MEDIEVAL ARCHITECTURE
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MEDIEVAL ARCHITECTURE. ROMANESQUE STYLE. Main characteristics. Latin cross design Round arches Massive stone walls Enormous piers or pillars Great thick columns Small windows Gloomy interiors Simple ornamentation
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MEDIEVAL ARCHITECTURE ROMANESQUE STYLE
Maincharacteristics • Latincrossdesign • Round arches • Massivestonewalls • Enormouspiersorpillars • Great thickcolumns • Small windows • Gloomyinteriors • Simple ornamentation • Interior stonesculpturedepictingscenesfromtheOld and New Testament
Mostimportantexamples • Monasteries • Churches • Houses of the Cluny ecclesiasticalorder
Great columns in the nave of Gloucester cathedral. England.12th century
Norman columns in the ambulatory of St Bartholomew's (1123), London
Maincharacteristics • Latincrossdesign • Pointedarch • Ribbedvaulting • Flyingbutresses • Rose windows • Elaboratedfacades • Multiplecolumns • Gargoyles • Stainedglass (vitreaux) • TheVirgin Mary plays a prominent place in sculpture and satinedglass