arched window
Semicircular glass pane
An arched window has a curved top rather than a flat lintel—typically a semicircular or pointed arch.
The style appears in Romanesque, Gothic, and Mediterranean architecture: The church's arched windows flooded the nave with light.
Arched windows may be purely decorative or serve structural purposes, distributing weight around the opening.
- gothicDark, mysterious aesthetic
- leadedContaining heavy metal strips
- stained glassColored window art
- leaded glassPanes joined by solder strips
- cathedralBishop's principal church
alcove · niche · dormer · keystone · masonry · mullion · tracery · cloister · stone · vaulted · curved · pane · light · abbey · chapel · medieval · old world · castle wall
- Gothicgargoyle, gothic fiction, gothic architecture, flying buttress, gothic revival
- campus architecturequad, quadrangle, dormitory, dorm, lecture hall