Lesene

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Low-relief architectural element

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::summary Low-relief architectural element ::

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/56/Lisene1.jpg" caption="Lesenes and [[Lombard band]] (mini-arches), Old St. Martin, [[Kaarst"] ::

A lesene, also called a pilaster strip, is an architectural term for a narrow, low-relief vertical pillar on a wall. It resembles a pilaster, but does not have a base or capital. It is typical in Lombardic and Rijnlandish architectural building styles.

Function

Lesenes are used in architecture to vertically divide a façade or other wall surface optically. However, unlike pilasters, lesenes are simpler, having no bases or capitals. Their function is ornamental, not just to decorate the plain surface of a wall but, in the case of corner lesenes (at the edges of a façade), to emphasise the edges of a building.

Gallery

File:Lisene2.jpg| Lesenes and Lombard band (arches) on a chapel File:Lisene-Ravenna.jpg|Lesenes forming blind arcades, Mausoleum of Galla Placidia, Ravenna (); dentils under the eaves. File:Gernrode-Lisene.jpg|Lesene on the staircase tower, Gernrode collegiate church (pre-1000) File:Maria Laach.jpg|Lesenes on the Maria Laach Abbey (1156) File:Saxon tower - geograph.org.uk - 570499.jpg|Lesenes on the tower of All Saints' Church, Earls Barton (late 10th century)

File:Smithsons photo Robin hood gardens London UK 2005-07-21.jpg|Robin Hood Gardens, London: lesene-shaped formation on the supporting wall in the Plattenbau style File:Hamburg.Chilehaus.Fassade.standard.wmt.jpg|Lesenes at Chile House, Hamburg File:2022-12-29 St. Ludgerus 04.jpg|Lesenes on the Ludgerus Church in Bottrop, North Rhine-Westphalia

References

References

  1. [http://www.pitt.edu/~medart/menuglossary/ Glossary of Medieval Art and Architecture]
  2. Curl, James Stevens (2006). ''Oxford Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture'', 2nd ed., OUP, Oxford and New York, p. 442. {{ISBN. 978-0-19-860678-9.
  3. (2016). "Het Zinderend Oppervlak". Koen Mulder architect & bouwtechnoloog.

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