Ornament

Ornaments ^ Summerson, John (1941) printed in Heavenly Mansions 1963, p. 217 ^ ibid, quoted by Summerson ^ Second Republic Exposition ...

Ornament acanthus - a plant found on the shores of the Mediterranean and particularly admired by the Greeks and Romans for the elegance of its leaves. Found on many classical designs such as the Corinthian and Composite columns.

Running ornament Also known as running mold Any molding ornament in which the design is continuous in intertwined or or flowing lines, as in foliage, meanders, etc. Examples of running molds: ...

architectural ornament - (architecture) something added to a building to improve its appearance antefix - carved ornament at the eaves of a tile roof concealing the joints between tiles ...

ornamental parapet of posts and railings Barbican outwork defending the entrance to a castle.

Ornamental stone framework, generally carved in sections. Transept Either of the arms of a cross-shaped church ...

Ornamental tracery in the form of a five petaled flower. CLERESTRY The upper storey walls of the nave of a church, pierced by high windows.

ornamental plasterwork - Decorative carved or molded plasterwork ornaments - Details added to a structure solely for decoration Palladian window - A window with a central arch and two sidelights ...

Ornamental work, representing flowers etc. Doom Painting of the Last Judgement often depicted on mediaeval walls, usually over the chancel arch.

Ornamental top to a gable or canopy, often in the form of crosses on church roofs. Fleuron. A decorativecarved flower or leaf, often (usually) rectiliniar.

Ornamental coating of gold leaf or gold dust. Also known as gilding. Bun foot A furniture support that resembles a slightly flattened ball or sphere. Commonly used in William and Mary case furniture.

Ornamental shingling: fancy scalloped, diamond or other shapes of shingles, usually used on exterior walls, but sometimes seen on roofs. Palisade: a tall fence used as a fortification, made of poles sharpened on top and driven into the ground.

ornamentalist decorator, one who decorates using ornament; a title given to an advocate or collector of ornament, i.e. Owen Jones, Christopher Dresser, Tony Duquette...

Ornament Is a form of surface decoration; something that decorates, adorns, or embellishes. Ornamentation is the class of things that are ornamental.

an ornament or a plinth at the apex or the lower angle of a classical pediment apse a semi-circular extension, often of a chancel or transept ...

An ornamental finish along the top of a screen, etc. Crocket An ornamental leaf-like projection on a gable or pinnacle.

an ornament in the form of a spiral, e.g. in the Ionic capital. Wainscot wood panelling. Oak imported for this purpose from the Baltic was also so called.

CORBEL Ornamental bracket that supports a beam or other element. CORBELLING Masonry course that steps out farther than the one below.

TREFOIL Ornamental tracery in the form of a flower with three symmetrical petals. TURRET A small, often ornamental tower projecting from a building, usually at a corner.

Tracery: Ornamental stonework in the upper part of a Gothic window. Transept: A “T' or cross-shaped structure in a basilica.

finial An ornament at the tip of a pinnacle, spire or other tapering vertical architectural element. See also spire, pinnacle. Click here for pronounciation.

Console - ornamental scrolled bracket, normally in stone or timber, usually supporting a projecting lintel, fascia etc.

Amorino: Ornament from the Renaissance; little Italian chubby naked cupids.

Tracery : Ornamental stonework consisting of patterned bars; used most often within windows to support the weight of glass. When utilized in this way, such work is more specifically known as Bar Tracery, for its use of thin, decorative bars of stone.

Tracery - Ornamental intersecting stonework used to support the glass. Transept - The section that crosses the nave, usually separating the nave and the choir.

tracery - ornamental stonework most often seen supporting window glass in the form of trifoils and cinquefoils. Sometimes used merely as decoration on panels and moldings and then called 'blind' tracery. More at Tips & Tricks to Gothic Geometry.

Lierne An ornamental vaulting rib that joins two other ribs into a net-like pattern but has no structural function.

TURRET an ornamental tower projecting from a larger structure VERANDAHcovered porch VERGEBOARDSdecorative trim along gable ends of a roof or dormer. Sometimes called "bargeboards".

Necking - Ornament at the top of a column, bottom of the capital. Newel - Center post of spiral staircase. Nookshaft - Shaft set in angle of jamb or pier.

Tracery - Ornamental, intersecting, linear pattern in the upper part of a Gothic window, screen, panel or vault. Transept - Transverse arms of a cruciform plan church, usually dividing the nave from the chancel.

Branching, ornamental stonework, generally in a window, where it supports the glass; particularly characteristic of Gothic architecture.

Baldachin: ornamental canopy covering statues (fig.3, F). Balustrade: A railing with symmetrical supports.

crocket An ornamental foliate form placed at regularly spaced intervals on the slopes and edges of the spires, pinnacles, gables, and similar elements of Gothic buildings. cupola A small dome on a base crowning a roof.

Fretwork -- Ornamental woodwork, cut into a pattern, often elaborate. Frieze Board -- A flat board at the top of a wall directly beneath the cornice. Gable -- The triangular section of a wall to carry a pitched roof.

finial - an ornament, often urn-shaped, used to decorate the top of a spire, gable, or pinnacle frieze - an ornamental horizontal band or strip in a wall ...

Crest - The ornamental finishing which surmounts the ridge of a roof, canopy, etc are called the crest. ©2007 The Probert Encyclopaedia. Data used under license.

Guldasta An ornamental pinnacle in the shape of flowers. Definition Related ArchNet Materials ...

Little or no ornamentation Factory-made parts Man-made materials such as metal and concrete Emphasis on function Rebellion against traditional styles For examples of Modernism in architecture, see works by: ...

Cresting: An ornamental ridging at the top of a wall or peak of a roof. Cupola: A small dome rising above a roof, usually with a band of small windows or openings.

tracery The ornamental stonework in a Gothic window which frames the stained glass and is the design seen from the outside of the building.

cresting: an ornamental ridge, as on top of a wall or roof crockets: an ornamental device, usually in the form of a cusp or curling leaf placed along the outer angles of pinnacles and gables ...

cartouche - an ornamental panel in the form of a scroll, circle, or oval, often bearing an inscription. casement - a hinged window frame that opens horizontally like a door. castellated - having a battlemented or crenulated parapet or roof.

acanthus: Greek ornament based on acanthus leaves, as used in Corinthian and Composite capitals and other mouldings.

FINIAL: a formal ornamentation fixed to the top of a peak, arch, gable, etc. (IMAGE) ...

pointille (2) -- ornamented with designs engraved or drawn with a sharp-pointed tool or style (Oxford Dict.) pommel (10) -- a rounded protrusion on the handle of a sword or dagger which prevents the hand from slipping (Biers, 337) ...

Beak-head: An ornamental motif resembling a bird's head with a prominent beak. It was common in English Romanesque architectural decoration. Belvedere: A raised turret or pavillion.

gothic general term for a style of architecture and ornament prevalent between the twelfth and sixteenth centuries, considered old-fashioned in the seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries, characterized by pointed arches, ribbed vaulting, ...

(55 Cabot Blvd., Mansfield, MA 02048) Rocaille Ornamental style of 18th century with stylized pebbles, shell shapes and scrolls typical of Rococo decoration. rod A rail or track from which a curtain, drapery, or sometimes a valance is hung.

ABACUS: the flat slab on the top of a capital ACROTERIA: statues or ornaments placed at the apex and the ends of pediments ARCH: the spanning of an opening by reasons other than that of a lintel ARCHITRAVE: the lintel extending from one column or ...

arabesque Ornament consisting of garlands of foliage with figures, fancifully interlaced to form graceful curves and painted, inlaid, or carved in low relief.

back yardBack Yard is an American term for a back garden (usually more functional than ornamental). baghBagh is the Persian word for 'garden' baileyA Bailey is the open area of a fortified castle.

Cornice: An ornamental molding at the meeting of the roof and walls; usually consists of bed molding, soffit, fascia and crown molding. Crown Molding: Projecting molding forming the top member of a cornice, door or window frame.

PINNACLE (from Lat. pinnaculum, a little feather, pinna; the Gr. 7rmpirytov, diminutive of 7r7puE, wing, is also used in this sense), an architectural ornament originally forming the cap or crown of a buttress or small turret, ...

balustrade: ornamental parapet of posts and railing. barbican: fortified outwork defending the gate of a castle or town. bar-hole: holes behind door to receive timber bar used as door bolt. barmkin: Scottish term for defended courtyard of a castle.

usually of steep pyramidal or conical shape and ornamented, e.g., with CROCKETS. See figure 80. [p. 244] Radiating Chapels Chapels projecting radially from an AMBULATORY or APSE. See also CHEVET.[p.

Built of wood, no ornamentation, small porch in front. 6. Boston, MA. Old North Church, c.1723-1740. Architect: William Price. Boston's second Anglican Church, with Georgian massing and style based on the work of English architect, Christopher Wren.

Spanish Colonial is the most decorative of the Spanish styles, and its ornament covers a wide range of source materials from Moorish to Renaissance and Byzantine.

Nevertheless, they created impressive structures through extensive earth moving and bold architectural sculpture either integral with the stone or as added stucco ornamentation.

Hellenic feeling for line visible in the work of the preceding half century, and that gives it a place in this respect in advance of any other Gothic work of any time or people, has yielded to decorative richness, the multiplication of ornament and ...

Pendant:a suspended ornament attached to the roof. Gabled:a triangular ornamented section of a roof. Can be attached above a door or a window. Hipped:A roof sloping on all sides, it has sloped ends instead of gabled.

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