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artistic style of Europe from approximately 1000 AD to the 13th century

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Romanesque art was the dominant artistic style across Europe from around 1000 AD until the 13th century, characterized by its distinctive approach to architecture, sculpture, and painting during the medieval period. It matters because it represents a major phase in European artistic development and reflects the cultural, religious, and technological achievements of the High Middle Ages.

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Instance of
art style
Subclass of
medieval art
Followed by
Gothic art
Location
Europe
Image
PanteónSanIsidoroLeón.jpg
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Category:Romanesque art
Commons category
Romanesque art
end time
1200-00-00
influenced by
Insular art
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Romanesque art
start time
1000-00-00
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Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
subject named as
Romanik
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Encyclopedic overview

The painted crypt of San Isidoro at León, Spain The "Morgan Leaf", detached from the Winchester Bible of 1160–75. Scenes from the life of David.

Romanesque art is the art of Europe from approximately 1000 AD to the rise of the Gothic style in the 12th century, or later depending on region. The preceding period is known as the Pre-Romanesque period. The term was invented by 19th-century art historians, especially for Romanesque architecture, which retained many basic features of Roman architectural style – most notably round-headed arches, but also barrel vaults, apses, and acanthus-leaf decoration – but had also developed many very different characteristics. Medieval sculpture, specially romanesque, is the best and most famous through Art History.

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