Technology now allowed for large spaces, and breaking with its archetype, Romanesque Revival churches frequently possess huge, monumental stained-glass windows to illuminate the nave. The Romanesque ...

Here, architects were often adding onto Romanesque churches that were constructed ... vertical tracery, oversized windows, and fan vaults. “The Decorated style was only around for a few decades ...

It feels lighter and brighter than a Romanesque church. Everything is about the height and the light. Inside many Gothic churches, there are beautiful stained glass windows. Gothic cathedrals were the ...

Located a block east of the Santa Fe Plaza, this breathtaking French Romanesque Revival cathedral stands out ... take in the beautiful stained-glass windows and find a docent to help explain ...

Important ornamental features of this style are carved Byzantine Leaf ornament, ornate stained glass windows and elaborate ornamental ... in Brooklyn — row houses soon followed the Romanesque style of ...

This cathedral obsession is illustrated by the examples in Mainz, Worms and Speyer. Sarcophagus in St. John's Church in Mainz Image: picture-alliance/dpa/A. Arnold ...

Newly pointed arches allowed churches to grow higher and more dramatic on the outside while making space for colorful stained-glass windows on ... were originally Romanesque, but the towers ...

It is best known for churches shaped like Latin crosses, with round ceilings, thick, heavy walls and small windows. Catalonia has the highest concentration of Romanesque buildings in Europe ...

When the dust had settled from the collapse of Ely’s Romanesque crossing tower in ... out of each pier behind the false vaults. Today the cathedral’s main altar stands under the centre of ...