Tracery
Tracery is a device used in architecture by which windows (or screens, panels, and vaults) are divided into different parts by stone bars.[1] It most commonly refers to the stoneworks that support the glass in a window. Tracery can also be found on the inside and outside of buildings.[2]
Tracery Media
Plate tracery, Laon Cathedral, north rose window
Geometrical bar tracery, Ely Cathedral, Lady Chapel, west window
Decorated bar tracery, All Saints Church, Lindfield, east window
Curvilinear bar tracery, Cottingham, East Riding of Yorkshire, parish church
Perpendicular bar tracery, King's College Chapel, Cambridge, great east window
Perpendicular Gothic: King's College Chapel, Cambridge (1446–1544)
References
- ↑ Curl, James Stevens (2015). The Oxford dictionary of architecture. Susan Wilson (Third ed.). New York. ISBN 978-0-19-967498-5. OCLC 907380369.
- ↑ Honour, Hugh (2009). A world history of art : a History. John Fleming (Revised seventh ed.). London. ISBN 978-1-78067-117-8. OCLC 941907107.