Neo-Romanesque
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Neo-Romanesque is an architectural style that revives and adapts medieval Romanesque forms, characterized by rounded arches, heavy masonry, and robust, fortress-like massing.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
architectural style
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historicist style → |
| basedOn |
Romanesque architecture
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| contrastsWith |
Gothic Revival architecture
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| developedInPeriod |
19th century
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early 20th century → |
| emphasizes |
monumentality
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structural expression → weight and mass → |
| follows |
Romanesque architecture
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| hasCharacteristic |
arcades
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axial plans → battlement-like parapets → belt courses → broad gables → buttresses → corbel tables → deeply recessed openings → emphasis on solidity → fortified church-like appearance → fortress-like appearance → heavy cornices → heavy masonry → massive piers → polychrome masonry → robust massing → rock-faced stone → round towers with conical roofs → round-arched arcaded galleries → round-arched arcading → round-arched doorways → round-arched windows → rounded arches → rusticated stonework → sculpted archivolts → semi-circular arches → simple geometric ornament → small window openings → string courses → symmetrical facades → thick walls → towers → turrets → |
| influencedBy |
Romanesque churches
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medieval European architecture → |
| partOf |
19th-century revival architecture
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historicist architecture → |
| regionOfUse |
Australia
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Europe → Latin America → North America → |
| relatedTo |
Richardsonian Romanesque
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Rundbogenstil → |
| usedFor |
church buildings
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public buildings → railway stations → residential buildings → synagogues → university buildings → |