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Meaning of ROMANESQUE

Pronunciation:  `rowmu'nesk

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 Definition: [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
 
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 Synonyms: Romanesque architecture
 
 See Also: architectural style, Norman architecture, style of architecture, type of architecture

 

 

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Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. \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.
    2. Of or pertaining to romance or fable; fanciful.
    {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.
    
  2. \Ro`man*esque"\, n.
    Romanesque style.
    
 

 

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