Boston architect Henry Hobson Richardson is known as the father of the Romanesque Revival style of architecture, so much so that the term Richardson Romanesque is synonymous with the more correct term ...

Rugged, muscular and opulent, the Romanesque Revival style was perfectly suited to the power and might of Victorian robber barons, captains of industry, and grand money makers. It was a highly ...

Romanesque Revival is the third Victorian style that was prevalent in the United States from 1880 to 1900. Of the seven Victorian styles, Romanesque can be described as the most masculine and massive ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Visual analyses of English Romanesque architecture have often taken second place to questions of structure, dating, or filiation despite the ...

Much of New Orleans culture derives from outside influences imported by newcomers, whose traditions and tastes gradually syncretized locally into something distinct. The city has returned the favor, ...

Recognizable for its pointed arches and rib vaults, Gothic architecture was Europe’s primary building style for cathedrals from the late 12th to the 16th century. It evolved from its heavier, rounder ...

I recently took a trip to Washington, D.C. to visit a myriad of war memorials. I was in awe of the grandeur and honor they ...

There have been over 79 breweries in San Francisco’s history, most of them either lost to the 1906 earthquake or in the two years following the 1919 passage of the 21st amendment. These lost brew ...

Romanesque Revival is the third Victorian style that was prevalent in the United States from 1880 to 1900. Of the seven Victorian styles, Romanesque can be described as the most masculine and massive ...