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buttresses: Stone support for a wall
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Carolingian Architecture: Carolingian dominated Western European Politics. This tried to emulate Roman Architecture. 2nd part of Pre-Romanesque
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Gothic Architecture (general info): 1150-1600. Originally called "French Style". the name is an insult to barbarian goths.
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Gothic Architecture Features: Arches on every level. Ribbed vault. Buttresses and Flying buttresses. Vertical emphasis. Tall and Skinny (to reach god) Flooded with light, used Rose Windows, Stained Glass, Tracery, Spires, sculptures and gargoyles.
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Influences of Pre-Romanesque architecture: Classical Mediterranean and Christian forms with Germanic influence
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Merovingian Architecture: Late 6th and 7th centuries. 1st part of Pre-Romanesque. Churches were built for political people to live in.
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Ottonian Architecture: Evolved during Otto the Great's rule (936-975). Found in germany. Borrowed from Carolingian and Byzantine. Mid 10th-Mid 11th Century.
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Parts/eras of medieval architecture: Pre-Romanesque, Romanesque, and Gothic
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Pre-romaneque architecture was found in:: Western Europe
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Pre-Romanesque Architecture consisted of:: architecture and monumental sculpture
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Romanesque Architecture (general info): Term coined in 1818 by Charles Alexis Adrien. Inspired by Roman Architecture.
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Romanesque Architecture Features: Round arches, bacilica-like plan, short, thick walls, sturdy piers, piers alternated with columns, few tiny window, no glass. Groin vaults, decorative arcades, symmetrical.
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Stained Glass: Told stories from the Bible. "Poor man's Bible".
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Why was stone used in Romanesque Architecture?: Recipe for concrete was lost, and the huge buildings required stone.