Lunette
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LUNETTE (French diminutive of lune, moon), a crescentshaped, semi-circular object.
Lunette
A semi-circular area formed by an arch. Lunettes can either be windows or decorated areas at the end of a barrel vault. The windows were popular in Neo-classical and Classic Revival architecture in the 18th and 19th centuries in Canada.
Lunette
A semicircular opening (with the flat side down) in a wall over a door, a niche, or a window.
Lunette - A semicircular opening or tympanum. The term can also be applied to any flat, semicircular surface
Lych gate - A covered wooden gateway with open sides at the entrance to a churchyard, providing a resting-place for a coffin.
Lunette
a crescent shaped or semi-circular space or alcove which contains a painting, statue, etc.
Marguerite ...
lunette A semi-circular shaped ornament or painting;
mandorla The almond-shaped halo or aura surrounding the head or body of a sacred figure. The shape is formed by the intersection of two circles. Italian for almond.
Lunette
A semicircular wall area, or opening, above a door or window; when above the portal of a church, often called a tympanum. Image courtesy of Gretchen Ranger ...
Lunette. Semi-circular space decorated with frescoes or mosaics usually situated above doors or windows where the vault joins the walls. Also used to describe a semicircular section above a painting or bas-relief.
Lunette
(a) a semicircular area formed by the intersection of a wall and a vault; (b) a painting, relief sculpture, or window of the same shape.
Machtkunst ...
lunette
opening - a vacant or unobstructed space that is man-made; "they left a small opening for the cat at the bottom of the door"
vault - an arched brick or stone ceiling or roof ...
Lunette: A crescent or semicircular window or wall panel framed by an arch or vault
MacKay Homestead at the Genesee Country Village, & Museum
Order: with columns and entablature ...
Lunette - Semicircular window or wall panel
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Mansard Roof - Double pitched roof in which lower pitch is nearly vertical and upper is nearly horizontal ...
lunette A crescent-shaped or semicircular area or opening on a wall surface.
mansard A roof having a double slope on all four sides, the lower slope being much steeper. In rowhouse design, a double-sloped roof on the building front, below a flat roof.
Lunette - a half-moon shaped space, either masonry or void
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Maksoora - Islamic architectural term given to the sanctuary or praying-chamber in a mosque, ...
Lunette: (1) A small work generally situated before the curtain, in a ditch full of water, consisting of two faces forming a re-entering angle, and was used to enfilade the ditch.
The Eucharistic symbolism of the lunette on the south wall is explicit with an altar bearing bread and wine between the figures of Abel and Melchisedech presenting their offerings.
LunetteSemicircular window or blind panel.Lychgate(lit. corpse-gate): Roofed gateway entrance to a churchyard for the reception of a coffin.
tympanum - The recessed portion of a triangular pediment, often containing a lunette
volute - The scroll-like spiral dominating the top of an Ionic column
voussoir - A wedge-shaped stone or brick in an arch ...
windows might be surmounted by a solid stone lintel, larger windows are nearly always arched. Doorways are also surmounted by a semi-circular arch, except where the door is set into a large arched recess and surmounted by a semi-circular "lunette" ...
Louvre - opening in roof (sometimes topped with lantern) to allow smoke to escape from central hearth.
Lozenge - diamond shape.
Lunette - triangular (originally crescent-shaped) defensive structure, open at the rear, ...
 See also: Architecture, Arch, Door, Brick, Floor
  
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