The architecture of Europe from roughly the year 1000 to the mid twelfth century: round arches, massive walls, small windows and barrel or groin vaults carried on heavy piers, in monastic churches and pilgrimage basilicas across France, Spain, Italy, Germany and Norman England. Its weight and darkness are exactly what the Gothic system was invented to overcome.
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PeriodThe same source gives both an 11th-to-13th-century range and an 11th-and-12th-century range for Romanesque; 1000 to 1200 is used here as the more commonly cited window. Origin Region Connections
Associated With
Source Wikipedia
Additional Source Barrel Vault (Wikipedia)
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Additional Source Buttress (Wikipedia)
Influenced
Gothic grew directly out of Romanesque building, replacing its round arches and mass with point loads and glass.
Source Sir Banister Fletcher's A History of ArchitectureBanister Fletcher, edited by Dan Cruickshank (20th edition)
Norman architecture is the English and Norman regional variant of Romanesque architecture.
The 19th century revival is directly modeled on Romanesque massing and round-arch forms.
Influenced By
Romanesque massing and towers develop from Ottonian precedent.
Notable Examples
Source Wikidata: Alcazar of Segovia
Source Anheuser-Busch Brewery (Wikipedia)
Source Belhurst Castle (Wikipedia)
Source Bishop's Palace, Kirkwall (Wikipedia)
Source Castello Bufalini (Wikipedia)
Source Castello di Roccascalegna (Wikidata)
Source Wikipedia: Church of the Holy Sepulchre
Source Galata Tower, Wikipedia
Source Guinigi Tower (Wikipedia)
Source Highland Spring Brewery Bottling and Storage Buildings (Wikipedia)
Source Wikipedia: Leaning Tower of Pisa
Source Minnesota Veterans Home (Wikipedia)
Source Oakland Public School (Wikipedia)
Source Siena Cathedral (Wikipedia)
The largest surviving Romanesque church in the world.
Source Wikipedia: Spis Castle
Source Torba Abbey (Wikipedia)
The White Tower, the castles Norman keep, is a key example of early Romanesque military architecture in England.
Source Wawel Castle - Wikipedia
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Source Sir Banister Fletcher's A History of ArchitectureBanister Fletcher, edited by Dan Cruickshank (20th edition)
Sources
1. Sir Banister Fletcher's A History of Architecture
Banister Fletcher, edited by Dan Cruickshank (20th edition), Architectural Press, 1996
2. Wikipedia
Wikimedia FoundationLead sectionQuote, Lead section
it describes the architectural style which flourished across Europe from the 11th to the 13th century, and is distinguished from the Gothic style that followed
Encyclopedia Britannica
Encyclopedia Britannica, Inc.britannica.com/art/Romanesque-architecture, lead definitionQuote, britannica.com/art/Romanesque-architecture, lead definition
Romanesque architecture, architectural style current in Europe from about the mid-11th century to the advent of Gothic architecture.
Wikipedia: Church of the Holy Sepulchre
WikipediaNotable Examples: Church of the Holy Sepulchre, infobox architectural_style field: Paleochristian, RomanesqueView the Source Galata Tower, Wikipedia
Notable Examples: Galata Tower, infobox architectural_style field: RomanesqueView the Source Siena Cathedral (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationNotable Examples: Siena Cathedral, infobox architectural_style field: Italian Gothic, Romanesque, ClassicalView the Source Bishop's Palace, Kirkwall (Wikipedia)
Notable Examples: Bishop's Palace, Kirkwall, infobox architectural_style field: Romanesque, GothicView the Source Wikipedia: Spis Castle
Notable Examples: Spis Castle, Article bodyQuote, Notable Examples: Spis Castle, Article body
Originally a Romanesque stone castle with fortifications, a two-story Romanesque palace and a three-nave Romanesque-Gothic basilica were constructed by the second half of the thirteenth century.
Anheuser-Busch Brewery (Wikipedia)
Notable Examples: Anheuser-Busch Brewery, Infobox: architectureQuote, Notable Examples: Anheuser-Busch Brewery, Infobox: architecture
Romanesque
Highland Spring Brewery Bottling and Storage Buildings (Wikipedia)
Notable Examples: Highland Spring Brewery Bottling and Storage Buildings, Infobox: architectureQuote, Notable Examples: Highland Spring Brewery Bottling and Storage Buildings, Infobox: architecture
Colonial Revival, Romanesque
Belhurst Castle (Wikipedia)
Notable Examples: Belhurst Castle, Infobox: architectureQuote, Notable Examples: Belhurst Castle, Infobox: architecture
Romanesque, Richardsonian Romanesque
Minnesota Veterans Home (Wikipedia)
Notable Examples: Minnesota Veterans Home, Infobox: architectureQuote, Notable Examples: Minnesota Veterans Home, Infobox: architecture
Classical Revival, Art Deco, Romanesque
Wawel Castle - Wikipedia
Notable Examples: Wawel Royal Castle, Infobox: architectureQuote, Notable Examples: Wawel Royal Castle, Infobox: architecture
Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance, Early Baroque
Oakland Public School (Wikipedia)
Notable Examples: Oakland Public School, Infobox: architectureQuote, Notable Examples: Oakland Public School, Infobox: architecture
Romanesque
Torba Abbey (Wikipedia)
Notable Examples: Torba Abbey, ChurchQuote, Notable Examples: Torba Abbey, Church
The upper perimeter is decorated with "hanging" or inverted arches in cotto brick, which create an interesting chromatic effect popular in Lombard Romanesque architecture.
Castello Bufalini (Wikipedia)
Notable Examples: Castello Bufalini, Wikipedia categoriesQuote, Notable Examples: Castello Bufalini, Wikipedia categories
Category:Romanesque architecture in Umbria
Wikipedia: Leaning Tower of Pisa
WikipediaNotable Examples: Leaning Tower of Pisa, ConstructionQuote, Notable Examples: Leaning Tower of Pisa, Construction
It was built by Tommaso di Andrea Pisano, who succeeded in harmonizing the Gothic elements of the belfry with the Romanesque style of the tower.
Guinigi Tower (Wikipedia)
Notable Examples: Guinigi Tower, Lead sectionQuote, Notable Examples: Guinigi Tower, Lead section
It is a typical example of local Romanesque-Gothic architecture.
Wikidata: Alcazar of Segovia
Notable Examples: Alcazar of Segovia, Wikidata P149Quote, Notable Examples: Alcazar of Segovia, Wikidata P149
architectural style: Romanesque architecture
Castello di Roccascalegna (Wikidata)
Wikimedia FoundationNotable Examples: Castello di Roccascalegna, Wikidata P149Quote, Notable Examples: Castello di Roccascalegna, Wikidata P149
architectural style: Romanesque architecture
Barrel Vault (Wikipedia)
Buttress (Wikipedia)
Romanesque architecture (Wikipedia)
In Group: Medieval Styles of Europe, Lead paragraphQuote, In Group: Medieval Styles of Europe, Lead paragraph
Romanesque architecture is an architectural style of medieval Europe that was predominant in the 11th and 12th centuries.
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