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Rayonnant
Rayonnant Ray"on*nant, a. [F.] (Her.) Darting forth rays, as the sun when it shines out.

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- In French Gothic architecture, the Rayonnant (French pronunciation: [ʁɛjɔnɑ̃]) style is the third of the four phases of Gothic architecture in France...
- choir (1210–1250) Rayonnant: west front of Strasbourg Cathedral (1277–1490) Rayonnant: Sainte-Chapelle upper level (1238-1248) Rayonnant – angel's choir...
- open spandrels above the lights into a variety of decorative shapes. Rayonnant style (c. 1230–c. 1350) was enabled by the development of bar tracery...
- parts of Amiens Cathedral, have to be subsumed to High Gothic. Gothique rayonnant (Shining Gothic), from the second third of 13th century to the first half...
- master-builder Pierre de Montreuil rebuilt the nave and the transepts in the new Rayonnant Gothic style. The abbey church became a cathedral on the formation of...
- Rayonnant rose window in Notre Dame de Paris. In Gothic architecture, light was considered "the source and actual essence of all that is beautiful", which...
- León Cathedral, an example of Rayonnant Gothic, completed in three phases during the 13th–15th centuries...
- Rayonnant Gothic and Flamboyant Gothic. Therefore, in French terms, a few first examples of High Gothic are classic, but most examples are Rayonnant....
- and is also utilised with specific reference to Our Lady of the Rosary. Rayonnant Gothic: The rose windows are divided by mullions radiating from a central...
- (early 16th century). Reims Cathedral, Rayonnant north transept rose window (1211–1345) Notre Dame de Paris, Rayonnant north transept window (about 1250)...