ARTH 225- Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 32 pages long!)
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Refers to the style that spread across western and central europe from the 9th to 13th centuries. Callback to classical roman architecture, in which buildings were often unnecessarily sturdy and structurally sound, making buildings massive but not very tall. First used in 1819 by william gunn to refer to all masonry buildings created between the. 11th century, almost every parish in western europe was constructed out of stone: shift in architecture from the sphere of the elite to the sphere of the public. Roman or european in character: despite being rooted in a number of roman architectural practices and styles, romanesque architecture is undoubtedly a european innovation as well. Stylistically speaking, it draws influences from across europe:, and was varied depending on the location: Innovations in rib-vaulting were incorporated from lombardy: the leitmotif of the early romanesque was derived from. In venice, the st. mark"s cathedral, which began in 1063, was strongly influenced by the holy apostles church in.
