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Encyclopedia > Romanesque Revival

A style of building in the late 19th century (roughly 1840 and 1900) inspired by the 11th and 12th century Romanesque style of architecture. Popular features of these revival buildings are round arches, semi-circular arches on windows, and belt courses. Romanesque St. ... For ARCH models, see autoregressive conditional heteroskedasticity. ...


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Ontario Architecture Styles Page (1095 words)
The Romanesque Revival appeared almost simultaneously in Europe and North America inspired, in part, by the writings of the critic John Ruskin who was tired of the Classical style and the Greek architectural vocabulary.
Romanesque Revival was inspired by H.H. Richardson in the United States, and was a lighter and much smoother version of the rounded windows and otherwise robust and often heavy features of the earlier style.
Romanesque Revival was used extensively in public buildings to instill a sense of permanence and civic pride.
The Town Paper: A Matter of Style -- Richardsonian Romanesque (600 words)
Romanesque Revival became the favored style for American churches for the next 60 years and expanded to major public buildings, commercial buildings and eventually residential architecture before the turn of the century.
The Romanesque Revival style is characterized by masonry construction and the general use of the semi-circular arch for all wall openings and decoration.
The details of Richardsonian Romanesque generally coincide with Romanesque Revival; however, it is in the execution of these details that Richardson's style breaks away from its revival predecessors.
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