Romanesque architecture eventually evolved into Gothic, swapping thick walls for thin ones and small windows for large ones. The Renaissance, however, reverted back to the ancient Roman way of ...

Torre Guinigi is a 14th-century tower that provides a fascinating insight into how Italy's wealthy classes once operated.

When conceived, the style was meant to be heavenly and transcendent—so how did it become the vision of a haunted house?

Rooted in the pre-Gothic architecture of medieval Europe, the Romanesque Style first came to America in the 1840s and 1850s. Romanesque buildings emphasized rough stone, dramatic arches, and ...

Romanesque architecture, which preceded the Gothic, could be built by large teams of relatively unskilled workers. Gothic construction, on the other hand, required smaller, well-trained groups of ...

Romanesque architecture is known for its rounded arches, thick walls, and small windows. On the other side, Gothic architecture had pointed arches, gargoyles, stained glass windows, and the use of ...

Gothic churches were taller and brighter than the earlier Romanesque. They were made with a skeleton of support. The key to Gothic is the pointed arch. A Romanesque church is built with round arches.

Lansing's historic downtown churches include one designed by Elijah Myers, the same architect who designed the State Capitol building.