Romanesque
pronunciation
How to pronounce Romanesque in British English:
UK [ˌrəʊməˈnesk]
How to pronounce Romanesque in American English:
US [ˌroʊməˈnesk]
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- Noun:
- a style of architecture developed in Italy and western Europe between the Roman and the Gothic styles after 1000 AD; characterized by round arches and vaults and by the substitution of piers for columns and profuse ornament and arcades
Word Origin
- Romanesque (adj.)
- 1715, originally "descended from Latin" (compare romance), later "architectural style in Europe between Roman and Gothic periods" (1819), from Roman, influenced by French romanesque, from Late Latin Romanice "in Vulgar Latin" (see romance (n.)).
Example
- 1. Fifth , ( romanesque ) schemes of pinyin are too many and they are exhausting .
- 2. Romanesque style is characterized by rounded arches and domed ceilings that developed from the spherical shape of the east into vaulted structures in the west .
- 3. It was modeled after the church of the apostles in constantinople as a classic romanesque structure in a nearly square cruciform shape with rounded domes reminiscent of later russian orthodox churches .
- 4. This church , sitting on a plateau above what was the heart of the village , can date its origins back to at least the 12th century , and its solid romanesque tower has always provided the village 's main focal point .