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	Romanesque Architecture - Earthlore Explorations Foundation Stone of Learning
		Architecture benefited greatly within this period and master builders were accorded a deserving respect.
		There are a wide range of distinctions in form and style spread across the geography of Europe and the expanse of the centuries.
		It is a fascinating chapter of history to study, and architecture is a central component of that story.
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		The Ottonian rulers are also regarded as the first dynasty of the Holy Roman Empire, as successors of the Carolingian dynasty and Charlemagne, who is commonly viewed as the original founder of a new (Frankish) Roman Empire.
		Under the reign of the Ottonian rulers, the kingdom of the Eastern Franks finally became Germany with the conclusion of the unification of the duchies of Lorraine, Saxony, Franconia, Swabia, Thuringia and Bavaria into one empire.
		After the extinction of the Ottonian dynasty with the death of Henry II, Holy Roman Emperor in 1024 the crown passed to the Salian dynasty.
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		The Ottonian rulers are also regarded as the first dynasty of the Holy Roman Empire, as successors of the Carolingian dynasty and Charlemagne, who is commonly viewed as the original founder of a new (Frankish) Roman Empire.
		Under the reign of the Ottonian rulers, the kingdom of the Eastern Franks finally became Germany with the conclusion of the unification of the duchies of Lorraine, Saxony, Franconia, Swabia, Thuringia and Bavaria into one empire.
		After the extinction of the Ottonian dynasty with the death of Henry II, Holy Roman Emperor in 1024 the crown passed to the Salian dynasty.
	wikipedia.openfun.org /wiki/Ottonian (374 words)

	Kids.Net.Au - Encyclopedia > Romanesque
		The term "Romanesque" attempts to link the architecture, especially, of the 11th and 12th centuries in medieval Europe to Roman Architecture based on similarities of forms and materials.
		The great carved portals of 12th century church facades parallel the architectural novelty of the period - monumental stone sculpture seems reborn in the Romanesque.
		Romanesque seems to have been the first pan-European style since Roman Imperial Architecture and examples are found in every part of the continent.
	www.kids.net.au /encyclopedia-wiki/ro/Romanesque?title=Ottonian_architecture (245 words)

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		A survey of sculpture, painting and architecture in the Indian sub-continent from 2300 B.C. to the nineteenth century. An attempt to explore the role of tradition in the broader history of art in India.
		Special attention will be given to the places of Shinto, the impact of Buddhism, and their related architectures and sculptures; the principles of narrative illustration; the changing roles of aristocratic, monastic, shogunal and merchant patronage; the formation of the concept of the 'artist' overtime; and the transformation of tradition in the modern age.
		Special attention will be given to the places of Shinto, the impact of Buddhism, and their related architectures and sculptures; the principles of narrative illustration; the changing roles of aristocratic, monastic, shogunal and merchant patronage; the formation of the concept of the 'artist' over time;and the transformation of tradition in the modern age.
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	lawyer Ottonian_architecture - lawyer-report.com (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Ottonian Architecture evolved during the reign of Emperor Otto the Great (936-975).
		Ottonian architecture draws its inspiration from Carolingian and Byzantine architecture.
		Inspiration though from the Roman basilica remains concurrent, and Ottonian architecture preserves the Carolingian double ended feature with apses at either end of the church.
	www.lawyer-report.com /Ottonian_architecture (353 words)

	Romanesque architecture - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The term "Romanesque" attempts to link the architecture, especially, of the 11th and 12th centuries in medieval Europe to Roman Architecture based on similarities of forms and materials.
		Geometrisation and rigidity in Romanesque architecture is evident in the transformation of column capitals from corinthian to cubic capitals, as found in the church of St.Michael, Hildesheim.
		The model of the Spanish Romanesque in the 12th century was the Cathedral of Jaca, with its characteristic apse structure and plan, and its "chess" decoration in stripes, called taqueado jaqués.
	www.knowledgehunter.info /wiki/Romanesque_architecture (887 words)

	Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Ottonian (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Carolingian and Ottonian PeriodsCarolingian architecture and art are commonly considered to have been the earliest manifestations of...
		Architecture current in Europe from about the mid-11th century to the advent of Gothic architecture.
		Early Life A descendant of the Ottonian line of Nassau, he was born at Dillenburg, near Wiesbaden, Germany, of Protestant parents.
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	Ottonian Renaissance at AllExperts
		The Ottonian Renaissance was a limited renaissance that accompanied the reigns of the first three emperors of the Saxon Dynasty, all named Otto: Otto I (936–973), Otto II (973–983), and Otto III (983–1002), and which in large part depended upon their patronage.
		The Ottonian Renaissance began after Otto's marriage to Adelaide (951) united the kingdoms of Italy and Germany and thus brought the West closer to Byzantium and furthered the cause of Christian (political) unity with his imperial coronation in 963.
		The architecture of the period was also innovative and represents a predecessor to the later Romanesque.
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		With Ottonian architecture, it is a key component of the Ottonian Renaissance (circa 951 – 1024) named for the emperors Otto I, Otto II, and Otto III.
		Much Ottonian art reflected the dynasty's desire to establish visually a link to the Christian rulers of Late Antiquity, such as Constantine, Theoderich, and Justinian as well as to their Carolingian predecessors, particularly Charlemagne.
		For example, Ottonian ruler portraits typically include elements, such as province personifications, or representatives of the military and the Church flanking the emperor, with a lengthy imperial iconographical history.
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	Romanesque architecture and art. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		German Romanesque architecture on the other hand remained strongly tied to the heritage of Ottonian art.
		Similarly, architecture in the Ile-de-France, particularly the ambulatory (1140) of the abbey of St. Denis, reveals such an advance in unified design and construction as to be considered the first monument of Gothic architecture.
		The art of the Romanesque period was characterized by an important revival of monumental forms, notably sculpture and fresco painting, which developed in close association with architectural decoration and exhibited a forceful and often severely structural quality.
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		Monastic architecture and richly embellished illuminated manuscripts dominate the arts during this period; there was a noticeable void in the production of sculpture.
		It refers to a period of resurgence of monumental architecture and sculpture "in the Roman manner." New churches mushroomed across the landscape of Europe and Italy.
		In the arts, we are confronted with evolutionary change and a diversity of regional styles.
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		Architectural elements and features of the landscape are depicted in very low relief, forming little more than a shadowy stage for the actors in each scene.
		Ottonian figurative art reveals translation of prototypical material into a kind Of ready idiom of forms and a native way of drawing.
		Although exceptions are Known, for the most part, Ottonian figures have lost the old realism of the Coronation Gospels, inherited from the Antique style, and move with an abrupt, hinged, jerky movement that is not "according to nature" but nevertheless possesses a sharp and descriptive expressiveness.
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		He praised the virtues of an organic architecture that would use reinforced concrete in the configurations found in seashells and snails and would build skyscrapers the way trees were "built"--that is, with a central "trunk" deeply rooted in the ground and floors cantilevered from that trunk like branches.
		If the term modern architecture is understood to consist of a particular form-vocabulary (the International Style) embodying a certain philosophy (functionalism), then the term cannot be used to signify all the architecture produced in the modern epoch, but only one architectural tradition extending backward and forward from an accepted year of conception (1922).
		Modern architecture claimed to be based on a logical expression of the spatial and structural facts of building, yet its practitioners have rarely approached the structural ingenuity of conceptual technicians such as R. Buckminster Fuller.
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	Romanesque - Karr.net (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The term Romanesque, like many other stylistic designations of periods in architecture, was not a term contemporary with the art it describes, but an invention of modern scholarship to categorize a period.
		The term "Romanesque" dates from the early 18th century and attempts to link the architecture of the 11th and 12th centuries in medieval Europe to Roman Architecture, based on similarities of forms and materials.
		Geometrisation and rigidity in Romanesque architecture is evident in the transformation of column capitals from Corinthian to cubic capitals, as found in the church of St. Michael, Hildesheim.
	www.karr.net /encyclopedia/Romanesque (954 words)

	Romanesque and Gothic Architecture
		These missions were reflected in the art and architecture of the period, as the buildings grew in size and magnificence.
		The most often used style during the Ottonian period was an adaptation of the Carolingian basilica: a nave with three aisles, a prominent transept, and a single apse.
		Ottonian builders developed this basic design by increasing the size and tweaking the proportions of the western entrances.
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	AllRefer.com - Romanesque architecture and art : Romanesque Architecture (Architecture) - Encyclopedia
		Masonry vaulting (see vault) since the beginning of Christian architecture had been confined to buildings of relatively small scale and to crypts.
		German Romanesque architecture on the other hand remained strongly tied to the heritage of Ottonian art.
		Similarly, architecture in the Ile-de-France, particularly the ambulatory (1140) of the abbey of St. Denis, reveals such an advance in unified design and construction as to be considered the first monument of Gothic architecture.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/R/Romanesq-romanesque-architecture.html (512 words)

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		The Ottonian Renaissance was a limited renaissance that accompanied the reigns of the first three emperors of the Saxon Dynasty, all named Otto: Otto I (936–973), Otto II (973–983), and Otto III (983–1002), and which in large part depended upon their patronage.
		The Ottonian Renaissance began after Otto's marriage to Adelaide (951) united the kingdoms of Italy and Germany and thus brought the West closer to Byzantium and furthered the cause of Christian (political) unity with his imperial coronation in 963.
		The architecture of the period was also innovative and represents a predecessor to the later Romanesque.
	www.timesdaily.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=Ottonian_Renaissance (603 words)

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		A segment of a ball surface; in architecture a cupola or dome.
		The architecture of the High Middle Ages, which developed around the mid-twelfth century out of Romanesque architecture, later becomes the pinnacle of medieval architecture.
		In Gothic architecture the long, thin column or half-column on walls and pillars which correspond to the arch or the ribs of vaults, or the profiles of arcades.
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		Unlike the main body of the cathedral which is a superb example of Romanesque architecture, the Chapel is built in the later, Early English style of Gothic architecture.
		The impression of soaring height was obtained by sinking the floor of the Chapel below the level of the main body of the church, by the tall narrow windows and by the slender ribs of the vaulting.
		Romanesque architecture (usually referred to as "Norman" in England) is characterised by its rugged approach, rounded arches, thick walls, round columns and limited decoration.
	www.lycos.com /info/romanesque-architecture.html (613 words)

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		The eastern part of the former Carolingian empire was consolidated in the middle of the tenth century under the rule of the Ottonians and a period of cultural renewal ensued.
		Charlemagne was buried in the Palatine Chapel at Aachen.
		Ottonian artists carried on the Carolingian tradition of producing sumptuous books for the clergy and the royalty alike.
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	Wikipedia: Romanesque architecture
		The name Romanesque, like many other stylistic designations, was not a term contemporary with the art it describes but an invention of modern scholarship to categorize a period.
		The great carved portals of 12th century church facades parallel the architectural novelty of the period - monumental stone sculpture seems reborn in the Romanesque.
		Romanesque seems to have been the first pan-European style since Roman Imperial Architecture and examples are found in every part of the continent.
	www.factbook.org /wikipedia/en/r/ro/romanesque_architecture_1.html (270 words)

	Medieval Architecture - Gothic Construction
		The early middle ages were an exciting period in the history of European architecture, culminating in the development of the Romanesque style.
		Major architectural innovations were made during this time including the medieval castle, the church spire, and the monastic cloister.
		It is single-minded in its pursuit of the general principles that informed all aspects of Gothic architecture and its culture.
	www.heartoglory.com /medieval/medieval-architecture.php (1207 words)

	Romanesque Architecture - Earthlore Explorations Foundation Stone of Learning
		Architecture benefited greatly within this period and master builders were accorded a deserving respect.
		There are a wide range of distinctions in form and style spread across the geography of Europe and the expanse of the centuries.
		It is a fascinating chapter of history to study, and architecture is a central component of that story.
	www.elore.com /Gothic/Learning/romanesque.htm (961 words)

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		The Early Medieval period in architecture extended from about 550 to 1050, and covers three phases: Early Medieval itself (what used to be called the "Dark Ages," around 550--750; Carolingian, 750--950; and Ottonian, 950--1050.
		Carolingian and Ottonian buildings epitomize the organization of the feudal, agricultural society formed on the ruins of the Western Roman Empire in Central and western Europe.
		Romanesque Architecture is marked by the integration and monumentalization of elements from Roman, Early Christian and provincial Byzantine architecture.
	www.pitt.edu /~tokerism/0040/syl/mandr.html (489 words)

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		After the death of Charlemagne (814), the unity of the Holy Roman Empire crumbled and Western Europe became divided into three distinct regions roughly corresponding to modern Germany, western and central France, and a strip of land running from the Netherlands to Switzerland.
		In some senses Ottonian style is characterized by a conscious harking back to Carolingian times, as seen on the west front of St. Pantaleon, Cologne (c.
		Ottonian art was also distinguished in the field of manuscript illumination.
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		This is a summary of an article on Ottonian architecture.
		Ottonian Architecture evolved during the reign of Emperor Otto the Great (936-975).
		The style was found in Germany and lasted from the mid 10th century until the mid 11th century.
	wiki-shorts.freestat.pl /47-4045-Ottonian_architecture.html (105 words)

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	Romanesque Art and Architecture - Search Results - MSN Encarta (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Romanesque Art and Architecture, arts and architecture of western Europe from about ad 1000 to the rise of the Gothic style (...
		Ottonian Art, pre-Romanesque German art from the time of the Ottonian emperors and their immediate successors (circa 950-1050).
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