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  2. Flamboyant - Wikipedia

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    The flamboyant tracery designs are the most characteristic feature of the Flamboyant style. [58] They appeared in the stone mullions , the framework of windows, particularly in the great rose windows of the period, and in complex, pointed, blind arcades and arched gables that were stacked atop one another, and which often covered the entire ...

  3. List of art techniques - Wikipedia

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    Types of art techniques There is no exact definition of what constitutes art. Artists have explored many styles and have used many different techniques to create art. Artists have explored many styles and have used many different techniques to create art.

  4. Pointed arch - Wikipedia

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    Pointed arches form the rib vaults of Worcester Cathedral (1084–1504). A pointed arch, ogival arch, or Gothic arch is an arch with a pointed crown meet at an angle at the top of the arch. [1]

  5. Medieval architecture - Wikipedia

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    Medieval architecture was the art and science of designing and constructing buildings in the Middle Ages. The major styles of the period included pre-Romanesque , Romanesque , and Gothic . In the fifteenth century, architects began to favour classical forms again, in the Renaissance style , marking the end of the medieval period.

  6. Plateresque - Wikipedia

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    Typical Plateresque façades, like those of altarpieces, were made as carefully as if they were the works of goldsmiths, and decorated as profusely.The decoration, although of various inspirations, was mainly of plant motifs, but also had a profusion of medallions, heraldic devices and animal figures, among others.

  7. Perpendicular Gothic - Wikipedia

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    King's College Chapel, Cambridge, Great East Window (four-centred arch, straight mullions and transoms) The chancel of Gloucester Cathedral (c. 1337–1357). Perpendicular Gothic (also Perpendicular, Rectilinear, or Third Pointed) architecture was the third and final style of English Gothic architecture developed in the Kingdom of England during the Late Middle Ages, typified by large windows ...

  8. Gothic architecture - Wikipedia

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    Complex vaults with Flamboyant shapes in the ribs, particularly in Spain and Central Europe, but rare in France; Many rose windows built with Flamboyant tracery, many in France. Large windows of several lights with Flamboyant tracery in the arch; The Flamboyant arch, drafted from four centres, used for smaller openings, e.g. doorways and niches.

  9. Axonometric projection - Wikipedia

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    Classification of Axonometric projection and some 3D projections "Axonometry" means "to measure along the axes". In German literature, axonometry is based on Pohlke's theorem, such that the scope of axonometric projection could encompass every type of parallel projection, including not only orthographic projection (and multiview projection), but also oblique projection.