Romanesque
Round-arched medieval style
Romanesque describes the style of European architecture and art that flourished from roughly the 10th to 12th centuries, characterized by thick walls, round arches, sturdy pillars, and barrel vaults.
The style preceded Gothic architecture and drew on Roman building traditions—hence the name.
The cathedral's Romanesque facade features heavy stonework and semicircular arches.
The term extends to sculpture and painting of the same period.
Bishop's principal church
- basilicaColonnaded church with apse
- abbeyMonastic house of worship
- naveChurch's main interior
- transeptChurch's lateral wing
apse · choir · ambulatory · crypt · vault · portal · tympanum · colonnade
Sound-receiving ear membrane
- carvingShaping by cutting away
- reliefEasing of distress
- capitalWealth used for investment
- friezeOrnamental architectural band
bestiary · grotesque · chimera · biblical · apostles · Christ · zodiac · labors
Religious seclusion dwelling
- abbeyMonastic house of worship
- prioryLesser monastic house
- scriptoriumMonastery manuscript workshop
- chapterDivision of a book
refectory · dormitory · cloister · garth · benedictine · pilgrimage · relic · devotion
Curved spanning structure
- barrelHooped cylindrical vessel
- groinHip-thigh junction
- semicircularForming half a circle
- roundedHaving no sharp angles
arcade · keystone · springer · relieving · blind · recessed · chevron · zigzag
Inlaid pictorial arrangement
- frescoWet plaster painting technique
- muralWall-applied artwork
- illuminationProvision of light
- manuscriptOriginal text before publication
tapestry · enamel · metalwork · reliquary · chalice · crucifix · gilt · ivory
Precision-cut building stone
- limestoneCarbonate sedimentary rock
- sandstoneCemented grain sediment
- graniteIgneous rock, quartz-rich
- rubbleBroken building fragments
coursed · dressed · mortar · quarry · hewn · rusticated · pillar · column
1066 England conqueror
- LombardNorthern Italian regional native
- CatalanIberian Romance language
- TuscanOf a central Italian region
- BurgundianOf a French region
cathedral
Bishop's principal church
transept · apse · choir · ambulatory · crypt · vault · portal · tympanum · colonnade · buttress
tympanum
Sound-receiving ear membrane
frieze · bestiary · grotesque · chimera · biblical · apostles · Christ · zodiac · labors · monstrous
monastery
Religious seclusion dwelling
- abbeyMonastic house of worship
- prioryLesser monastic house
- scriptoriumMonastery manuscript workshop
chapter · refectory · dormitory · cloister · garth · benedictine · pilgrimage · relic · devotion · liturgy
arch
Curved spanning structure
- barrelHooped cylindrical vessel
- groinHip-thigh junction
- semicircularForming half a circle
rounded · arcade · keystone · springer · relieving · blind · recessed · chevron · zigzag · billet
mosaic
Inlaid pictorial arrangement
- frescoWet plaster painting technique
- muralWall-applied artwork
- illuminationProvision of light
manuscript · tapestry · enamel · metalwork · reliquary · chalice · crucifix · gilt · ivory · polychrome
ashlar
Precision-cut building stone
rubble · coursed · dressed · mortar · quarry · hewn · rusticated · pillar · column · pier
Norman
1066 England conqueror
- architectureEiffel Tower, buildings, architects, design, thatching
- art stylesimpressionism, surrealism, cubism, realism, pop art
- Medieval Europekings, queens, knights, castles, castle
- Building Adjectivesangular, arched, columned, domed, vaulted
- columnspillar, column, pillars, shaft, shafts
- CataloniaBarcelona, Girona, Tarragona, Catalan, independence movement
RomanesqueFrench Gothic
Ribbed vaults, rose windows
Gothic architecture · perpendicular style · Byzantine · Baroque · Renaissance
Romanesqueskeletal
Of or like bones
soaring · delicate · light-filled · airy · verticality
RomanesqueModernism
Break from traditional forms
International Style · contemporary · avant-garde · Enlightenment · secular
romantic, romance, romances, Roman, romancing, Romance, Romania, romanticize, romanticism