(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 ...
The enrichment of the lights with cusping gave additional beauty to them, took away the hard wiredrawn effect of the mouldings, and formed openings of great variety; in some of the windows of the Decorated period the ball flower and other foliage is ...
The upper window is almost rounded, but it contains the set of double lancet arches from the Decorated period. On the lower level, the door and window are both topped with four-centered arches, as seen in the window at King's College Cambridge.
Triangular terminations to buttresses, much in use in the Early English and Decorated periods, after which the buttresses generally terminated in pinnacles. The Early English gablets are generally plain, and very sharp in pitch.
Early English Period c.1190-c.1250
Decorated Period c.1290-c.1350
Perpendicular Period c.1350-c.1550
Brick Gothic c.1350-c.1400 ...
This Decorated period, with its lavish ornamentation, also produced such poetic creations as the lovely Angel Choir (begun 1256) of Lincoln Cathedral, and was responsible as well for that unique masterpiece of medieval architecture, ...
Recumbent S-shaped curve forming arches and gables, a hallmark of the late Decorated period.
Parapet
Low (usually) wall at the base or edge of a roof.
weight off the walls, which could then become little more than shells with broad window openings. Stone decoration was rich and varied, and window glass more colorful. Stone carvings and paintings abound. The best example of the Decorated period you ...
 See also: Decorated, Architecture, Vault, Early english, Roman
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