A sunburst is a design or figure commonly used in architectural ornaments and design patterns and possibly pattern books . It consists of rays or "beams" radiating out from a central disk in the manner of sunbeams . Sometimes part of a sunburst, a semicircular or semi-elliptical shape, is used. Traditional sunburst motifs usually show the rays narrowing as they get further from the centre; from the later 19th century they often get wider, as in the Japanese Rising Sun Flag , which is more appropriate in optical terms.
3-463: In architecture, the sunburst is often used in window designs, including fanlights and rose windows , as well as in decorative motifs . The sunburst motif is characteristic of Baroque church metalwork, especially monstrances and votive crowns , and Art Deco and Art Nouveau styles as well as church architecture . A sunburst is frequently used in emblems , military decorations and badges . Sunbursts can appear in photographs when taking
6-459: A picture of the Sun through the diaphragm of a lens set to a narrow aperture due to diffraction ; the effect is often called a sunstar . In information visualization , a sunburst diagram or sunburst chart is a multilevel pie chart used to represent the proportion of different values found at each level in a hierarchy. The sunburst was the badge of king Edward III of England , and has thus become
9-412: The badge of office of Windsor Herald . This architectural element –related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Fanlight A fanlight is a form of lunette window, often semicircular or semi-elliptical in shape, with glazing bars or tracery sets radiating out like an open fan . It is placed over another window or a doorway, and is sometimes hinged to
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