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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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- Rayonnant was a very refined style of Gothic Architecture which appeared in France in the 13th century. It was the defining style of the High Gothic period...
- choir (1210–1250) Rayonnant: west front of Strasbourg Cathedral (1277–1490) Rayonnant: Sainte-Chapelle upper level (1238-1248) Rayonnant – angel's choir...
- (early 16th century). Reims Cathedral, Rayonnant north transept rose window (1211–1345) Notre Dame de Paris, Rayonnant north transept window (about 1250)...
- 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...
- the mid-13th century, when the transepts were remodelled in the latest Rayonnant style; in the late 1240s Jean de C****es added a gabled portal to the...
- western parts of Amiens Cathedral, are included in High Gothic. Gothique rayonnant (Shining Gothic), from the second third of 13th century to the first half...
- Lo Mavéli (Lö Mahavéli) or Le Volcan rayonnant (The radiant volcano), the unofficial flag of Réunion, used officially from 2003 by various local authorities...
- The Sainte-Chapelle is considered among the highest achievements of the Rayonnant period of Gothic architecture. It was commissioned by King Louis IX of...
- 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...
- clothing became more realistic. Historians later gave the period the name Rayonnant. Important early examples include the west rose window of Notre-Dame de...