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Mural in a lunette in the Thomas Jefferson Building of the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. A lunette (French lunette, 'little moon') is a crescent- or half-moon–shaped or semi-circular architectural space or feature, variously filled with sculpture, painted, glazed, filled with recessed masonry, or void. A lunette may also be segmental ...
In fortification, a lunette was originally an outwork of half-moon shape; later it became a redan with short flanks, in trace somewhat resembling a bastion standing by itself without curtains on either side.
Flower quality: Once the flowers arrived, we arranged them (if needed) and took note of the flower quality. We considered whether the bouquet looked like the product photos, if there were any ...
A fanlight is a form of lunette window, often semicircular or semi-elliptical in shape, with glazing bars or tracery sets radiating out like an open fan. [1] It is placed over another window or a doorway, [2] [3] and is sometimes hinged to a transom. The bars in the fixed glazed window spread out in the manner of a sunburst.
Janus-like, her head has two faces shown in profile. Her youthful feminine face looks forward into a mirror. This is an allegory of wisdom and knowledge of the present. The backward-facing visage of the old man peers into a past for sound judgment predicated on experience. [5] His view is enhanced by the flaming torch held by a putto depicting ...
In almost every shot of Netflix's romantic period drama "Bridgerton," viewers can find one thing: flowers. Taking a deeper look at their placement, style and colors can reveal a story within the ...
The tympanums are carved with both religious and secular images, showing the head of Christ on one side and an eagle on the other. This shows how even without the inscription, Gothic tympanums still served to set a mindset for people who enter, reminding the (religiously diverse in the case of Spain) population of the importance of Christianity ...
The lunette, containing the consecrated Host, is placed in the centre of a vessel known as a monstrance, or ostensory, which can be mounted or carried within the church. The lunette is often kept in another object, sometimes called a lunette or lunula case, which is usually a round box often on a small stand, serving to hold the Host upright. [3]