I. GEOGRAPHICAL ·        The decline of the Roman Empire , the Romanesque style grew up in those countries of Western Europe which had been under the Roman rule ·        Geographical position determined many of the peculiarities of the style of each country ·        Apart from its Roman origin , the Romanesque style owed something to […]
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( 7TH CENTURY TO PRESENT DAY ) GEOGRAPHICAL The Moslem faith flourished principally in the countries of Southern Asia and Northern Africa In modern times the following countries were governed by Islamic rulers and largely populated by Islamic people during the following periods indicated Ø Africa North of Sahara ( 7thcentury onwards )
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Early Christian Art and Architecture characteristics (313 – 800 ) GEOGRAPHICAL ·        Christianity has its birth in Judea, an eastern province of the Roman Empire ·        It was naturally carried by St. Peter and St. Paul and other missionaries in Rome, as the center of the world empire ·        In spite of the opposition
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BYZANTINE ARCHITECTURE (330 – 1453 & LATER) GEOGRAPHICAL ·         Byzantium, renamed Constantinople after Constantine the Great, its imperial founder ·         Also called New Rome, was the capital of the Roman empire in 330 ·         It stood at the junction o Bosporus and the Sea of Marmora, where Europe and Asia are divided by only a narrow strip
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