersection of two foils in Gothic tracery.
DADO See wainscot.
DENTILS Small rectangular blocks ornamenting the underside of a cornice.
Cusp - Curves meeting in a point.
Cyclopean - Drystone masonry, ancient, of huge blocks.
Daub - A mud of clay mixture applied over wattle to strengthen and seal it.
cusp: projection on the underside of an arch, especially in Gothic architecture; three cusps form a trefoil, four a quatrefoil, and so on.
Cusp - Projecting points formed at the meeting of the foils in Gothic Tracery, etc.
Cyma recta - A double-curved moulding, concave above and convex below; also called an ogee moulding.
cusp: A curved, triangular-shaped projection from the inner curve of an arch or circle.
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dado: Lower part of an interior wall, often decorated with arcading.
Cusp
A projecting point formed where two curves meet. Cusps are found a great deal in Gothic architecture, owing to the love of ornamentation. They add extra decoration to window tracery, furniture and sculptural carvings.
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- projecting point formed by the meeting of foils in Gothic tracery . Early cusps were solid, later ones were often pierced and later still, they were frequently enriched by carving.
Cusp : Found within Tracery decoration to form the meeting point of foils.
Fan vaulting : An intricate form of Tracery in which the ribs of a Vault arch out in a concave fan pattern.
Cusp
a projecting point forming a leaf shape in the tracery of a gothic door-arch or window-head
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Cusp - the point where the foliations of tracery intersect. The earliest example of a plain cusp is Ely Cathedral, where a small roll, with a rosette at the end, is formed at the termination of a cusp.
Born at the cusp of Modernism, Finnish architect Alvar Aalto became famous for both his buildings and his furniture designs.
Moulding used from the late 12th century, in section like the keel of a ship.KeepPrincipal tower of a castle.Kentish cusp ...
Related architectural elements: arcade, cusp, hood moulding, spandrel, tympanum. Architrave: The lintel or flat horizontal member which spans the space between columns; in classical architecture, the lowest member of an entablature.
This house, like many others, is just on the cusp of Neo- Classical, and has often been called Georgian. The layout and the symmetry are definitely Georgian, but the detailing is light, delicate and more Neo- Classical.
Cushion - capital cut from a block by rounding off the lower corners.
Cusp - curves meeting in a point. Cusp a projecting point forming a leaf shape in the tracery of a gothic door-arch or window-head.
crockets:
an ornamental device, usually in the form of a cusp or curling leaf placed along the outer angles of pinnacles and gables
cupola:
a small structure built on top of a roof ...
An architectural term for an arrangement of three interconnecting arcs; at each intersection there is a cusp.
In furniture the motif (pattern) was often applied to pierced arches and trefoil feet.
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Parts of an arch: keystone, soffit, spring line, springer, voussoir.
Measurements of an arch: rise, span.
Related architectural elements: arcade, cusp, hood moulding, spandrel, tympanum.
QUATREFOIL, in Gothic architecture, the piercing of tracery in a window or balustrade with small semicircular openings known as "foils"; the intersection of these foils is termed the cusp.
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