Interlacing arches
Stilted arch
During these latter periods the porches with their tympanums, archivolts, columns and galleries as well as other parts of the buildings were lavishly decorated with figures ...
A pattern of interlacing ribs carved or formed from stone and ornamenting a Gothic building, generally in the window and door areas as well as ceilings and staircases.
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Chemin de ronde - rare in England, very characteristic of French castles, this is the 'crown' at the top of a round tower, a machicolated gallery below or replacing the parapet.
These examples are double guilloches, with two rows of circles, each with an independent interlacing band and united by a small arc with palmette inside; ...
The upper end of the canvas was connected to the facade with nails, with grommets and hooks, or by lacing the canvas to a head rod bolted to the facade.
Intermittently during the years from 1905 to 19007, Hunter redesigned the Inn's Gothic windows by replacing the glass with Glasgow School and Viennese Secessionist-inspired leaded glass designs.
work, the cement pointing, the build up of the carriageway, and the reinforcement of the cutwaters happened many years ago, and the bridge does at least appear to have been spared the commonly used, massively invasive technique, of replacing all the ...
Guilloche - A pattern of interlacing bands forming a plait and used as an enrichment on a moulding.
Guttae - Small drop-like projections carved below the tenia under each triglyph on a Doric architrave.
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lattice - openwork produced by interlacing of wood laths or other thin strips, used as screening, especially under a porch
leaded glass - small panes of glass held in place with lead strips; glass may be clear or colored (stained) ...
An ornamentation consisting of an interlacing design of foliage, usually designed for a vertical panel, with the sides resembling each other.
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Argon: An odorless, colorless, tasteless, nontoxic gas that is six times denser than air. Replacing the air between two panes of glass with argon gas reduces temperature transfer, ...
Over the next century, Renaissance ideas crept north through Europe, gradually replacing the earlier Gothic approaches to art and architecture.
During the 1600s, Renaissance ideas evolved into the more heavily ornamented Baroque style.
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Lattice A grille created by criss-crossing or decoratively interlacing strips of material.
Leaded Window A window decorated by artistic inserts of lead.
Lintel A horizontal crosspiece over an opening.
Lattice -- An openwork grill of interlacing wood strips used as screening.
Lintel -- A horizontal beam or stone bridging an opening.
A grille created by cris-crossing or decoratively interlacing strips of material.
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Laced brickworkVertical strips of brickwork, often in a contrasting colour, linking openings on different floors.Lacing courseHorizontal reinforcement in timber or brick to walls of flint, cobble, etc.
Picture frame casing: The use of casing on all four sides of the interior of a window, replacing the stool and apron at the sill. Also known as full-bound casing.
Tracery : Located throughout Gothic cathedrals, tracery adds much to the distinctive style of Gothic ornament. The variety of Tracery patterns within these cathedrals is nearly endless. Their interlacing lines are incorporated into vaults, walls, ...
Rejecting the aspiring verticality and the functional logic of the French cathedrals, the English churches emphasize length and horizontality, replacing the French polygonal apse with a square east end that is sometimes further prolonged by a ...
Pieced rampart: A rampart which was modified by replacing the crenels with embrasures so that cannons could be fired through the parapet. See embrasure.
Constantine commissioned martyria in the Holy Land including the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem and the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem. Replacing a temple on the site, ...
the early twentieth century the internal layout of the palace has changed with circular entrance vestibules (zaure) replaced with rectangular rooms (this reflects a wider development in Hausa architecture where rectangular buildings are replacing ...
 See also: Architecture, Ornament, House, Church, Gothic
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