Romanesque is a term given to architecture and art from 1000 AD until about 1150 AD when it was succeeded by the Gothic. The term Romanesque was first used by the French antiquarian Charles-Alexis-Adrien de Gerville in a letter to Auguste Le Prévost (1818).
Medieval background (c1420) to Rood. Raunds, Northamptonshire.
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Rosenkrantz, Arild
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Born in Denmark in 1870 at Frederiksborg Castle Denmark Arild Rosenkrantz was the son of the Danish minister to Italy.
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Rouen Cathedral
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Rouen Cathedral is a magnificent Gothic cathedral located in the city of Rouen, in northern France. It is one of the most beautiful examples of French Gothic architecture, noted for its high spire, pointed arches, flying buttresses, and elaborate stone carvings on the façade.
These pages document medieval stained glass in the churches of Rouen.
Medieval Gothic sculpture in the city of Rouen.
Since its construction in around 1150, the western portal of Chartres Cathedral, decorated with elongated late Romanesque style figures of the Kings and Queens of the Old Testament has been known as the Royal Portal.
Three stained glass panels, by the Lobin Studio, on the subject of Saint Francis of Assisi the Cathedral of the Holy Cross in Orleans, France.
These three stained glass panels, by the Lobin Studio, on the subject of St Helen, are in the Cathedral of the Holy Cross in Orleans, France.
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