A style of European architecture prevalent during the 9th-12th-centuries boasting round arches and barrel vaults influenced by Roman architecture and known for heavy stone construction.
Art and architecture in Europe between the tenth century and twelfth century. In architecture, the Romanesque generally used round arches and heavy construction. In painting and sculpture, it is typified by expressionistic distortion of natural form.
The prevailing architectural style, 8-12th cent.; massive masonry, round arches, small windows, groin-and barrel-vault.
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
style of architecture which preceded Gothic in Western Europe, characterised by round arches and simple ground plan
A European style developed in France in the late eleventh century. Its sculpture is ornamental, stylized and complex. Some Romanesque frescoes survive, painted in a monumental, active manner.
A style of architecture and art dominant in Europe from the 9th to the 12th century. Romanesque architecture, based on ancient Roman precedents, emphasizes the round arch and barrel vault.
Originally a Medieval style that uses the Roman round arch and very thick walls.
A style of European architecture containing both Roman and Byzantine elements, prevalent especially in the 11th and 12th centuries and characterized by thick walls, barrel vaults, and relatively unrefined ornamentation.
Architectural style of the Saxon period with round arches (More...)
A style developed in western and southern Europe after 1000 characterized by heavy masonry and the use of the round arch, barrel and groin vaults, narrow openings, and the vaulting rib, the vaulting shaft, and central and western towers.