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    Romanesque Architecture in France Romanesque architecture is an architectural style of Medieval Europe, characterized by semi-circular arches, and evolving into the Gothic style, characterized by pointed arches, beginning in the 12th century. Although there is no consensus for the beginning date of the style, with proposals ranging from the 6th to the 10th centuries, examples can be found across the continent, making Romanesque architecture the first pan-European architectural style since Imperial Roman Architecture. The Romanesque style in England is more traditionally referred to as Norman architecture.

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    Romanesque Architecture in France Romanesque architecture is an architectural style of Medieval Europe, characterized by semi-circular arches, and evolving into the Gothic style, characterized by pointed arches, beginning in the 12th century. Although there is no consensus for the beginning date of the style, with proposals ranging from the 6th to the 10th centuries, examples can be found across the continent, making Romanesque architecture the first pan-European architectural style since Imperial Roman Architecture. The Romanesque style in England is more traditionally referred to as Norman architecture.

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    FRENCH ROMANESQUE

    Influencing Factors

    Geographical France is practically on the high road between the south and north of Europe. Each district influenced the various prevailing types of architecture. about 8th to 12th century

    Influencing Factors

    Geological Rich in building materials, such as stones, a soft fined grained stone of Caen and colored pumice and Tufa that has been used.

    Climate a.) the north resembles that of the south of England b.) the west on the Atlantic coasts is warmer, owing to the Gulf stream and warm S.W. winds. c.) the south, on the Mediterranean, with a landscape almost African in its aspect, is subtropical.

    Influencing Factors

    Religion a.) Christianity, when introduced, took a strong hold in the Rhone Valley, Lyons contributing martyrs to the cause. b.) The severity of whose rules as to church building, caused a reaction from the decorative character of the later Romanesque, as in the facades of S. Gilles and of S. Trophime, Arles. c.) The change to the pointed style was promoted, by the effort to solve the problems of vaulting.

    Social and Political Architectural progress was impossible until a more settled

    Rich decorative facades and graceful cloisters, a.) PLANS

    Architectural Character

    (south) internal buttresses, inclosing the outer range chapels, were preferred, as at Vienne cathedral. round churches are rare in this district. Towers are detached, resembling the Campanili. Cloisters were treated with at most elaboration and richness, usually having double columns with magnificent capitals, which receive the round arches of the narrow bays and were left entirely open. As glazing or tracery were not required by the climate.

    Rich decorative facades and graceful cloisters,

    Architectural Character

    a.) PLANS

    (north) Increasing demands of vaulted interior modified the planning, Vaulted ribs were provided with individual shafts, which developed the pier plans. In the early plans: the naves were vaulted in square bays comprising two aisle bays longitudinally

    Architectural Character
    b.) WALLS Massiveness is the characteristic of all the early work. Walls were rubble with facing stones. Elaboration was reserved for doorways in the arcaded lower portion of the facades which are often models of simplicity and richness. Buttresses are often more strips of slight projection. The towers are mostly square with pyramidal roofs.

    Architectural Character
    c.) Openings Narrow openings with wide splays to admit light sufficed. d.) Roofs (south) early treatment was a tunnel vault to the nave, buttresses by half tunnels over the aisle, often in two stories, thus not admitting of clerestory. (north) increased height were obtained by means of intersecting nave vaults, with groin ribs, whose thrust was taken by buttresses arches concealed in the aisle roof.

    Architectural Character
    e.) Columns Either square piers in the nave arcades that recessed in the planes Having upon half round shafts carried to the vaulting ribs, were employed, or columns, circular or octagonal. Vaulted shafts started imitating the Corinthian order.

    Architectural Character
    f.) Mouldings

    (south) elegance due to classic tradition contrasts with the rough axed decoration cut upon the structural features of the Norman work. Arched jambs are formed in recessed planes, with nook shafts, plainly fluted, or cut zigzags. Capital are cubical blocks, either plain or carved with copies of acanthus leaves from old Roman examples. Corbel tables, supported by plain blocks or grotesque heads, form the cornices of the walls.

    Architectural Character
    g.) Ornament Small, clear-glazed openings being employed to set off the opaque color decoration of the walls. Stained glass favouring large openings was gradually developed in the north.

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