Python Notes for mca i year students osmania university.docx
Romanesque architecture
1. ROMANESQUE ARCHITECTURE
Main characteristics:
It starts in the 11th century
It ends in the 13th century or later.
It's the first European style. It can be found all around
Europe.
San Martín de Tours, Frómista
(Palencia)
San Martín de Tours, Frómista
(Palencia)
3. The church is covered by stoned vaults, called
barrel vault, which is a succession of round
arches, one after another.
4.
The structure is very heavy and as a
consequence:
Walls are thick
They need strong buttresses
They use few and small windows
Collegiate Church,
Toro (Zamora)
Collegiate Church,
Toro (Zamora)
8. Types of Vaults
Barrel vault: it was
used mainly to cover
the central nave
Groin vault was
common in aisles and
ambulatories
Dome: spherical shape. It was used in
apses. The central Dome could stand
on pendentives (pechina) or
squinches (trompa).
Cathedral of
Zamora. (Dome)
Cathedral of
Zamora. (Dome)