The Palatine Chapel was the remains of the earlier version of Charlemagne’s Palace of Aachen. This is now currently in Germany. The palace does not exist anymore‚ however the remains and the central part of the Palace was used to create the Chapel. This is considered the city’s landmark. The design was mainly used because the early churches that were built inspired them. The main design of the Chapel is octagonal and it was later enlarged. Charlemagne was the one who start building the Palatine Chapel
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High Middle Ages into the Romanesque and Gothic styles of architecture‚ which are differentiated by both formal and technical qualities. Romanesque is characterized by a revival of large-scale masonry construction and the rediscovery (or reinvention) of lost Roman building techniques and forms‚ thus the term Romanesque. Architectural styles were mastered‚ improved upon‚ and transformed. Magnificent cathedrals such as St. Sernin Cathedral were built in the classic Romanesque design. New architectural
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Comparison and Contrast of the Middle Ages and Renaissance Christine Henry Western Governors University Literature‚ Arts and Humanities IWT1 October 20‚ 2014 Comparison and Contrast of the Middle Ages and Renaissance This essay will compare and contrast the visual arts of the Middle Ages‚ called medieval art‚ with the arts of the Renaissance period by giving an overview of each period and illustrate how the collision between these two periods‚ and what influenced them‚ brought about new forms of
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A good example of an early phase of Romanesque architecture is the collegiate church of Saint Vincenc which was build within the walled confines of the castle at cardona on the southern flank of the Catalan Pyrenees. The church‚ begun in 1029 to 1040. Some elements in this romanesque church was a barrel-vault nave which creates a continuous space marked off by transverse arches into unites of space called bays
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this shift was made was the Romanesque style and the Gothic style of architecture. Both of these styles have made great contributions that can still been seen in today’s architecture. With Romanesque being the first stylistic period in time with Gothic immediately following it there is much to be said about the similarities and differences. The Romanesque period of architecture has its roots deep into western civilization. Even though it is said that the Romanesque style of architecture was first
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ruling entity being the Count of Barcelona. The union with the neighboring Kingdom of Aragon in 1137 recognized their distinctly separate political identities including their territorial integrity‚ laws‚ institutions and rulers. During this period the Catalan Generalitat was established‚ which at the time was one of the first European Parliaments and continues to exist to this day. During the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries Catalonia built up a powerful Mediterranean empire of a primarily commercial
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period of innovative buildings‚ using the Romanesque architecture‚ which gave rise to the architecture of the Romanesque period. Many works of art were constructed in France during this period such as Gothic style cathedrals‚ an example of which is Chartres Cathedral‚ St. Sernin‚ Toulouse and Ste-Madeleine Church Vézelay. The term Romanesque comes from the buildings of the Roman Empire. The Romanesque style incorporates elements of Byzantine and
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Introduction The Historical Timeline of Architecture Egyptian Byzantine Pre-Historic NEAR EAST EGYPTIAN Greek Roman Early Christian Romanesque Gothic Renaissance GREEK ROMAN EARLY CHRISTIAN history of architecture PRE-HISTORIC 18th-19th C: Revival 20th C: Modern Near East Islamic BYZANTINE ROMANESQUE GOTHIC RENAISSANCE 18TH-19TH C REVIVAL 20TH C MODERN ISLAMIC INDIAN Indian Chinese &
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In the year 1137 Abbot Suger of St. Denis‚ France envisioned something different for his church. The churches which had been built with Romanesque architectural style were very difficult to light because of the structure of the churches. The nave walls needed support from without so the windows of the churches had to be eliminated. Suger wanted to rebuild the choir of the abbey church of St. Denis with light that would flood the church as if the light came directly from Heaven‚ so he began painting
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the presence of the Christian Church within Europe. The Crusades were a strong cause for this surge in the Christian religion. The growing population of the Church increased the demand for a Christian presence in architectural monuments during the Romanesque and Gothic periods‚ which lead to a great cathedral construction boom across Europe. The Gothic architectural styles were distinctive in not only the large windows and use of stain glass but they were known for their use of flying buttresses and
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