SYNO | Romanesque | Romanesque architecture |
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- The two were Saint-Guilhem-le-Désert with "one of the finest examples of Romanesque architecture in the region" and Estaing, whose "narrow streets have hardly changed over the centuries".
- The classical forms were abandoned in both Byzantine and Romanesque architecture in favour of more flexible forms, with capitals often using various types of foliage decoration, and in the West scenes with figures carved in relief.
- Original floor tiles from the original building can be seen in the abbey along with the gothic and romanesque architecture.
- Roman architectural style continued to influence building in the former empire for many centuries, and the style used in Western Europe beginning about 1000 is called Romanesque architecture to reflect this dependence on basic Roman forms.
- These are common as decorative treatments of a wall surface in many architectural styles, especially Romanesque architecture.
- Classical art has been taken as a model in later periods – medieval Romanesque architecture and Enlightenment-era neoclassical literature were both influenced by classical models, to take but two examples, while James Joyce's "Ulysses" is one of the most influential works of twentieth-century literature.
- Worms Cathedral is one of the imperial cathedrals and among the finest examples of Romanesque architecture in Germany.
- Serbia was influenced by the Republic of Venice as well, mainly though trade, literature and romanesque architecture.
- The Sacred Heart Cathedral, for example, was constructed using elements of neo-gothic and Romanesque architecture.
- The old town centre, with its Art Nouveau and Romanesque architecture and "gondolas" (barcos moliceiros once used for collecting moliço seaweed) plying the Ria de Aveiro canals, is referred to as "The Venice of Portugal" in some tourist brochures.
- Some of the late Lombard structures of the ninth and tenth centuries have been found to contain elements of style associated with Romanesque architecture and so have been dubbed "first Romanesque".
- An example of Apulian Romanesque architecture, the church has a simple Romanesque façade with three portals; in the upper part is a rose window decorated with monstruous and fantasy figures.
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