HISTORY OF ROMANESQUE ARCHITECTURE

In this video you will learn details of Romanesque church entrance, character of Romanesque architecture and famous buildings in Romanesque architecture. Romanesque architecture was traditionally named as Norman architecture. An architectural style in the Western Europe, in the early medieval period that was developed by the Normans in England. Flourished in the 10th century, that lasted up to 1150 AD. Romanesque architecture, it's based on the features on classical Roman, Byzantine and Islamic art, before the arrival of Gothic architecture. It features large towering arches, having a massive thick walls, decorative arcades and rhythmic blind round arches. Details of Romanesque church entrance. 1. Spandrel, a pair of a triangular shape like space formed from an arch of an entrance that is inscribed on a rectangular molding. 2. Archivolts, a series of incrementing arch moldings above a tympanum and ends on top of a jammed columns or colonnettes. 3. Vesoir, a wedge-shaped stone used for building an arch. 4. Tympanum, a decorative wall surface bounded by an arch on the top and a lintel beam at the bottom, containing sculpture or ornaments on a Romanesque door. 5. Lintel, a small beam carrying the tympanum. 6. Tromieu, a dividing column at the entrance supporting the mid-span of the lintel beam. Colonnette, a slender decorative column also called jammed columns. 8. Jam pedestal, base support of a colonnette and jammed column. Character of Romanesque architecture. 1. Thick walls with several decorative columns or pilaster strips and very few windows. 2. Usage of lombard bands or repetitive ornamental blind round arches. 3. Usage of rose window on the facade. 4. Large towers and decorative arcading. 5. Usage of round archivolts. Famous buildings in Romanesque architecture. 1. Basilica of St. Cernan, France. 2. Speyer Cathedral, Germany. 3. Durham Cathedral, England. 4. Mariah Locke Abbey Church, Germany. 5. Pisa Cathedral, Italy. Furthermore, architectural style have been improving continuously from one era to the other. As a result, Romanesque architecture have evolved into Gothic architecture in the 12th century which will be discussed on the next video.