Sunburst

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.[1] 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.

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 and military decorations.

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.

Badges

The sunburst was the badge of king Edward III of England, and has thus become the badge of office of Windsor Herald.

Gallery

A traditional "solar" monstrance
Baroque sunburst crown on a Spanish statue of the Virgin Mary
Sunburst chart representing disk usage in a file system
War flag of the Imperial Japanese Army (army's version of the Rising Sun Flag)
Blue Sky with a White Sun, flag of the Chinese Nationalist Party
The Star of India, official emblem of British India
Terra cotta sunburst art deco design in gold at the Eastern Columbia Building in Los Angeles
Bottom of stairs, Burbank City Hall, Burbank, California
Chrysler Building top
Traditional Irish sunburst flag, used since the 18th century and associated with the mythical warriors, the Fianna
Modern sunburst flag, used by Irish nationalist groups

Footnotes

The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language (2004). "sunburst" (Fourth ed.). Houghton Mifflin Company. Retrieved 2008-01-17.

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[1] The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language (2004). "sunburst" (Fourth ed.). Houghton Mifflin Company. Retrieved 2008-01-17.