Romanesque Revival architecture

Pitched-style roofs are the most common roofs found today on residential homes as well as some commercial properties. These roofs come in many shapes and configurations, often defining a particular style of home. For example, gothic style architecture features high-pitched, steep roofs. Dutch colonial style embraces a gambrel roof with curved eaves. When people talk about the pitch of a roof, they are referring to the numerical measure of how steep the roof is. The measure indicates how many inches

Recently, I ventured out to the business district to see St. Dunstan-in-the-East Church. It was a church built in Saxon times, later restored, but burned down in the London fire. In 1697, Sir Christopher Wren rebuilt the church. Then, it was bombed out during World War II. Today, only the exterior and steeple remain. However, the initiative conservationist groups took to turn it into a garden was magnificent and reminded me of Shakespeare’s New Place in Stratford-upon-Avon. All of the interiors are

art work. He made thirty small copies of the Mona Lisa, five columns and six rows, into an advertisement piece. Influence – The Gothic Architectural style was influenced by the Romanesque style (page 280-281). Abbot Suger added flying buttresses, pointed arches, and larger stained glass windows to the Romanesque architecture design. This gave the church a larger inside space and allowed more colorful light, from the large stained glass window, in the church. This new architectural style came to be

Castles were built during the Middle Ages as fortified homes for kings and nobility. Why did they build Castles? During the Middle Ages much of Europe was divided up between lords and princes. They would rule the local land and all the people who lived there. In order to defend themselves, they built their homes as large castles in the center of the land they ruled. They could defend from attacks as well as prepare to launch attacks of their own from their castles. Originally castles were made of

219-229. It introduces how the Gothic styles appeared in France and developed in a cathedral form, which also compares Gothic cathedrals with ancient churches in France and gives an explanation that how people in that time thought about this kind of architecture. Scott, Robert A: The Gothic Enterprise: A Guide to Understanding the Medieval Cathedral. University of California Press, 2011. This book focus on arguments that why Gothic cathedral was created, why people of that time liked it and how they

Churches and Cathedrals constructed during the Gothic era, are known to be extravagant works of architecture. One of the most identifiable characteristics of architecture of the Gothic era is the Rose Window. These circular stained glass windows began to rise in popularity for cathedrals in the beginning of the 13th century, and continued to strive during the Middle Ages. The construction of Rose Windows was a detailed process, and contained various techniques using mathematics and geometry. These

While there many gorgeous and historical art works present at National Gallery of Art, I shall only compare and contrast the functions, materials and the context of a pair art works. The first art work is called Reliquary Châsse, which was made in Limoges; a city of French that well-known for copper work. The birth years of the art was written in between 1175 to 1180 CE. The art work is now a donation from Widerner Collection since 1942 to National Gallery of Art. On other hand, the second art work

drawings, paintings, sculptures, buildings, everything. It seems that almost all early art has its roots in religion. The Christians used it, as well as the Taoists, Buddhists, Hindu, Jewish, and Muslims. They all used decoration, sculpture, architecture, and painting to depict their faiths in a higher power. Art was a reminder of good and evil, life and death. Again, art is a sort of propaganda. It's used to give a message or emotion to a circumstance. Art is also comparative in some prospects

Christ in Majesty Christ in Majesty is a Romanesque fresco secco from the 12th century that was transferred to plaster and wood. It was originally located in the apse of the Church of Santa Maria de Mur in Catalonia, Spain but now is located in the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston as a gift from the Maria Antoinette Evans Fund. The fresco is a transition from Roman and Byzantine Art to Gothic Art. The artist of Christ in Majesty utilizes his art to educate people in the doctrines of the Christian

The speed, extent and tenacity of Cistercian expansion was by all accounts extraordinary, and one that seemed to differ greatly from the other monastic movements of the twelfth century. Their growth from one to seven foundations, to more than three hundred in the space of fifty years was almost entirely unexpected by contemporary standards. However, when one delves into the history of the order and looks at the factors that differentiated it from other similar monastic institutions of the same period