Lesene

A lesene, also called a pilaster strip,[1] is an architectural term for a narrow, low-relief, vertical pillar in a wall. It resembles a pilaster, but does not have a base or capital.[2] It is typical in Lombardic and Rijnlandish architectural building styles.[3]

Lesenes, corner lesenes and arch frieze on the tower of Old St. Martin, Kaarst

Function

Lesenes are used in architecture to vertically divide a facade or other wall surface optically, albeit—unlike pilasters—without a base or capital. Their function is ornamental, not just to decorate the plain surface of a wall but, in the case of corner lesenes, to emphasise the edges of a building.

gollark: Or they'd think it was God weeding out the unworthy and want to go to prove themselves.
gollark: (until they get horrible cancer and/or radiation poisoning; I don't know if it would be bad or immediate enough that people would form the connection)
gollark: Eventually people forget the exact details and schisms occur and whatever and people go around visiting it to pray or something.
gollark: Imagine your religion made the radioactive waste a sacred holy site which nobody was ever meant to go to or something.
gollark: It distorts things over time, though.

References

  1. Glossary of Medieval Art and Architecture
  2. Curl, James Stevens (2006). Oxford Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture, 2nd ed., OUP, Oxford and New York, p. 442. ISBN 978-0-19-860678-9.
  3. Mulder, Koen (2016). Het Zinderend Oppervlak [The Thrilling Surface] (in Dutch) (2nd ed.) (published January 2016). p. 157. ISBN 978-90-824668-0-5.
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