Crowning

Broken gable as a segmental arch-shaped door or window crown from the period of historicism

A crown , also known as an ornamental gable, is the upper limit of a component in the fine arts and architecture . In particular, a decorative structure there or an ornament is addressed.

to form

There are, for example, portal crowns , door crowns and window crowns . A protruding component in a wall or facade is also referred to as a roof . A common motif can be the decorative shape of a gable . Crowns as ornamental gables can take up all shapes that are also used in building gables (for example triangular gable , segmented gable , split gable , volute gable ). Other examples of crowning in buildings are eyelashes , canopies , front tiles or pinnacles . A framed picture or ornament as Türbekrönung is also called Supraporte referred.

history

Crowns played an important role in 19th century architectural theory. In the German-speaking world, publications by Karl Bötticher (1806–1889) and Gottfried Semper (1803–1879) are particularly influential.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} after Pevsner, Fleming, Honor: Lexikon der Weltarchitektur , 3rd edition, Prestel, Munich 1992, Lemma Bekrönung
2. ^ ^{A b c} after Günther Wasmuth (ed.): Wasmuths Lexikon der Baukunst , Berlin 1931, Lemma crowning