Decorated style


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Decorated style

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a 14th-century style of English architecture characterized by the ogee arch, geometrical tracery, and floral decoration
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Decorated style

(1280–1350)
The second of three phases of English Gothic was characterized by rich decoration and geometric tracery and by the use of multiple ribs in the vaulting. The earliest development was geometric, while the later forms were curvilinear, with complicated rib vaulting and naturalistic carved foliage that displayed a refinement of stonecutting techniques.
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Decorated style

Decorated style
The second of the three phases of English Gothic architecture, from ca. 1280 to after 1350, preceded by Early English style and followed by the Perpendicular style; characterized by rich decoration and tracery, multiple ribs and liernes, and often ogee arches. Its early development is called Geometric; its later, Curvilinear.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Architecture and Construction. Copyright © 2003 by McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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