trabeation - In architecture, a beam or lintel. tracer - A
chasing tool. Also see ciselet. tracery - In architecture,
branching, ornamental stonework, generally in a window, where it
supports the glass. Tracery is particularly characteristic of
Gothic architecture. France, Rose Window of the Cathedral of
Notre Dame of Paris, interior view. This exterior view displays
the fine stone tracery. Work on this cathedral began in 1163 and
was completed 1345. See architecture and rose window. Also see
bar tracery, fenestration, flamboyant, foil, quatrefoil, and
stained glass. tracing and tracing paper - Making a drawing by
referring to an image visible underneath it. Tracing paper is
made translucent for this purpose. While artists sometimes use
tracing simply as a means of copying another image, and often
their own image, they use it best to improve upon images.
Examples of drawings on tracing paper: Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
(German, 1886-1969), Friedrichstrasse Skyscraper, Berlin-Mitte,
Germany, a project in 1921, t