Romanesque Revival architecture

First question: What the heck is a citadel? A citadel is basically a type of fortress on high ground that is heavily fortified to protect its city. The walls were “seven to thirty feet in thickness and typically thirty to forty feet high” (Kalif 1). This helped the walls provide a solid defense. The Citadel had many parts to it to provide a solid defense against an invasion force. The keep, or citadel, was perched at the top of the hill, looking down on the city it protects and helping keep a lookout

future generations. Architecture is certainly no exception, as past architectural techniques, styles, and elements are evident in many aspects of modern architecture. This is evident even around the Denver Metro area, where architectural influences date back to Medieval Europe, where the traditional art and sculpture was dramatic, detailed, and religiously symbolic in it’s visual nature. There are buildings around the Denver Downtown area that specifically resemble that of the romanesque art style, an

Castles are huge, they are the homes to many kings and lords. They are made of stone and are well fortified and protected against any attacks like sieges. Inside the castle there are many different rooms with different purposes. Three of the most important rooms in this castle that you would need to know about is the Great Hall, the Courtyard, and the Dungeon. These rooms all have a different purpose and different than all the other rooms in the castle. The first room in the castle you should know

into 3 different part: the early style (1180-1275), decoration style (1275-1380) and perpendicular style (1380-1520). The clear division of the English Gothic cathedral can help us to compare the different characteristic and style of French Gothic architecture at the same

Divinity of the Aesthetics of Geometry in the Gothic Era: Chartres Cathedral’s Rose Windows Churches and Cathedrals constructed during the Gothic era, are known to be extravagant works of architecture. One of the most identifiable characteristics of Gothic era architecture is the rose window. The use of circular stained glass rose window began to rise in popularity at the beginning of the 13th century and continued to during the Middle Ages. The construction of Rose Windows was a detailed process

A way to truly know a building has gothic architecture is if the building has a pointed arches, irregular appearance, variety of materials, and rich in colors and decoration. Many church and college buildings have the gothic architecture such as Duke University with its phenomenal arches, and St. Marks Basilica with its opulent designs. Not only did famous colleges and churches have the gothic architecture, but homes do too. Beams, posts, cutouts, windows, staircases and

behind the heritage building that gives meaning to both building and people. As a heritage building, the building itself has been passed the test of time and becomes a typical landmark for a city. Hence, the story of the building explained its architecture style and structure which makes it be a remarkable building. For instance, Sultan Abdul Samad Building (SASB) has a unique architectural design which is the mixture of several architectural styles. This result is caused by the Charles Edwin Spooner

Title: The Study of Gothic Style and Its Influence on Modern Day Concept Arts Introduction: Gothic art flourished from the 12th century to the 16th century in Europe in response of the Byzantine and Romanesque tradition. Although Gothic is associated with arts, its most prominent use is in architecture, mainly for its pointed arch and flying buttress. To this day, the Gothic style is taken as a ‘label’ for visual arts such as concept art designs, yet the meaning stray from the original context, thus

During colonial times life would not have been anything like it is today. They would not have a cell phone, computer or a global positioning system. The family would wake up to begin their day with chores depending on their sex, location, age and, the families’ social class. Families were large for various reasons - help on the farm, most children died before the age of five. Childbirth was extremely dangerous for women of the day. Doctors did not deliver infants. That job belonged to midwives

Introduction The Gothic revival and Italianate are two architectural style which both appear in Europe first and spread to south Australian during the early colonial and Victorian era. The gothic revival style was point out by the emergence Gothic Revival movement happened in England at 19th century, and then the popularity of this kind of style rise rapidly. The basic theory of this style is associated with the philosophical movements. It aimed to re-awake the sense of high church and against