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February 16, 2024

This article is about Romanesque architecture, primarily English. For other buildings in Normandy, see Architecture of Normandy.

The term Norman architecture is used to categorise styles of Romanesque architecture developed by the Normans in the various lands under their dominion or influence in the 11th and 12th centuries. In particular the term is traditionally used for English Romanesque architecture. The Normans introduced large numbers of castles and fortifications including Norman keeps, and at the same time monasteries, abbeys, churches and cathedrals, in a style characterised by the usual Romanesque rounded arches (particularly over windows and doorways) and especially massive proportions compared to other regional variations of the style.

The nave of Durham Cathedral in England
Interior of Monreale Cathedral in Sicily, Italy
St Swithun's, Nately Scures in Hampshire, from the southwest

Origins edit

These Romanesque styles originated in Normandy and became widespread in northwestern Europe, particularly in England, which contributed considerable development and where the largest number of examples survived. At about the same time, a Norman dynasty that ruled in Sicily produced a distinctive variation–incorporating Byzantine and Saracen influences–also known as Norman architecture (or alternatively Sicilian Romanesque).[1]

The term Norman may have originated with eighteenth-century antiquarians, but its usage in a sequence of styles has been attributed to Thomas Rickman in his 1817 work An Attempt to Discriminate the Styles of English Architecture from the Conquest to the Reformation. In this work he used the labels "Norman, Early English, Decorated, and Perpendicular". The more inclusive term romanesque was used of the Romance languages in English by 1715,[2] and was applied to architecture of the eleventh and twelfth centuries from 1819.[3]

Although Edward the Confessor built the original Westminster Abbey in Romanesque style (now all replaced by later rebuildings), its construction predates the Norman Conquest: it is still believed to have been the earliest major Romanesque building in England. No other significant remaining Romanesque architecture in Britain can clearly be shown to predate the Norman Conquest. However, historians believe that many surviving "Norman" elements in buildings–nearly all churches–may well in fact be Anglo-Saxon elements.

Norman arch edit

The Norman arch is a defining point of Norman architecture. Grand archways are designed to evoke feelings of awe and are very commonly seen as the entrance to large religious buildings such as cathedrals. Norman arches are semicircular in form. Early examples have plain, square edges; later ones are often enriched with the zig-zag and roll mouldings. The arches are supported on massive columns, generally plain and cylindrical, sometimes with spiral decoration; occasionally, square-section piers are found. Main doorways have a succession of receding semicircular arches, often decorated with mouldings, typically of chevron or zig-zag design; sometimes there is a tympanum at the back of the head of the arch, which may feature sculpture representing a Biblical scene. Norman windows are mostly small and narrow, generally of a single round-headed light; but sometimes, especially in a bell tower, divided by a shaft into two lights.[4]

Normandy edit

Further information: Architecture of Normandy

Viking invaders arrived at the mouth of the river Seine in 911, at a time when Franks were fighting on horseback and Frankish lords were building castles. Over the next century the population of the territory ceded to the Vikings now called Normans, adopted these customs as well as Christianity and the langue d'oïl. Norman barons built timber castles on earthen mounds, beginning the development of motte-and-bailey castles, and great stone churches in the Romanesque style of the Franks. By 950, they were building stone keeps. The Normans were among the most travelled peoples of Europe, exposing them to a wide variety of cultural influences which became incorporated in their art and architecture. They elaborated on the early Christian basilica plan. Originally longitudinal with side aisles and an apse they began to add in towers, as at the Church of Saint-Étienne at Caen, in 1067. This would eventually form a model for the larger English cathedrals some 20 years later.

England edit

 
A Norman arch c. 1150 in Andover, Hampshire
 
A Norman arch with zig-zag mouldings above the church doorway at Guiting Power, Gloucestershire

In England, Norman nobles and bishops had influence before the Norman Conquest of 1066, and Norman influences affected late Anglo-Saxon architecture. Edward the Confessor was brought up in Normandy and in 1042 brought masons to work on the first Romanesque building in England, Westminster Abbey. In 1051 he brought in Norman knights who built "motte" castles as a defence against the Welsh. Following the invasion, Normans rapidly constructed motte-and-bailey castles along with churches, abbeys, and more elaborate fortifications such as Norman stone keeps.

The buildings show massive proportions in simple geometries using small bands of sculpture. Paying attention to the concentrated spaces of capitals and round doorways as well as the tympanum under an arch. The "Norman arch" is the rounded, often with mouldings carved or incised onto it for decoration. chevron patterns, frequently termed "zig-zag mouldings", were a frequent signature of the Normans.[5] The cruciform churches often had deep chancels and a square crossing tower which has remained a feature of English ecclesiastical architecture. Hundreds of parish churches were built and the great English cathedrals were founded from 1083.

After a fire damaged Canterbury Cathedral in 1174 Norman masons introduced the new Gothic architecture. Around 1191 Wells Cathedral and Lincoln Cathedral brought in the English Gothic style, and Norman became increasingly a modest style of provincial building.

Ecclesiastical architecture edit


Bibliography

  • Sedding, Edmund H. (1909) Norman Architecture in Cornwall: a handbook to old ecclesiastical architecture. With over 160 plates. London: Ward & Co.

Military architecture edit

Domestic architecture edit

Scotland edit

Scotland also came under early Norman influence with Norman nobles at the court of King Macbeth around 1050. His successor Máel Coluim III overthrew him with English and Norman assistance, and his queen, Margaret, encouraged the church. The Benedictine order founded a monastery at Dunfermline. Her sixth and youngest son, who became King David, built St. Margaret's Chapel at the start of the 12th century.

Ecclesiastical architecture edit

Ireland edit

The Normans first landed in Ireland in 1169. Within five years earthwork castles were springing up, and in a further five, work was beginning on some of the earliest of the great stone castles. For example, Hugh de Lacy built a Motte-and-bailey castle on the site of the present day Trim Castle, County Meath, which was attacked and burned in 1173 by the Irish king Ruaidrí Ua Conchobair. De Lacy, however, then constructed a stone castle in its place, which enclosed over three acres within its walls, and this could not be burned down by the Irish. The years between 1177 and 1310 saw the construction of some of the greatest of the Norman castles in Ireland. The Normans settled mostly in an area in the east of Ireland, later known as the Pale, and among other buildings they constructed were Swords Castle in Fingal (North County Dublin), Dublin Castle and Carrickfergus Castle in County Antrim.[9]

Italy edit

Mezzogiorno edit

The Normans began constructing castles, their trademark architectural piece, in Italy from an early date. William Iron Arm built one at an unidentified location (Stridula) in Calabria in 1045. After the death of Robert Guiscard in 1085, the Mezzogiorno (peninsular southern Italy) experienced a series of civil wars and fell under the control of increasingly weaker princes. Revolts characterised the region until well into the twelfth century and minor lords sought to resist ducal or royal power from within their own castles. In the Molise, the Normans embarked on their most extensive castle-building programme and introduced the opus gallicum technique to Italy. Their clever use of the local stone artisans, together with the vast riches amassed from their enslaved population, made such tremendous feats possible, some as majestic as those of the ancient Roman structures they tried to emulate.

Besides the encastellation of the countryside, the Normans erected several religious buildings which still survive. They edified the shrine at Monte Sant'Angelo and built a mausoleum to the Hauteville family at Venosa. They also built many new Latin monasteries, including the famous foundation of Sant'Eufemia Lamezia.[10] Other examples of great importance are the portal of the Shrine of Mary Queen of Anglona and the ambulatory and radiating chapels of the Aversa Cathedral.

Here is a list of Norman architecture in the Mezzogiorno :

Sicily edit

Further information: Norman-Arab-Byzantine culture
 
The oldest Norman cathedral in Sicily (1094), the cathedral of Catania
 
Interior of the Cathedral of Cefalu
 
Cathedral of Cefalu

Sicily's Norman period lasted from c. 1061 until about 1200. The architecture was decorated in gilded mosaics such as that at the cathedral at Monreale. The Palatine Chapel in Palermo built in 1130 is perhaps the strongest example of this. The interior of the dome, (itself a Byzantine feature), is decorated in a mosaic depicting Christ Pantocrator accompanied by his angels.

During Sicily's later Norman era early Gothic influences can be detected such as those in the cathedral at Messina consecrated in 1197. However, here the high Gothic campanile is of a later date and should not be confused with the early Gothic built during the Norman period; which featured pointed arches and windows rather than the flying buttresses and pinnacles later to manifest themselves in the Gothic era.

Malta edit

After its Norman conquest in 1091, Malta saw the construction of several Norman pieces of architecture. Many have been demolished and rebuilt over the years (especially after the 1693 Sicily earthquake which destroyed many old Norman buildings), however some fortresses and houses still exist in Mdina and Vittoriosa.

Transitional style edit

As master masons developed the style and experimented with ways of overcoming the geometric difficulties of groin vaulted ceilings, they introduced features such as the pointed arch that were later characterised as being Gothic in style. Architectural historians and scholars consider that a style must be assessed as an integral whole rather than an aggregate of features, and while some include these developments within the Norman or Romanesque styles, others describe them as transitional or "Norman–Gothic Transitional". A few websites use the term "Norman Gothic", but it is unclear whether they refer to the transitional style or to the Norman style as a whole.[11][12]

Neo-Norman edit

Neo-Norman architecture is a type of Romanesque Revival architecture based on Norman Romanesque architecture. There is sometimes confusion, especially in North America, between this style and revivalist versions of vernacular or later architecture of Normandy, such as the "Norman farmhouse style" popular for larger houses.

Romanesque Revival versions focus on the arch and capitals, and decorated doorways. There are two examples in Manchester: the former Stock Exchange building and a synagogue in Fallowfield.

Gallery edit

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ Reilly, Lisa (2020). The Invention of Norman Visual Culture: Art, Politics, and Dynastic Ambition. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9781108488167.
  2. ^ OED "Romanesque": in French a letter of 1818 by Charles-Alexis-Adrien Duhérissier de Gerville seems to be the first
  3. ^ OED same entry; in French by Gerville's friend Arcisse de Caumont in his Essaie sur l'architecture du moyen âge, particulièrement en Normandie, 1824.
  4. ^ Bloxam, Matthew Holbeche (1841). The Principles of Gothic Ecclesiastical Architecture. Oxford: John Henry Parker. pp. 52–57.
  5. ^ Bell, Edward (December 1888). "On the Distinction Between Romanesque and Gothic". The Archaeological Review. 2 (4): 237–251. JSTOR 44245200.
  6. ^ Crummy, Philip (1997) City of Victory; the story of Colchester – Britain's first Roman town. Published by Colchester Archaeological Trust (ISBN 1 897719 04 3)
  7. ^ Denney, Patrick (2004) Colchester. Published by Tempus Publishing (ISBN 978-0-7524-3214-4)
  8. ^ "Moyse's Hall museum". Moyseshall.org. Retrieved 2011-06-11.
  9. ^ Castles in Ireland Feudal Power in a Gaelic World. by Tom McNeill. (London, 1997) ISBN 978-0-415-22853-4
  10. ^ "Abbazia Benedettina di Sant' Eufemia". Retrieved 10 April 2017.
  11. ^ "Gothic Architecture in England". Britainexpress.com. Retrieved 2011-06-11.
  12. ^ "Norman Gothic". Racine.ra.it. Retrieved 2011-06-11.

Sources and literature edit

Bilson, John (1929), "Durham Cathedral and the Chronology of Its Vaults", Archaeological Journal, 79
  • Clapham, Alfred William (1934), English Romanesque Architecture after the Conquest, Oxford{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  • Clifton-Taylor, Alec (1967), The Cathedrals of England, London{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  • Cook, George Henry (1957), The English Cathedrals through the Centuries, London{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  • Escher, Konrad (1929), Englische Kathedralen, Zürich{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  • Fernie, Eric (2000), The Architecture of Norman England, Oxford{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  • Pevsner, Nikolaus; Fleming, John; Honour, Hugh (1971) [1966], Lexikon der Weltarchitektur, München{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  • Wagner-Rieger, Renate (1953), "Studien zur mittelalterlichen Architektur Englands", Wiener Kunstwiss. Blätter, Jg. 2
  • Short, Ernest H. (2005), Norman Architecture in England
  • Webb, Geoffrey (1956), "Architecture in Britain: The Middle Ages", Pelican History of Art, London

External links edit

  • CRSBI (The Corpus of ROMANESQUE SCULPTURE in Britain and Ireland) website
 
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This article is about Romanesque architecture primarily English For other buildings in Normandy see Architecture of Normandy The term Norman architecture is used to categorise styles of Romanesque architecture developed by the Normans in the various lands under their dominion or influence in the 11th and 12th centuries In particular the term is traditionally used for English Romanesque architecture The Normans introduced large numbers of castles and fortifications including Norman keeps and at the same time monasteries abbeys churches and cathedrals in a style characterised by the usual Romanesque rounded arches particularly over windows and doorways and especially massive proportions compared to other regional variations of the style The nave of Durham Cathedral in EnglandInterior of Monreale Cathedral in Sicily ItalySt Swithun s Nately Scures in Hampshire from the southwest Contents 1 Origins 2 Norman arch 3 Normandy 4 England 4 1 Ecclesiastical architecture 4 2 Military architecture 4 3 Domestic architecture 5 Scotland 5 1 Ecclesiastical architecture 6 Ireland 7 Italy 7 1 Mezzogiorno 7 2 Sicily 7 3 Malta 8 Transitional style 9 Neo Norman 10 Gallery 11 See also 12 References 12 1 Sources and literature 13 External linksOrigins editThese Romanesque styles originated in Normandy and became widespread in northwestern Europe particularly in England which contributed considerable development and where the largest number of examples survived At about the same time a Norman dynasty that ruled in Sicily produced a distinctive variation incorporating Byzantine and Saracen influences also known as Norman architecture or alternatively Sicilian Romanesque 1 The term Norman may have originated with eighteenth century antiquarians but its usage in a sequence of styles has been attributed to Thomas Rickman in his 1817 work An Attempt to Discriminate the Styles of English Architecture from the Conquest to the Reformation In this work he used the labels Norman Early English Decorated and Perpendicular The more inclusive term romanesque was used of the Romance languages in English by 1715 2 and was applied to architecture of the eleventh and twelfth centuries from 1819 3 Although Edward the Confessor built the original Westminster Abbey in Romanesque style now all replaced by later rebuildings its construction predates the Norman Conquest it is still believed to have been the earliest major Romanesque building in England No other significant remaining Romanesque architecture in Britain can clearly be shown to predate the Norman Conquest However historians believe that many surviving Norman elements in buildings nearly all churches may well in fact be Anglo Saxon elements Norman arch editThe Norman arch is a defining point of Norman architecture Grand archways are designed to evoke feelings of awe and are very commonly seen as the entrance to large religious buildings such as cathedrals Norman arches are semicircular in form Early examples have plain square edges later ones are often enriched with the zig zag and roll mouldings The arches are supported on massive columns generally plain and cylindrical sometimes with spiral decoration occasionally square section piers are found Main doorways have a succession of receding semicircular arches often decorated with mouldings typically of chevron or zig zag design sometimes there is a tympanum at the back of the head of the arch which may feature sculpture representing a Biblical scene Norman windows are mostly small and narrow generally of a single round headed light but sometimes especially in a bell tower divided by a shaft into two lights 4 Normandy editFurther information Architecture of Normandy Viking invaders arrived at the mouth of the river Seine in 911 at a time when Franks were fighting on horseback and Frankish lords were building castles Over the next century the population of the territory ceded to the Vikings now called Normans adopted these customs as well as Christianity and the langue d oil Norman barons built timber castles on earthen mounds beginning the development of motte and bailey castles and great stone churches in the Romanesque style of the Franks By 950 they were building stone keeps The Normans were among the most travelled peoples of Europe exposing them to a wide variety of cultural influences which became incorporated in their art and architecture They elaborated on the early Christian basilica plan Originally longitudinal with side aisles and an apse they began to add in towers as at the Church of Saint Etienne at Caen in 1067 This would eventually form a model for the larger English cathedrals some 20 years later England edit nbsp A Norman arch c 1150 in Andover Hampshire nbsp A Norman arch with zig zag mouldings above the church doorway at Guiting Power GloucestershireIn England Norman nobles and bishops had influence before the Norman Conquest of 1066 and Norman influences affected late Anglo Saxon architecture Edward the Confessor was brought up in Normandy and in 1042 brought masons to work on the first Romanesque building in England Westminster Abbey In 1051 he brought in Norman knights who built motte castles as a defence against the Welsh Following the invasion Normans rapidly constructed motte and bailey castles along with churches abbeys and more elaborate fortifications such as Norman stone keeps The buildings show massive proportions in simple geometries using small bands of sculpture Paying attention to the concentrated spaces of capitals and round doorways as well as the tympanum under an arch The Norman arch is the rounded often with mouldings carved or incised onto it for decoration chevron patterns frequently termed zig zag mouldings were a frequent signature of the Normans 5 The cruciform churches often had deep chancels and a square crossing tower which has remained a feature of English ecclesiastical architecture Hundreds of parish churches were built and the great English cathedrals were founded from 1083 After a fire damaged Canterbury Cathedral in 1174 Norman masons introduced the new Gothic architecture Around 1191 Wells Cathedral and Lincoln Cathedral brought in the English Gothic style and Norman became increasingly a modest style of provincial building Ecclesiastical architecture edit Oxford Castle 1074 church tower doubles as a place of refuge St John s Chapel c 1078 Tower of London Durham Cathedral from 1093 was the first to employ a ribbed vault system with pointed arches Winchester Cathedral from 1079 Ely Cathedral 1083 1109 Peterborough Cathedral from 1118 Kilpeck Church Herefordshire St Nicholas Church Pyrford Surrey c 1140 Southwell Minster St Mary the Virgin Iffley Oxfordshire 1170 St Swithun s in Nately Scures Hampshire 1175 an example of a Norman single cell apsidal church Norwich Cathedral 1096 1145 St Edward s Church eleventh century St Botolph s Priory Colchester St John s Abbey Colchester Tewkesbury Abbey c 1102 St Germans Priory Cornwall 12th Century Church of St Peter and St Paul Trottiscliffe Kent St Peter s Church Tickencote Rutland Norman chancel Dunstable PrioryBibliography Sedding Edmund H 1909 Norman Architecture in Cornwall a handbook to old ecclesiastical architecture With over 160 plates London Ward amp Co Military architecture edit White Tower Tower of London Rochester Castle Norwich Castle Colchester Castle the largest Norman castle built and the first stone Keep in England 6 7 Hedingham Castle Essex Carrickfergus Castle the best preserved Norman castle on the island of Ireland Though it was heavily renovated the keep land walls and gatehouse are reasonably intact Domestic architecture edit Jew s House Lincoln Boothby Pagnell Manor Lincolnshire Oakham Castle Rutland Moyse s Hall Museum Bury St Edmunds Suffolk c 1180 8 Scotland editScotland also came under early Norman influence with Norman nobles at the court of King Macbeth around 1050 His successor Mael Coluim III overthrew him with English and Norman assistance and his queen Margaret encouraged the church The Benedictine order founded a monastery at Dunfermline Her sixth and youngest son who became King David built St Margaret s Chapel at the start of the 12th century Ecclesiastical architecture edit Dunfermline Abbey Dunfermline founded about 1070 by St Margaret grid reference NT089872 St Andrew Cathedral from about 1070 grid reference NO516166 St Margaret s Chapel Edinburgh Castle early 12th century grid reference NT252735 Dalmeny parish church from about 1130 grid reference NT144775 St Magnus Cathedral Kirkwall from about 1137 grid reference HY449112 Jedburgh Abbey Jedburgh founded about 1138 by David I grid reference NT650204 St Athernase Church Leuchars 12th century grid reference NO455215 Kirkliston Parish Church Edinburgh late 12th century Ireland editThe Normans first landed in Ireland in 1169 Within five years earthwork castles were springing up and in a further five work was beginning on some of the earliest of the great stone castles For example Hugh de Lacy built a Motte and bailey castle on the site of the present day Trim Castle County Meath which was attacked and burned in 1173 by the Irish king Ruaidri Ua Conchobair De Lacy however then constructed a stone castle in its place which enclosed over three acres within its walls and this could not be burned down by the Irish The years between 1177 and 1310 saw the construction of some of the greatest of the Norman castles in Ireland The Normans settled mostly in an area in the east of Ireland later known as the Pale and among other buildings they constructed were Swords Castle in Fingal North County Dublin Dublin Castle and Carrickfergus Castle in County Antrim 9 Italy editMezzogiorno edit The Normans began constructing castles their trademark architectural piece in Italy from an early date William Iron Arm built one at an unidentified location Stridula in Calabria in 1045 After the death of Robert Guiscard in 1085 the Mezzogiorno peninsular southern Italy experienced a series of civil wars and fell under the control of increasingly weaker princes Revolts characterised the region until well into the twelfth century and minor lords sought to resist ducal or royal power from within their own castles In the Molise the Normans embarked on their most extensive castle building programme and introduced the opus gallicum technique to Italy Their clever use of the local stone artisans together with the vast riches amassed from their enslaved population made such tremendous feats possible some as majestic as those of the ancient Roman structures they tried to emulate Besides the encastellation of the countryside the Normans erected several religious buildings which still survive They edified the shrine at Monte Sant Angelo and built a mausoleum to the Hauteville family at Venosa They also built many new Latin monasteries including the famous foundation of Sant Eufemia Lamezia 10 Other examples of great importance are the portal of the Shrine of Mary Queen of Anglona and the ambulatory and radiating chapels of the Aversa Cathedral Here is a list of Norman architecture in the Mezzogiorno Castle of Circello Castle Monforte Campobasso Basilica of St Peter Alli Marmi Salerno Sicily edit Further information Norman Arab Byzantine culture nbsp The oldest Norman cathedral in Sicily 1094 the cathedral of Catania nbsp Interior of the Cathedral of Cefalu nbsp Cathedral of CefaluSicily s Norman period lasted from c 1061 until about 1200 The architecture was decorated in gilded mosaics such as that at the cathedral at Monreale The Palatine Chapel in Palermo built in 1130 is perhaps the strongest example of this The interior of the dome itself a Byzantine feature is decorated in a mosaic depicting Christ Pantocrator accompanied by his angels During Sicily s later Norman era early Gothic influences can be detected such as those in the cathedral at Messina consecrated in 1197 However here the high Gothic campanile is of a later date and should not be confused with the early Gothic built during the Norman period which featured pointed arches and windows rather than the flying buttresses and pinnacles later to manifest themselves in the Gothic era Edifices in Palermo Norman palace with its Palatine Chapel Zisa Cuba Castle of Maredolce Cathedral of Palermo San Giovanni dei Lebbrosi San Giovanni degli Eremiti Santa Maria dell Ammiraglio also known as Martorana San Cataldo Church of the Holy Spirit Sicily also known as Chiesa del Vespro Santissima Trinita it known as Chiesa della Magione The Admiral s Bridge Ponte dell Ammiraglio Monreale Cathedral and Benedictine cloister Cefalu Cathedral Edifices in Messina Messina Cathedral Church of Chiesa di Santa Maria della Valle Church of the Santissima Annunziata dei Catalani Erice the Venus Castle and the main church Duomo dell Assunta Castelvetrano Church of the Santissima Trinita di Delia Casalvecchio Siculo Church of Santi Pietro e Paolo d Agro Itala the Arabic Norman Church of Saints Peter and Paul Montalbano Elicona Palatine Chapel Sciacca Church of San Nicolo la Latina and Church of Santa Maria della Raccomandata Caltanissetta Abbey of the Santo Spirito San Fratello Shrine of the Tre Santi Maniace Norman bridge and Castle of Nelson old Abbey of St Mary in Maniace Syracuse Church of San Nicolo ai Cordari and Church of San Giovanni alle catacombe St John the Catacombs Nicosia Sicily Norman castle Castle of Milazzo San Marco d Alunzio Ruins of the Norman Church of St Saviour S Salvatore and ruins of the Norman castle Adrano Norman castle Aci Castello Motta Sant Anastasia Norman tower Dongione Caronia Norman castle Catania Cathedral Ponte dei Saraceni Norman bridge Adrano Ponte Calatrasi Norman bridge Roccamena Ponte di Cerami Norman bridge CeramiMalta edit After its Norman conquest in 1091 Malta saw the construction of several Norman pieces of architecture Many have been demolished and rebuilt over the years especially after the 1693 Sicily earthquake which destroyed many old Norman buildings however some fortresses and houses still exist in Mdina and Vittoriosa Transitional style editAs master masons developed the style and experimented with ways of overcoming the geometric difficulties of groin vaulted ceilings they introduced features such as the pointed arch that were later characterised as being Gothic in style Architectural historians and scholars consider that a style must be assessed as an integral whole rather than an aggregate of features and while some include these developments within the Norman or Romanesque styles others describe them as transitional or Norman Gothic Transitional A few websites use the term Norman Gothic but it is unclear whether they refer to the transitional style or to the Norman style as a whole 11 12 Neo Norman editThis section does not cite any sources Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed June 2018 Learn how and when to remove this template message Neo Norman architecture is a type of Romanesque Revival architecture based on Norman Romanesque architecture There is sometimes confusion especially in North America between this style and revivalist versions of vernacular or later architecture of Normandy such as the Norman farmhouse style popular for larger houses Romanesque Revival versions focus on the arch and capitals and decorated doorways There are two examples in Manchester the former Stock Exchange building and a synagogue in Fallowfield Gallery edit nbsp Greencastle County Down nbsp Castle at Raviscanina redoubt of the rebel Andrew of Rupecanina nbsp The Palazzo dei Normanni in Palermo nbsp The Pantocrator in the apse of the Cathedral of Cefalu in Sicily nbsp The Cathedral of Palermo was erected in 1185 by Walter Ophamil the archbishop of Palermo and King William II s minister nbsp New Romney church tower an example of English small town Norman architecture nbsp Winchester Cathedral an example of Norman architecture in England nbsp St Bees Priory Cumbria west door c 1160 nbsp Archway Norman Tower Bury St Edmunds Suffolk c 1120 1148 nbsp Arches in the southern nave of the Church of St Lawrence Alton Hampshire c 1070 1100 nbsp St Michael s church at Mickleham in Surrey c 950 1180 nbsp Palazzo Falson Mdina Malta c 1494 nbsp Palazzo Santa Sofia Mdina Malta c 1233 first floor nbsp Archway in St Leonard s church Hythe KentSee also edit nbsp Architecture portalNorman Revival architecture English Gothic architecture Renaissance architectureReferences edit Reilly Lisa 2020 The Invention of Norman Visual Culture Art Politics and Dynastic Ambition Cambridge Cambridge University Press ISBN 9781108488167 OED Romanesque in French a letter of 1818 by Charles Alexis Adrien Duherissier de Gerville seems to be the first OED same entry in French by Gerville s friend Arcisse de Caumont in his Essaie sur l architecture du moyen age particulierement en Normandie 1824 Bloxam Matthew Holbeche 1841 The Principles of Gothic Ecclesiastical Architecture Oxford John Henry Parker pp 52 57 Bell Edward December 1888 On the Distinction Between Romanesque and Gothic The Archaeological Review 2 4 237 251 JSTOR 44245200 Crummy Philip 1997 City of Victory the story of Colchester Britain s first Roman town Published by Colchester Archaeological Trust ISBN 1 897719 04 3 Denney Patrick 2004 Colchester Published by Tempus Publishing ISBN 978 0 7524 3214 4 Moyse s Hall museum Moyseshall org Retrieved 2011 06 11 Castles in Ireland Feudal Power in a Gaelic World by Tom McNeill London 1997 ISBN 978 0 415 22853 4 Abbazia Benedettina di Sant Eufemia Retrieved 10 April 2017 Gothic Architecture in England Britainexpress com Retrieved 2011 06 11 Norman Gothic Racine ra it Retrieved 2011 06 11 Sources and literature edit Bilson John 1929 Durham Cathedral and the Chronology of Its Vaults Archaeological Journal 79 Clapham Alfred William 1934 English Romanesque Architecture after the Conquest Oxford a href Template Citation html title Template Citation citation a CS1 maint location missing publisher link Clifton Taylor Alec 1967 The Cathedrals of England London a href Template Citation html title Template Citation citation a CS1 maint location missing publisher link Cook George Henry 1957 The English Cathedrals through the Centuries London a href Template Citation html title Template Citation citation a CS1 maint location missing publisher link Escher Konrad 1929 Englische Kathedralen Zurich a href Template Citation html title Template Citation citation a CS1 maint location missing publisher link Fernie Eric 2000 The Architecture of Norman England Oxford a href Template Citation html title Template Citation citation a CS1 maint location missing publisher link Pevsner Nikolaus Fleming John Honour Hugh 1971 1966 Lexikon der Weltarchitektur Munchen a href Template Citation html title Template Citation citation a CS1 maint location missing publisher link Wagner Rieger Renate 1953 Studien zur mittelalterlichen Architektur Englands Wiener Kunstwiss Blatter Jg 2 Short Ernest H 2005 Norman Architecture in England Webb Geoffrey 1956 Architecture in Britain The Middle Ages Pelican History of Art LondonExternal links editCRSBI The Corpus of ROMANESQUE SCULPTURE in Britain and Ireland website The Normans a European People nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Norman architecture Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Norman architecture amp oldid 1196788175, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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