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A roof lantern is a daylighting architectural element. Architectural lanterns are part of a larger roof and provide natural light into the space or room...

of architectural genius at Ely Cathedral" according to architectural historian Nikolaus Pevsner. A tower over the crossing may be called a lantern tower...

device used to illuminate broad areas. Lantern or Lanterns may also refer to: Roof lantern, an architectural term to describe a structure above a dome, or...

the lower inner dome β Height up to the upper dome ceiling (excl. lantern) Architecture portal List of largest domes List of Roman domes "Basilica of Our...

In architecture, the lantern tower is a tall construction above the junction of the four arms of a cruciform (cross-shaped) church, with openings through...

John Stewart, one of the characters known as Green Lantern, is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. The character was...

Rodwell, Warwick (2010). The Lantern Tower of Westminster Abbey, 1060-2010: Reconstructing its History and Architecture. Havertown: Oxbow Books. ISBN 978-1-84217-761-7...

enter, is called a lantern (Italian: lanterna). "cupola". Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary. Merriam-Webster. "Glossary of Architectural Terms - C". Archiseek:...

Raise the Red Lantern is a 1991 Chinese period drama film directed by Zhang Yimou and starring Gong Li. It is an adaptation by Ni Zhen [zh] of the 1990...

Lanterns of the Dead (French: Lanternes des morts; Polish: Latarnia umarłych) are small stone towers found chiefly in Austria, France, Germany, Northern...

Romanesque architecture is an architectural style of medieval Europe that was predominant in the 11th and 12th centuries. The style eventually developed...

Stone lanterns (灯籠/灯篭/灯楼, Chinese: dēnglóng; Japanese: tōrō, meaning 'light basket', 'light tower') are a type of traditional East Asian lantern made of...

Roof lantern Säteri roof Wikimedia Commons has media related to Monitor (architecture). Ching, Francis D.K. (2012). A Visual Dictionary of Architecture (2nd ed...

requirements and decorated. A variant in domes and crowning vaults is a lantern. A portion of the arch surrounding the keystone is called a crown. Keystones...

references on Islamic architecture often refer to this architectural tradition in terms such as architecture of the Islamic West or architecture of the Western...

dome or roof lantern on top of the ribbed vault. While intersecting pairs of ribs from the main decorative feature of Seljuk architecture, the ribs were...

was to be surmounted by a lantern with its own small dome but otherwise very similar in form to the Early Renaissance lantern of Florence Cathedral designed...

In architecture, a transom is a transverse horizontal structural beam or bar, or a crosspiece separating a door from a window above it. This contrasts...

Stylistically, Renaissance architecture followed Gothic architecture and was succeeded by Baroque architecture and neoclassical architecture. Developed first in...

multiple balconies along the tower's shaft. The summit often finishes in a lantern-like structure and/or a small dome, conical roof, or curving stone cap...