Medallion
Architecture
An ornamental plaque on which is represented as an object in relief, such as a figure, head, flower, etc.
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Medallion. Small bas-relief, often made of metal.
Monochrome. Used to describe a figurative image executed in a single colour, or shades of a single colour.
Medallions were a very fashionable form of ornament during the Renaissance; the most famous medallion maker was Luca Della Robbia in Florence. These are plaques, usually round, bearing figures or family symbols in relief.
The bronze medallion awarded to the Pritzker Architecture Prize Laureate is based on designs by Chicago architect Louis Sullivan.
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MEDALLION: a round, oval or rectangular plague containing a carving or painting. MERLONS: the up-steps in battlements.
Pre-eminently typical of the first period is the "medallion window." Glaziers began by naïvely accepting the iron bars across the light as the basis of their composition, and planned a window as a series of panels, one above the other, ...
The entrance to the chancel is marked by a Triumphal Arch showing medallions with the Apostles and Gervase and Prothase. Christ appears at the apex or keystone of the arch.
It is noticeable that the designs are restricted to the interior of the courtyards and are not visible from the outside, consisting of arabesque medallions and chain motifs executed in thick but precise white lines.
The medallions that form the illustrations in the Bibles moralisées (Moralized Bibles) of the second quarter of the century frankly emulate the designs of stained glass.
On the center of the architrave was a repoussé medallion of Christ. On either side of Him were medallions of angels, the Prophets, the Apostles, and finally the Virgin Mary. The carvings on the architrave were deeply tied to the liturgy.
Exuberance of detail and highly decorated with swags, medallions, cartouches, flowers, and shields
Symmetrical and balanced facades
Flat roofs ...
a small disk, decorative medallion.
Rustication
primarily, masonry in which only the margins of the stones are worked; also used for any masonry where the joints are emphasised by mouldings, grooves, etc.
GROTESQUE A kind of ornament used in antiquity consisting of representations of medallions, sphinxes, foliage, and imaginary creatures.
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patera - A small, round or oval in a medallion as seen in door or window moldings, plain or richly decorated with leaves or flowers. (pl. paterae) ...
(a) a circular painting; (b) a medallion with relief sculpture.
Toran. a
a ritual gateway in Buddhist architecture.
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