Rooted in the pre-Gothic architecture of medieval Europe, the Romanesque Style first came to America in the 1840s and 1850s. Romanesque buildings emphasized rough stone, dramatic arches ...

The prevailing style of architecture from about 1000 to 1150, Romanesque drew its influences from ancient Roman structures. “They used round arches and barrel vaults like the Romans did ...

Gothic architecture first emerged in the 12th ... “They were absolutely riffing on a well-informed knowledge of Romanesque and Gothic style when they put those films together,” he says.

Gothic architecture was named for the Goths ... The style was first realized in France as a break away from the Romanesque style which boasted thick walls during a time when cultural development ...

No one called the new architectural style Gothic at the ... At that time, churches were built in the Romanesque style, with barrel vaulted roofs, thick walls, and small windows that made the ...

Much of this architectural style, which originated in France ... Also referred to as Romanesque Revival, these houses were usually built entirely of masonry––often a combination of stone ...

Built of stone in the monumental Romanesque style, Saint- Sernin is faced with mellow brick, a local feature of Toulouse architecture. Christian Europe experienced an upsurge in confidence in the ...

The stone used for this church's exterior was born out of the aftermath of volcanoes tearing North America apart about one ...

He studied early Norman farmhouses, Norman castles and rustic Romanesque architecture. When rendered in masonry, his style was called “Richardsonian Romanesque,” and when rendered in woodframe ...