- A
westwork (German: Westwerk), forepart, avant-corps or
avancorpo is the monumental, west-facing
entrance section ("west front") of a Carolingian, Ottonian...
- of this, was the
tiered entrance to the rest of the now
defunct palace,
Westwork.
Light is
brought in by a
three tiered system of
circular arched windows...
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example of
Carolingian architecture, the
oldest surviving example of a
westwork, and the
oldest standing medieval structure in Westphalia. The original...
- that was
added onto
gradually in
different eras. The
imposing Romanesque westwork, with four
towers and an
additional apse, has been
copied repeatedly. The...
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commonly incorporated westworks,
which is
arguably the
precedent for the
western facades of
later medieval cathedrals. An
original westwork survives today at...
- century, the
transept in the
second half of the century, and the
choir and
westwork in the 12th century. The
Romanesque church was
built during a
period in...
- the
westwork,
Heinrich Hübsch, an
architect of
early Historicism,
created a Neo
Romanesque design which drew on
features of the
original westwork and...
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mullion or
trumeau between doors, and
columns with
carvings of
saints in the
westwork of a church.[citation needed]
Baroque portal of a
private palace in Brescia...
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Carolingian westwork a
feature that may
proceed western ecclesiastical Romanesque and
Gothic architecture. The only
surviving Carolingian westwork is at the...
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Cathedral (
westwork) Liège, St Bartholomew's Liège, St Denis,
westwork Celles,
Saint Hadelin's Nivelles.
Westwork abbey church Aldeneik,
Westwork Maastricht...
