rose window

Examples of rose window in the following topics:

• Norman Stained Glass

  • Most of the magnificent stained glass of France, however, including the famous windows of Chartres, date from the 13th century, as far fewer large windows remain intact from the 12th century.
  • 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.
  • The also cathedral has three large rose windows: the western rose, the north transept rose, and the south transept rose.
  • The Ascension window, toward the western end of the south aisle of the nave, has been dated to 1120, making it one of the oldest extant stained glass windows in France.
  • The Cathedral at Chartres contains there rose windows from the 13th century, including this south transept rose window.

• Gothic Architecture: The Abbey Church of Saint Denis

  • To achieve his aims, Suger's masons drew on the new elements that had evolved or been introduced to Romanesque architecture: the pointed arch, the ribbed vault, the ambulatory with radiating chapels, the clustered columns supporting ribs springing in different directions, and the flying buttresses, which enabled the insertion of large clerestory windows.
  • The dark Romanesque nave, with its thick walls and small window openings, was rebuilt using the latest techniques, in what is now known as Gothic.
  • Solid masonry was replaced with vast window openings filled with brilliant stained glass and interrupted only by the most slender of bar tracery—not only in the clerestory but also, perhaps for the first time, in the normally dark triforium level.
  • The upper facades of the two much-enlarged transepts were filled with two spectacular rose windows.

• Characteristics of Romanesque Architecture

  • Ocular windows are common in Italy, particularly in the facade gable, and are also seen in Germany.
  • Later Romanesque churches may have wheel windows or rose windows with plate tracery.
  • The Collegiate Church of Nivelles, Belgium uses fine shafts of Belgian marble to define alternating blind openings and windows.
  • Upper windows are similarly separated into two openings by colonettes.
  • Characteristics of Romaesque architecture include the ocular window and the pairing of two arched windows or arcade openings within a larger arch, both of which seen here at the Abbey Church of St.

• Graphic Arts

  • Gothic architecture greatly increased the amount of glass in large buildings, partly to allow for wide expanses of glass, as in rose windows.

• Properties of Quartz and Glass

  • The most familiar type of glass, used for centuries in windows and drinking vessels, is soda-lime glass, composed of about 75% silica (SiO2) with the addition of sodium oxide (Na2O) from soda ash, lime (CaO), and several minor additives.
  • Common colored varieties include citrine, rose quartz , amethyst, smoky quartz, and milky quartz.

• Chicago School of Architecture

  • The "Chicago window" originated in this school.
  • It is a three-part window consisting of a large fixed center panel flanked by two smaller double-hung sash windows.
  • The arrangement of windows on the facade typically creates a grid pattern, with some projecting out from the facade forming bay windows.
  • These windows were often deployed in bays, known as oriel windows, that projected out over the street.
  • This steel frame building displays both variations of the Chicago window, its facade is dominated by the window area (limiting decorative embellishments) and it is capped with a cornice, elements which are all typical of the Chicago School.

• Window of Opportunity

  • In corporate finance, a "window of opportunity" is the time when an asset or product which is unattainable will become available.
  • In corporate finance, a "window of opportunity" basically is the idea of a time when an asset or product that is unattainable will become available.
  • Therefore, the IPO presents a window of opportunity to the potential investor to get in on the new equity while it is still affordable and a greater return on investment is attainable.

• The New Immigrants on Strike

  • The Lawrence Textile Strike (also referred to as "Bread and Roses") was a strike of immigrant workers in Lawrence, Massachusetts in 1912 led by the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW).
  • When mill owners turned fire hoses on the picketers gathered in front of the mills, they responded by throwing ice at the plants, breaking a number of windows.

• Modern Korean Art

  • Korean paper art includes all manner of handmade paper (hanji), which is used for architectural purposes (such as window screens and floor covering), printing, artwork, the Korean folded arts (such as paper fans and figures), and Korean paper clothing.
  • New art forms, including a kind of impressionism specific to North Korea, rose to complement posters.

• The Discount Rate

  • The Fed makes loans to depository institutions and charges different discount rates for each of discount windows.
  • The discount rate is the interest rate charged to commercial banks and other depository institutions on loans they receive from the Fed's lending facility, the discount window.
  • The Fed offers three discount window programs to depository institutions: primary credit, secondary credit, and seasonal credit, each with its own interest rate.
  • All discount window loans are fully secured.
  • (Because primary credit is the Federal Reserve's main discount window program, the Federal Reserve, at times, uses the term "discount rate" to mean the primary credit rate. ) The discount rate on secondary credit is above the rate on primary credit.