Decorated
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A distinctive phase of English Gothic which developed at the end of the 13th century and continued into the later 14th; sometimes abbreviated to Dec.
Decorated Style
The second of the three distinctive architectural styles of England's cathedrals, the first being Early English, the later, Perpendicular.
Decorated
C. 1275-1380)
Subdivisions: the "Geometric" style (1250-90) and the "Curvilinear" style (1290-1350).
Characterized by its window tracery, typically including trefoils and quatrefoils.
Decorated
Middle phase of Gothic architecture, characterised by elaborate window tracery and naturalistic carving c 1250-1350.
Diaper work ...
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.
Decorated
The style of Gothic architecture popular in England c.1260-c.1360. Characterised by all-over use of decoration, especially small-scale architectural motifs like arches and gables.
Decorated Gothic
A style found in English medieval architecture, developed from the later thirteenth century to the mid fourteenth century.
Decorated (Gothic) - second English Medieval phase from late c13 to 1450. With multiple lancets pointed windows, ogee or s-curve tracery, complex vaulting, large clerestories and inscribed decoration.
(DEC) Decorated Period
Historical division of English Gothic architecture covering the period from 1290 to 1350. The term is derived from the type of window tracery used during this period
Dome ...
Decorated Lights. From S. Urbain, Troyes, showing both the influence of the early period in the figures, and the beginning of the architectural canopy.
Typical Decorated Canopy. From Exeter.
A decorated gable end carried above the roofline, a coping that covers the slope of the roof and provides an ornamental silhouette. These were very popular in both Dutch and Muslim architecture.
Toronto
London - England ...
The decorated apses of the Cathedral of Monreale, Sicily.
Fresco within the apse of an Orthodox church.
the decorated top of a column or pilaster, providing a transition from the shaft to the entablature.
Caricature
a representation in art or literature that distorts, exaggerates, or oversimplifies certain features.
[edit] Decorated corbels
Norman corbel at Kilpeck, Herefordshire, showing a hound and hare
Stone corbel at Boyle Abbey, 13th century ...
Richly decorated and colorful pottery produced first in Faenza, Italy and at Rouen, France about 1644. Small flowers, cornucopias and arrows are typical motifs done in blue, green, and yellow on a cream-white background.
Fantasy furniture ...
a highly decorated form of art or ornamentation. — baroque, adj.
Brutalism
an aggressive 20th-century style, usually in rough-textured and unfinished materials, that frankly exhibits both structural and mechanical systems.
FRIEZE - Decorated band along the upper part of an interior wall.
FROG - A depression imprinted in the upper surface of a brick, to save clay, reduce weight and increase the strength of the wall. Bricks should always be laid frog uppermost.
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Frieze
- a decorated band on an internal wall below a cornice or the middle division of the entablature, usually heavily decorated. See Classical Architecture.
A. Leary, A decorated palace in Kano', Art and Archaeology Research Papers 12: 1-17, 1977.
H. Palmer, The Kano Chronicle', in Sudanese Memoirs. vol. 3, 1928.
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Antependium : Decorated frontispiece to an altar, featuring allegorical figures in tapestry or carved forms.
Canopy : An overhanging shade or shelter above an artwork or statue, sometimes situated upon pillars.
Elvis Presley decorated the front room of his Memphis, Tennessee home with Louis XIV furniture, a white marble fireplace, and extensive mirrors.
Canopy: A decorated rooflike projection or a richly decorated baldachin over a statue (fig.3, F).
Capital: Architectural element that surmounts a column or any other vertical support (fig.5, B).
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.
choir screen - decorated screen of wood or stone separating the choir from the rest of the cathedral.
cinquefoil - in tracery, having five pendants in a circular ring; usually applied to windows and panels. See also tracery.
Castellated - Decorated with battlements (a parapet with alternating indentations and raised portions); also called crenellation. Building with battlements are usually brick or stone.
frontispiece: decorated composition emphasising the entrance bay of a Renaissance house.
galilee: a large enclosed porch at the west end of a cathedral or abbey-church.
1. A plain or decorated horizontal part of an entablature between the architrave and cornice.
2. A decorative horizontal band, as along the upper part of a wall in a room.
Some of the catacombs are decorated with Christian paintings. Casemates: Artillery emplacements in separate protected rooms, rather than in a battery. Cesspit: The opening in a wall in which the waste from one or more garderobes was collected.
Decorated Second phase of Gothic in England, of the early 14th century. Characterized by sinuous decorative forms and considerable surface decoration.
frieze the central level of the entablature, often decorated with classical motifs in carving or molding. front the architectural facing of a building, more decorative than structural. glade open, grassy area surrounded by woods.
top of a canopy, gable, or pinnacle FLUTING: shallow, concave grooves running vertically on the shaft of a column, pilaster, or other surface FRIEZE: the middle division of an entablature, between the ARCHITRAVE and the cornice, usually decorated but ...
Capital the head of a pillar, often decorated.
Caponier - covered passage within a ditch.
Caponnière - covered passage across a ditch to an outer fortification structure such as a ravelin.
Carotid - heart-shaped.
Byzantine A style dating from the fifth century, characterized by masonry construction around a central plan, with domes on penditives, typically depicting the figure of Christ; foliage patterns on stone capitals; and interiors decorated with ...
Excellent example of "Carpenter Gothic" with vertical board-and-batten siding, steeply-pitched gable roof, pointed-arch windows, and decorated vergeboards under the eaves.
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The manifest tendencies of the Decorated -- not, it must be confessed, of the most promising kind -- were terminated and instead a new progress was instituted toward development of what we now know as Perpendicular the first style of architecture ...
Some of the characteristics of Egyptian architecture are highly decorated walls, wall paintings, hieroglyphics, and stone figures like the Sphinx.
to a masonry wall with a coarse material such as hessian Balcony A cantilevered or bracketed platform projecting from a wall with access from an upper storey Bargeboard A sloping board fixed to the edge of a gable roof, often decorated by ...
decorated verge boards
trusses in gables
metal roof cresting
broken pediment on windows
window: large pane surrounded by smaller panes or blank lower pane with patterned pane above
dominant decorative chimney ...
Corinthian Order - Most complex -most decorated of the Classical orders.
Cornice - Projecting moulding running along the top of a building, an arch or a column.
Corridor - A passage way ...
Exuberance of detail and highly decorated with swags, medallions, cartouches, flowers, and shields
Symmetrical and balanced facades
Flat roofs ...
Like the Chinese, the Mayas occasionally decorated their buildings with carvings made out of carved stone. Used in the exterior of the building, they were placed on broad murals, ramps along the stairs, and\or in the front of the grades.
The One part commercial block is a simple, one story box with a decorated facade, typical of urban places from the mid 19th to the mid 20th century. Most of these structures were used as retail stores.
historiated or figured capital: A capital which is decorated with figures of animals, birds, or humans, used either alone or combined with foliage. The figures need not have any meaning, although they may be symbolic or part of a narrative sequence.
We decorated the streets leading to the palace, although only poorly, yet we carried forth for your welcoming the standards of all the colleges, and the images of all our gods, accompanied by the clear sounds of some few instruments....
Notable are the superbly architectonic tomb (1564-1573) of Humayun in Delhi, the jewel-like Itimad-ud-Daulah (1622-1628) in Agra, and the beautifully proportioned and decorated Taj Mahal (1632-1648), also in Agra.
A capital that is decorated with figures of animals, birds, or humans, used either alone or combined with foliage. The figures need not have any meaning, although they may be symbolic or part of a narrative sequence.
In England, Gothic is normally divided into three succeeding phases - Early English, Decorated and Perpendicular.
The term is also applied to the decorated marble floor design carried out by the Cosmati - Roman marble workers in Rome during the 12th and. 13th Centuries. These designs are found throughout central Italy dating from that time.
ANTA The end of a wall decorated by a pilaster. Columns in antis are columns between two antae, a customary arrangement for porticoes.
ANTEFIX A vertical ornament placed above the building's eaves.
-Japanese homes are decorated with a lot of style. One of those styles would be the triangular chidori glabes on the eves and the roofs. A little bit similar to the regular gabled roofs, but not.
Polychrome. Item made with, or decorated in several colours.
Polyptych. Painting or panel in more than three sections which are hinged together. Three paintings or panels are known as a tryptych. These paintings often formed altar panels.
Frieze
The middle part of an entablature, often decorated with sculpture.
Gargoyle
a spout placed on the roof gutter of a Gothic building to carry away rainwater; usually carved in the shapes of fanciful animals and grotesque beasts.
tympanum - the area within a pediment, often decorated with scroll sawn ornaments, scalloped siding or sculpted figures as in Greek and Roman buildings. p. 16 - where the gables are, p. 28 - inside all the triangular pedimented areas, p.
ENTABLATUREa horizontal component usually decorated that lies directly above a column or other support
FACADEfront of a building
FANLIGHTfan-shaped (semi-circular or elliptical) window which usually forms part of door unit ...
dado (10) -- the lower portion of a wall, distinctively decorated (Biers, 335)
dagger (10) -- a short stout edged and pointed weapon used for thrusting and stabbing (Oxford Dict.)
dais (26) -- a raised platform or table (Oxford Dict.) ...
Foliate Capital - a capital decorated with foliage elements.
Frieze - an elongated carved architectural decoration.
Jamb - a vertical element of a doorway or window frame.
capital - top part of a column, usually decorated. (see column for the three classical Greek Orders)
carpenter gothic - ornate wood decoration; also called gingerbread, carpenter's lace ...
The shaft is often decorated with vertical hollows of fluting. Architectural columns are most often wider at the bottom than at the top, because of an entasis, beginning a third of the way up. This makes the column slightly more slender at the top.
A very common small house is the 1 1/2 story Classic Cottage, decorated with a roofline entablature supported by wide corner board pilasters. The central door also features these stylistic details.
Corinthian order - classical fluted columns, slender with ornate capitals decorated with stylized leaves
corner boards - placed at the ends of exterior walls to protect the siding (ie. green on Burnett's) ...
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