Norman

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 arch n (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 ...

Norman architecture Norman Romanesque Architecture: detailed analysis, illustrations CRSBI (The Corpus of ROMANESQUE SCULPTURE in Britain and Ireland) website The Normans, a European People.

French Normandy 2 stories 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 Style - The Norman style (also known as the English Romanesque) is a style of Romanesque architecture which arose in the tenth century but is typical of the eleventh and twelfth centuries, and is characterized by great massiveness, simplicity, ...

Norman moulding with a row of heads (often bird-like) with mouths or beaks biting a roll bellcote a small structure to hold bells, roofed, but often with open sides ...

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.

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 ...

Foster: Sir Norman Foster, High-Tech Architect British architect Sir Norman Foster is known for "High Tech" design that explores technological shapes and ideas.

These early Norman churches were not always so stark as they seem today, however. In their heyday the church walls were hung with tapestries or painted richly.

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.

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, ...

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.

During the twelfth century this weakness was exploited by Roger, the Norman king of Sicily, who established a Norman kingdom in Ifriqiya which included the area of Libiya.

The Queen Anne style was invented in England about 1860, where it was popularized by a number of architects, particularly Richard Norman Shaw.

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.

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.

Decorative treatment of a wall, mostly Norman, by setting blank arches, supported by columns, against it. Boss From the French, bosse; lump or knot; projecting ornament used to conceal the intersection of ceiling and roof vaulting ribs, etc.

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.

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.

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.

A zigzag decoration carved on pillars or arches characteristic of Norman architecture. CINQEFOIL Ornamental tracery in the form of a five petaled flower.

Medieval - Both Romanesque (Norman in England; c7-1140) and Gothic (1140-c1420).

Chevron: A zigzag Moulding (like an upside down V) in Norman architecture, Romanesque.

Two tiered blind arcading on the apse of Leuchars church, Fife, 1183-7, it is one of the finest Norman churches in Britain.

In England, it is also called the Norman style. Some of the characteristic features of this school of architecture are; rounded arches; squat, massive pillars; small windows; simple, carved decoration.

horizontal windows, recessed protected entrances, integral planters, and long, low chimneys found at the intersection of roof planes and usually defining the location of the family "hearth." Stucco or red brick were used for exteriors; often Norman ...

piers serve as the main support to the heavy strain of the Gothics vertical aspirations. The piers take on many column shapes (rounded, cross and rectangular) but will also take the form of a segment of wall. The term derives from the Norman French: ...

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