Romanesque architecture

power in various places in Europe. The Goths lasted from the fifth to the eighth century, during the collapse of Rome and the start of the Holy Roman Empire. The Goths weren’t known for their architectural skills. Gothic cathedrals grew out of the Romanesque style. Many cathedrals were built in France and Britain during the 1000s to the 1400s. One of the most significant things of the Gothic cathedrals were the pointed arches, which may people believe it may have been borrowed from Islamic…

The White Temple was a Sumerian temple in Uruk, modern day Iraq, in 3500 BCE during the Ancient Near East Period. The Uruk people had a population of 40,000 in 3500 BCE, and they used the colossal scale of their architecture, including the scale of the White Temple, as a symbol of their architectural power. The temple was dedicated to the god Enu. The Sumerians were a theocracy, and they believed that gods ruled over everything and that the rulers were symbols of the deities. The temple was…

No matter where you look in today’s cities, towns, and communities, one can see similarities of the architecture to those of ancient times. Many of today’s building all across the country have similarities to buildings of the ancient world and does not just appear in the realm of religious institutions, banks, or government buildings. Buildings at Colleges, insurance companies, banquet halls, auditoriums, palaces, temples, castles, monasteries, and even convention centers for example are…

porches, overhanging first floors, galleries, and vertical and diagonal timbers. These aspects of these houses made them strike at people. The most popular styled house was The Black and White Half Timbered house. People looked at this type of architecture as it was the medieval days. The windows were one of the most important pieces for this styled house. These windows were really tall and wide. These windows were panes of glass which supposedly makes the building light up more. The glass was…

The Early Byzantine period launched the construction of magnificently designed churches aimed at evoking a heavenly presence into those who gathered to worship there. Chief among the numerous churches built was the church of Hagia Sophia (Fig. 1.1). While commissioned by Emperor Justinian I in 532, the principal architects were two academic figures: Anthemius of Tralles and Isidorus of Miletus. Following within the footsteps of the Early Byzantine ambitions, the purpose of the church was to…

Caribbean Islands is a great place to build my summer house on, with great architects such as Santiago Calatrava or Frank Lloyd Wright. Frank Lloyd Wright was born in Richland Center, Wisconsin, U.S. born on June 8, 1867 while Santiago Calatrava was born on July 28, 1951 in Valencia, Spain. Both of these architects carry a great style as one carries an organic style and the other carries a modern architectural style. Frank Lloyd Wright would be a great architect for designing my house on the…

Medieval Values and Architecture When taking a more in-depth look at Medieval values and their manifestation in physical buildings in their towns, there is a connection that is immediately evident. These manifestations go to show the deeper meaning of these buildings and windows, and the thought that the designer put into them. First, is the layout of medieval churches. These churches were a large part of the lives of Medieval people, serving as a center for religious services, funerals,…

Miracles, Branner’s Bourges: Reflections on “Gothic Architecture” as Medieval Modernism”, Gesta, 39.2 (2000)m 183-205. In his article, Marvin Trachtenberg aims to redefine our understanding of words like “modern” and “historicism” in regards to Gothic architecture. To prove his point, he uses Suger’s St. Denis along with Bourges Cathedral as examples, but he begins with a lengthy investigation into the language we use to describe Gothic architecture, including the word itself. Trachtenberg…

advancement towards Chicago architecture. Root was born in Georgia and Burnham born in New York; however, both became native to Chicago at a youth consequently loving the architecture that was there beforehand. Roots had the better recognized education while learning about architecture in school while studying in Liverpool, England and eventually got a degree in civil engineering from New York State University and then working under one of the greatest 19th century gothic architecture James…

example of a building type. The design, with an extra floor added, also includes elements found in contemporary Melbourne architecture at the time, especially the use of red brick contrasted with coloured cement render, the use of banking (especially in the tower), and the grouping of windows vertically under tall arches, which broadly found its roots in the American Romanesque Revival. The main station building at the Flinders Street Railway Station Complex has many design elements that boast…