Ottonian architecture

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• OTTONIAN ARCHITECTURE —    See EARLY MEDIEVAL ARCHITECTURE …   Historical Dictionary of Architecture

• Ottonian art — Painting, sculpture, and other visual arts produced during the reigns of the German Ottonian emperors and their first successors from the Salic house (950–1050). Though it drew on the heritage of Carolingian art, it developed a style of its own,… …   Universalium

• Ottonian Renaissance — The Ottonian Renaissance was a limited renaissance of economy and art in central and southern Europe that accompanied the reigns of the first three emperors of the Saxon Dynasty, all named Otto: Otto I (936–973), Otto II (973–983), and Otto III… …   Wikipedia

• Ottonian art — See also: Ottonian Renaissance and Ottonian architecture The Otto Mathilda Cross is a masterpiece of Ottonian art. In pre romanesque Germany, the prevailing style was what has come to be known as Ottonian art. With Ottonian architecture, it… …   Wikipedia

• Ottonian dynasty — Depiction of the Ottonian family tree in a 12th century manuscript. The Ottonian dynasty was a dynasty of Germanic Kings (919 1024), named after its first emperor but also known as the Saxon dynasty after the family s origin. The family itself is …   Wikipedia

• Western architecture — Introduction       history of Western architecture from prehistoric Mediterranean cultures to the present.       The history of Western architecture is marked by a series of new solutions to structural problems. During the period from the… …   Universalium

• EARLY MEDIEVAL ARCHITECTURE —    The Middle Ages is broadly defined as the period between the fall of Rome, with its centralized imperial rule, and the revival of classicism in the Renaissance. Thus medieval architecture is often assumed, however wrongly, to turn away from… …   Historical Dictionary of Architecture

• Romanesque architecture — is the term that is used to describe the architecture of Middle Ages Europe which evolved into the Gothic style beginning in the 12th century. The term Romanesque , meaning descended from Roman , was used to describe the style from the early 19th …   Wikipedia

• Regional characteristics of Romanesque architecture — Romanesque architecture is the term that is used to describe the architecture of Europe which emerged in the late 10th century and evolved into the Gothic style during the 12th century. The Romanesque style in England is more traditionally… …   Wikipedia

• Romanesque architecture — Architecture current in Europe from about the mid 11th century to the advent of Gothic architecture. A fusion of Roman, Carolingian and Ottonian, Byzantine, and local Germanic traditions, it was a product of the great expansion of monasticism in… …   Universalium