The Collaborative International Dictionary
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.
Usage examples of "romanesque style".
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.