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Romanesque architecture is an architectural style of medieval Europe that was predominant in the 11th and 12th centuries. [1] The style eventually developed into the Gothic style with the shape of the arches providing a simple distinction: the Romanesque is characterized by semicircular arches, while the Gothic is marked by the pointed arches ...
The "Morgan Leaf", detached from the Winchester Bible of 1160–75. Scenes from the life of David. Romanesque art is the art of Europe from approximately 1000 AD to the rise of the Gothic style in the 12th century, or later depending on region. The preceding period is known as the Pre-Romanesque period. The term was invented by 19th-century art ...
Romanesque secular and domestic architecture. Medieval buildings surrounding the Piazza della Cisterna in San Gimignano include a Romanesque building with an automated telling machine set into its portal. Romanesque architecture is an architectural style of medieval Europe characterised by semi-circular arches.
List of regional characteristics of Romanesque churches. France, Saint-Front, Périgueux. Romanesque is the architecture of Europe which emerged in the late 10th century and evolved into Gothic architecture during the 12th century. The Romanesque style in England is more traditionally referred to as Norman architecture.
St. Longin's Rotunda in Prague. Rotunda of the Finding of the Holy Cross in Prague. St. George's Basilica, Prague (Bazilika svatého Jiří, Praha) St. Bartholomew's Church in Prague-Kyje. St. George's Rotunda on Říp. Castle and rotunda in Týnec nad Sázavou. St. Peter and Paul (Petr a Pavel) Church in Poříčí nad Sázavou.
France. Romanesque architecture appeared in France at the end of the 10th century, with the development of feudal society and the rise and spread of monastic orders, particularly the Benedictines, which built many important abbeys and monasteries in the style. It continued to dominate religious architecture until the appearance of French Gothic ...
Richardsonian Romanesque is a style of Romanesque Revival architecture named after the American architect Henry Hobson Richardson (1838–1886). The revival style incorporates 11th- and 12th-century southern French, Spanish, and Italian Romanesque characteristics. Richardson first used elements of the style in his Richardson Olmsted Complex in ...
Romanesque art, the art of Western Europe from approximately AD 1000 to the 13th century or later. Romanesque Revival architecture, an architectural style which started in the mid-19th century, inspired by the original Romanesque architecture. Richardsonian Romanesque, a style of Romanesque Revival architecture named for an American architect.