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romanesque
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Romanesque \Ro`man*esque"\, n. Romanesque style.
Romanesque \Ro`man*esque"\, a. [F. romanesque; cf. It. romanesco.]
(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.
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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.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1715, originally "descended from Latin" (compare romance), later "architectural style in Europe between Roman and Gothic periods" (1819), from Roman, influenced by French romanesque, from Late Latin Romanice "in Vulgar Latin" (see romance (n.)).
Wiktionary
a. Of or pertaining to romance or fable; fanciful.
Wikipedia
"Romanesque" is the seventh single of J-pop duo FictionJunction Yuuka. It was released on April 18, 2007.
This single includes the ending song of the anime El Cazador de la Bruja, composed by Yuki Kajiura.
This single peaked at #23 on the Oricon weekly charts.
Romanesque is the debut extended play released by the Japanese rock band Buck-Tick. It was released on 12-inch vinyl, cassette and 8cm CD (which contains a bonus track) on March 21, 1988 through Victor Entertainment. The extended play peaked at number twenty on the Oricon charts and has sold 40,000 copies worldwide.
Romanesque may refer to:
- Romanesque art, the art of Western Europe from approximately AD 1000 to the 13th century or later
- Romanesque architecture, architecture of Europe which emerged in the late 10th century and lasted to the 13th century
- First Romanesque, or Lombard Romanesque architectural style
- Pre-Romanesque, a term used for the early phase of the style
- Romanesque Revival architecture, an architectural style which started in the late 19th century, inspired by the original Romanesque architecture
Other
- Romanesque churches in Madrid, a list of Romanesque churches that had in Madrid
- "Romanesque" (song), single by Japanese pop duo FictionJunction Yuuka
- Romanesque (EP), EP by Japanese rock band Buck-Tick
Usage examples of "romanesque".
His early style is more a new and personal approach to the Romanesque than a faithful resurrection of the Roman, and that inspiration was all around him in the Romanesque churches of Florence: the Baptistery, Santi Apostoli along the Arno, San Miniato al Monte high on a hill overlooking the city, to name a few that can still be seen today.
Gothic towers resting on a Saxon or Romanesque substructure, whose foundation in turn was of a still earlier order or blend of orders -- Roman, and even Druidic or native Cymric, if legends speak truly.
Gothic towers resting on a Saxon or Romanesque substructure, whose foundation in turn was of a still earlier order or blend of orders--Roman, and even Druidic or native Cymric, if legends speak truly.
Olympian deities in the days of the Emperors,--and the exceedingly rich and beautiful new forms of capitals, of a design quite unknown to Vitruvius, which the genius of Romanesque artists has invented, we find that our chief interest is derived from the mosaics with which these churches were once so lavishly adorned.
She entered a large suite decorated in black and white, from the diamond-shaped floor tiles to the onyx pillars that supported a series of white marble romanesque arches, impressive but nonstructural, intended purely for decoration.
Romanesque aqueducts run into Art Deco penthouses run into opium dens run into Wild West saloons run into roller coasters run into small-town Carnegie libraries run into tract houses run into college lecture halls.
Were eight beautifully painted human skulls, each set off from the next by a border of columns and a little Romanesque vault.
Because they had had been hollowed from below to form a markedly concave surface, the effect of these great monoliths was of a perfect barrel vault, much as one might expect to find in the crypt of a Romanesque cathedral.
In due course, Hay and Adams had built a double house in Lafayette Square, a red brick Romanesque affair, whose outside Caroline already knew from photographs and whose inside Del intended for her to get to know.
It was the oldest surviving example of Romanesque architecture in Europe.
If you prefer the no-nonsense painting of Giotto and the stark, powerful lines of Romanesque architecture, as I do, you will prefer Clovis.
And maybe the complex yet exuberant Celtic style spoke to his soul more than the classical Romanesque style.
I took her to see the magnificent churches built by the immigrants-Saint Alphonsus in the Romanesque style with its gorgeous paintings and stained glass windows-this built by the Irish from whom my mother had been descended.
But all the buildings are in the Romanesque style,--a repetition of one another to a monotonous degree: only at the lower end are there any shops or shop-windows, and a more dreary promenade need not be imagined.