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Meanings of Romanesque in English

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arquitetura romântica

A style of architecture developed in Italy and western Europe between the Roman and the Gothic styles after 1000 AD; characterized by round arches and vaults and by the substitution of piers for columns and profuse ornament and arcades.

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        Yet it is in this province that the Romanesque is best studied.
        Cathedrals and Cloisters of the South of France, Volume 1
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        This was Cadouin, and in the centre stood its venerable Romanesque church.
        Two Summers in Guyenne: A Chronicle of the Wayside and Waterside
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        The style of the edifice is Romanesque with a genuine Lombardic tower.
        The New England Magazine, Volume 1, No. 2, February, 1886. / The...
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        The shape of his head was perfectly Western, perfectly and typically Romanesque.
        The Illustrious Prince
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        Then again, late Gothic architecture has been grafted upon the early Romanesque.
        Wanderings by Southern Waters, Eastern Aquitaine
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        The Gothic style formed a natural development of the Romanesque style.
        Early European History
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        Instead stone, wood, and glass assembled in a miraculous union-partgothic, part Romanesque.
        The charlemagne pursuit
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        The apse and transept are Romanesque, but the nave is Gothic.
        Wanderings by Southern Waters, Eastern Aquitaine
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        Architecturally, then, bear in mind, it is in part Romanesque, passing into Gothic.
        Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume 3 / France and the Net...
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        Begun in 1200, the building is a masterful combination of Romanesque and Gothic.
        The South African
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        Ribbed vaulting made possible higher ceilings, spanning wider areas, than in Romanesque churches.
        Early European History
        12
        At St Menoux, Ebreuil and Gannat there are fine Romanesque churches.
        The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia, Volume 1 of 28
        13
        Coutances and Bayeux are interesting, but Caen is a Romanesque Mecca.
        Mont-Saint-Michel and Chartres
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        Beaucaire castle is now in ruins, but the Romanesque chapel remains in tolerable condition.
        In Troubadour-Land: A Ramble in Provence and Languedoc
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        It is built of white marble, in the Romanesque style.
        Lights and Shadows of New York Life / or, the Sights and Sensati...
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        The arch of the door is Gothic, but all the other work is Romanesque.
        Wanderings by Southern Waters, Eastern Aquitaine
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