rose window

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An untitled 2006 work by Scottish artist Richard Wright is a secular re-imagining of an ecclesiastical rose window.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 21, 2024

As a boy he had stood in awe of the High Gothic cathedral, its massive rose window, its imposing gallery of kings.

From New York Times • Dec. 27, 2022

The fugitives entered and left the attic through a rose window, usually under the cover of darkness.

From Reuters • May 4, 2022

The older building, with its giant rose window, arched entrance and robust dome, harks back to the Pantheon in Rome, and is more obviously religious or sacred in its architectural profile.

From Washington Post • Feb. 25, 2022

The tracery of the rose window for the front of the cathedral was carefully cut according to the plans.

From "Cathedral: The Story of Its Construction" by David Macaulay