lunette window

The cartoon lettering of “GUILD HOUSE”, the squat, thick column of polished granite that bisects the recessed entrance, the chain-link fencing on the balconies, the elongated lunette window beneath the flat roof: these are the details that create drama and surprise in otherwise “normal” contexts.

The gray-and-white marble bathroom features the lunette window and a sloping ceiling.

A lunette window near the ceiling splashed the canvas with light at an angle similar to that of the implicit light source in Caravaggio’s composition.

Behind them, the lunette window under the roof opened again, and a woman's face, framed in black, touzled hair, looked out, grinned and disappeared.