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The 37 pages that link to Romanesque architecture, each with the reason it gives.

• Gothic architectureCompared with: Gothic builders transformed Romanesque forms with pointed arches and lighter wall structures.

• Flying buttressCompared with: Its churches often relied on massive walls and direct supports instead of prominent flying arches.

• Chartres CathedralCompared with: Earlier Romanesque work survives at Chartres beneath and around its predominantly Gothic structure.

• Basilica of Saint-DenisCompared with: The rebuilt choir’s pointed forms and luminous windows departed from this earlier style.

• Church architectureCompared with: Its heavy masonry and small openings contrast with the later Gothic drive for height and light.

• Moorish architectureCompared with: Its structural vocabulary provides a contrast to the slender, patterned arcades of many Moorish buildings.

• Arnolfo di CambioCompared with: Its earlier visual language provides a contrast to the Gothic structures Arnolfo helped develop.

• Mont-Saint-MichelCompared with: Romanesque structures survive beneath and alongside the abbey’s later Gothic additions.

• Pre-Romanesque art and architectureCompared with: It names the architectural period that followed and developed beyond these earlier traditions.

• Visigothic art and architectureCompared with: Its later buildings differ in scale and structural treatment from early Iberian Visigothic churches.