lancet

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.