lancet

(noun)

In architecture, a narrow, tall opening with a pointed arch.

Related Terms

  • flying buttress
  • tracery
  • temper

(noun)

A tall, narrow archway with a pointed arch at its top.

Related Terms

  • flying buttress
  • tracery
  • temper

Examples of lancet in the following topics:

  • Painting and Architecture

    • In France, Gothic architecture emerged and was characterized by dramatic flying buttresses, lancet archways, an increased use of stain glass, and elevated heights for civic and religious buildings.
  • Italian Architecture 1200-1400

    • Gothic architecture was developed in France and was characterized by lancet, or pointed, archways used for both windows and doorways.
  • Norman Stained Glass

    • The majority of the windows now visible at Chartres were made and installed between 1205 and 1240; however, four lancets preserve panels of Romanesque glass from the 12th century which survived the fire of 1195.
    • Each bay of the aisles and the choir ambulatory contains one large lancet window, most of them roughly 8.1 meters high by 2.2 meters wide.
    • Whereas the lower windows in the nave arcades and the ambulatory consist of one simple lancet per bay, the clerestory windows are each made up of a pair of lancets with a plate-traceried rose window above.
  • Renaissance Architecture in Venice

    • Venetian Gothic architecture is a term given to a Venetian building style combining use of the Gothic lancet arch with Byzantine and Ottoman influences.
  • Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)

    • A study published in The Lancet in 2007 found a link between children's ingestion of many commonly used artificial food colors, the preservative sodium benzoate and hyperactivity.
  • Architecture

    • It is typified by the simplicity of its vaults and tracery, the use of lancet windows and smaller amounts of sculptural decoration than either Romanesque or later varieties of Gothic.
  • Gothic Cathedrals

    • The way in which the pointed arch was drafted and utilized developed throughout the Gothic period, and four popular styles emerged: the Lancet arch, the Equilateral arch, the Flamboyant arch, and the Depressed arch.
  • English Gothic Architecture

    • The most significant characteristic development of the Early English period was the pointed arch known as the lancet.
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