Romanesque definition

Romanesque





Home | Index


We love those sites:

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Romanesque \Ro`man*esque"\, a. [F. romanesque; cf. It.
     romanesco.]
     1. (Arch.) Somewhat resembling the Roman; -- applied
        sometimes to the debased style of the later Roman empire,
        but esp. to the more developed architecture prevailing
        from the 8th century to the 12th.


        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. Of or pertaining to romance or fable; fanciful.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     {Romanesque style} (Arch.), that which grew up from the
        attempts of barbarous people to copy Roman architecture
        and apply it to their own purposes. This term is loosely
        applied to all the styles of Western Europe, from the fall
        of the Western Roman Empire to the appearance of Gothic
        architecture.
        [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Romanesque \Ro`man*esque"\, n.
     Romanesque style.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Romanesque
       n : a style of architecture developed in Italy and western
           Europe between the Roman and the Gothic styles after 1000
           AD; characterized by round arches and vaults and by the
           substitution of piers for columns and profuse ornament
           and arcades [syn: {Romanesque architecture}]

















Powered by Blog Dictionary [BlogDict]
Kindly supported by Vaffle Invitation Code Get a Freelance Job - Outsource Your Projects | Threadless Coupon
All rights reserved. (2008-2024)