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Expressionism
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A style at its peak c. 1920, more common on the Continent than in Britain, and seen more often in painting and sculpture than in architecture. At its most extreme it uses jagged or distorted forms, often creating a mood of anguish or unease.
Extrados
Outer curved face of an arch or vault.
Eyecatcher
Decorative building terminating a vista.
Faience
(French): Moulded and fired glazed terracotta (clay ornament or cladding), when coloured or left white.
Fan-vault
A form of vault used after c. 1350, made up of halved concave masonry cones decorated with blind tracery.
Fanlight
A semicircular glazed opening, usually above a door, typical of Georgian architecture; sometimes used by extension for a rectangular glazed opening over a door.
Fascia
Plain horizontal band, e.g. in an architrave, or on a shopfront.
Fenestration
The arrangement of windows in a fa
Feretory
Site of the chief shrine of a church, behind the high altar.
Ferramenta
Metal window grid to which glazing, especially stained glass, is secured.

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