Ottonian architecture

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Ottonian architecture is a pre-Romanesque medieval architectural style of the 10th–11th centuries in the Holy Roman Empire, characterized by massive forms, modular plans, and a revival of Carolingian and early Christian design principles.

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Label Occurrences
Ottonian architecture canonical 11
Pre-Romanesque architecture 1

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf architectural style ⓘ
pre-Romanesque architecture ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
developedIn 10th century ⓘ
11th century ⓘ
endTime 11th century ⓘ
followedBy Romanesque architecture ⓘ
follows Carolingian architecture ⓘ
hasCharacteristic alternation of piers and columns ⓘ
basilican ground plans ⓘ
clear modular spatial units ⓘ
emphasis on liturgical processions ⓘ
emphasis on verticality ⓘ
flat wooden ceilings ⓘ
massive forms ⓘ
modular plans ⓘ
multiple apses ⓘ
relatively simple vaulting ⓘ
westwork facades ⓘ
hasNotableExample Abbey Church of St. Cyriakus, Gernrode ⓘ
Essen Minster ⓘ
Gandersheim Abbey church ⓘ
Quedlinburg Abbey church ⓘ
linked to: Quedlinburg Abbey

St. Gertrude's Collegiate Church, Nivelles ⓘ
St. Michael's Church, Hildesheim ⓘ
St. Pantaleon, Cologne ⓘ
influenced Romanesque architecture ⓘ
influencedBy Byzantine architecture ⓘ
Carolingian architecture ⓘ
Early Christian architecture ⓘ
namedAfter Ottonian dynasty ⓘ
partOf Ottonian Renaissance ⓘ
precededBy Carolingian architecture ⓘ
region German lands of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
Lower Rhine ⓘ
Middle Rhine ⓘ
linked to: Mittelrhein

Saxony ⓘ
startTime 10th century ⓘ
typicalBuildingType three-aisled basilica ⓘ
westwork church ⓘ
typicalStructuralElement crossing tower ⓘ
crypt beneath the choir ⓘ
twin-tower west front ⓘ
usedFor cathedrals ⓘ
church buildings ⓘ
collegiate churches ⓘ
imperial chapels ⓘ
monasteries ⓘ

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Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Bishop Bernward of Hildesheim → architecturalStyle → Ottonian architecture ⓘ
Norman architecture → follows → Pre-Romanesque architecture ⓘ
linked to: Ottonian architecture
Norman architecture → influencedBy → Ottonian architecture ⓘ
Palatine Chapel → influenced → Ottonian architecture ⓘ
Aachen Cathedral → architecturalStyle → Ottonian architecture ⓘ
St. Michael’s Church, Hildesheim → architecturalStyle → Ottonian architecture ⓘ
subject linked to: St. Michael’s Church
Carolingian architecture → followedBy → Ottonian architecture ⓘ
Carolingian architecture → influenced → Ottonian architecture ⓘ
St. Pantaleon Abbey, Cologne → architecturalStyle → Ottonian architecture ⓘ
Imperial Palace at Memleben → architecturalStyle → Ottonian architecture ⓘ
subject linked to: imperial palace (Kaiserpfalz)