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ROMAN ARCHITECTURE [1 record]

Record 1 1990-04-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Architectural Styles
DEF

The classic architectural style of the Roman Empire marked by the use of the orders, pediments, arch, dome, and vault.

CONT

The story of Roman architecture begins about 100 B.C., and ends with the collapse of the Empire in the fifth and six centuries A.D.

OBS

In Helen Gardner's book: "Art through the Ages", the Roman Period goes from c. 2000 B.C. to c. 500 A.D.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Styles en architecture
CONT

Gerville, l'inventeur du terme [roman], considérait (...) [l'art roman, XIe et XIIe s., environ] comme une dérivation de l'architecture romaine, le résultat d'un processus de dégradation du grand art antique à travers les âges obscurs ayant suivi la chute de Rome.

OBS

Division des styles : Ve au Xe siècle: Architecture latine ou préromane, se subdivisant en France, en architecture, mérovingienne et carolingienne; XIe au XIIe siècle : Architecture romane (...) On a distingué l'architecture romane en romane primordiale ou latine (IVe au XIe s.) et en romane secondaire (XIe et XIIe s.).

Spanish

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