Norman/Norman Revival
11th-12th centuries / Late 19th century
Term applied to the buildings erected by the Normans in all lands that fell under their dominion.
Norman architecture
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Norman arch
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(Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Architecture) Chiefly Brit a semicircular arch, esp one in the Romanesque style of architecture developed by the Normans in England Also called Roman arch ...
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This house style originated in Normandy of France where houses and barns were attached. The central turret was used for the storage of grain or silage.
Norman
A style of buildings erected by the Normans (1066 - 1154) based on the Italian Romanesque. It was used principally in castles, churches, and abbeys of massive proportions.
Norman
A common name for the type of Romanesque architecture used in England in the 11th and 12th centuries after the Norman Conquest in 1066.
Ogee
A sweeping S-curve commonly used for arches and in tracery from c.1300.
Normally a black or brown viscous liquid or a solid material, bitumen has adhesive properties and is made up of crude oil-derived hydrocarbons found in natural asphalt.
Norman ornament of small half-cylindrical or rectangular blocks.BivallateOf a hill-fort: defended by two concentric banks and ditches.Blade ...
Normal modern street in Brugge with Belfry at the end.
St. Saviors Cathedral
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a Norman moulding carved like a length of rope
Cap-house
small chamber at the top of a spiral staircase in a tower or turret, leading to the open wall-walk on the roof ...
The Norman house plan often features a rounded tower with a cone-shaped roof.
The Norman style home, inspired by the homes built in the Normandy area of France, is constructed of brick, stone, or stucco and may feature half-timbering.
The Norman Gothic period (1066-1200) wasn't a whole lot different from Gothic elsewhere in Europe. The British temperament had yet to stamp its own mark on the new "French style".
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Poles, normally rectangular, which could be pulled out from the sides of a cabinet to support the flap-top of desks.
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A hinged door normally with wider stiles and rails but having panes constituting all or nearly half of its surface area.
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FOUNDATIONS - Normally concrete, laid underground as a structural base to a wall: In older buildings may be brick or stone.
FRENCH DOOR - A tall casement window that reaches to the floor and opens like a door.
Castelle: The Norman word for castle.
Castello: (1) An Italian castle, which was mainly used as a fortified residence. (2) A term which generally refers to an Italian fortified village.
Balanced (or room sealed ) Flue - common flue type normally serving gas appliances, which allows air to be drawn to the appliance whilst also allowing fumes to escape.
Baluster - a post or vertical pillar supporting a handrail or parapet rail.
In England, Gothic is normally divided into three succeeding phases - Early English, Decorated and Perpendicular. Greek cross plan Church floor plan with four equal arms. See also Latin Cross Plan.
Cable moulding - a Norman moulding carved like a length of rope.
Camera - private room used for both living and sleeping, set apart from the more public areas of a house. Campshedding - facing of piles of boarding along a bank.
In their origin, as in the church of Thaon in Normandy, they were four-sided roofs of slight elevation, but soon began to be features of great importance, becoming lofty pyramids generally of octagonal form, ...
The interior order exhibits the defects of the imperfectly organized Norman system, particularly in the lofty, vaulted triforium or gallery, so great in size that there is no rhythm in the relationship of arcade, triforium and clerestory, ...
Such bonds are normally 10% of the contract value and are obtained from banks or insurance companies.
Certificate of practical completion - a stage reached in the contract where the client can take beneficial occupation.
Wood-cement particle board - A building board made of wood chips bonded with portland cement instead of resin based adhesives in normal wood chipboard. This helps it achieve a higher fire resistance rating.
The external walls of these houses are normally battered, with their thickness decreasing with height. The windows are usually decorated with wooden grilles which are often plain but can become quite elaborate.
Richard Norman Shaw: most prominent architect in England to promote Queen Anne. Represented culmination of picturesque, romantic styles of 19th century. Anything goes: style itself is based on "decorative excess" and variety.
A new style of architecture now arose, two forms of which, the Lombard and the Norman Romanesque, form important phases of art.
The Queen Anne style was invented in England about 1860, where it was popularized by a number of architects, particularly Richard Norman Shaw.
Although the Doric order does not normally consist of an architectural column base, the Doric base was established as a legitimate architectural base and used in specific decorative purposes.
“Colonial' is normally used to describe any spacious house with verandahs, but strictly speaking it refers to homes built of timber and tin prior to 1901.
Gothic architecture originated in Normandy and Burgundy in the 12th century. It was essentially the style of the Catholic countries of Europe, including Hungary and Poland, and attained its highest excellence in France and England.
The French equivalents come from country houses in Brittany and Normandy. In the early years of the century, the materials and building practices were quite accurately copied.
Sill or cill - The horizontal member at the base of a timber-framed wall into which the posts and studs are normally tenoned. Also the horizontal member at the bottom of a window-opening or door-frame. Windows and doors rest on sills.
Not only there, but also in nearly the whole of France and Normandy and in many other places, [one saw] everywhere humility and afflictio, everywhere penance and the forgiveness of offenses, everywhere moutning and contrition.
Romanesque, also known as "Norman" in France and England, had a revival in the 1800s where the columns typical of the style, with simple curved moldings, were fashionable.
First phase of Gothic architecture dominant after Norman, characterised by the earliest pointed arches and simple lancet windows c1190-1250.
Estoile
A star, usually of six wavy points. Where there are more they are alternately straight and wavy.
BUTTRESS: a projecting mass normally of brickwork or masonry that is used to support a structure; gives additional strength usually to counteract the outward thrust of an arch or vault. (IMAGE) ...
chevron - a zigzag molding (like an upside down V) in Norman architecture, Romanesque.
crocket - decorative feature in Gothic arch, carved in a variety of leaf shapes and projecting at regular intervals along a spiral or vergeboard. (p.30).
In England this style of architecture is often called Norman. It is a style of architecture which was current in the 11th and 12th centuries and preceded the Gothic Style.
Norman keeps were made of wood, and placed on the top of an earth mound.
A vertical member, circular in section, and normally with a gentle taper that supports a load. In classical architecture, it is composed of a base, shaft and capital.
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Purlin A horizontal beam in a roof upon which rafters rest and normally supported by load bearing party walls.
Quoin The external angle of a building, or specifically, bricks or stone blocks often contrasting, forming the corner of walls.
Doric
Order The first and simplest of the three Greek orders and the only one that normally has no base.
Entablature
The upper horizontal part of a classical order, between a capital and the roof; it consists of the architrave, frieze, and cornice.
These pivot points are normally located at the midpoint of the horizontal members. Advantages include maximum ventilation from a single window. It also provides for easier cleaning of both glass surfaces from the interior.
Modillion - A sort of decorative bracket supporting the cornice, normally with a double scroll motif.
Narthex - The enclosed portion of a church before the nave; a sort of entrance area or covered porch.
Romanesque: in English architecture, the same as Norman, characterised by thick walls, round arches and small windows without tracery.
rotunda: a building or room of circular plan, usually domed.
Articulated / Articulation
An object, especially a building, that is visually defined, normally by using distinct architectural features.
Artefact
Any small object that has been manufactured, used, or modified by humans.
A zigzag decoration carved on pillars or arches characteristic of Norman architecture.
CINQEFOIL
Ornamental tracery in the form of a five petaled flower.
the separate protective or decorative treatment applied to the lower parts of wall-surfaces to a height, normally, of 3 ft. to 4ft.
Dentils
the small rectangular tooth-like blocks used decoratively in Classical cornices.
In addition to normal temples, the Maya's also had a temple and an observatory in one. For examples, in the city of Chichen Itza, the Mayas studied the movements of the earth, stars, and the planet Venus.
Solar gain: The process of providing a net heat gain within a structure, over and above the normal heat loss, by passive collection of the sun's heat through windows and other glazed areas.
westwork (from German Westwerk): An entrance area at the west end of a church with upper chamber and usually with a tower or towers. It is normally broader than the width of the nave and aisles.
Medieval - Both Romanesque (Norman in England; c7-1140) and Gothic (1140-c1420).
Lumber - Kiln-Dried - Lumber dried by artificial heat to a moisture content which is less than can normally be obtained through the natural process commonly known as air seasoning.
Demilune window: A demilune ("half-moon") window is semicircular, or in the shape of some lesser segment of a circle, normally oriented with the segmental shape on top and the straight edge horizontal on the bottom.
A vaulted space under part of a building, wholly or partly underground; in Medieval churches, normally the portion under an apse or a chevet.
The monuments illustrated here belong principally to the later phases of Medieval Architecture, eleventh to thirteenth centuries, normally designated "Romanesque" and "Gothic." ...
Orthodox churches also follow this plan, except that they actually do face east, the nave is square rather than rectangular, and there are normally no pews. (The congregation stands.) See also iconostasis.
When considering settlement, total settlement and differential settlement is normally considered. Differential settlement is when one part of a foundation settles more than another part.
Principal European monuments of Art Deco were Ruhlmann's Paris exhibition rooms, Le Pavillon d'un Collectioneur at the exhibition of 1925, and the grand salon (about 1930) of the French liner Normandie, with lighting and decor by Lalique.
 See also: Architecture, House, Norman, Brick, Floor
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