Cathedral, church in which a bishop presides. The designation is not dependent on the size or magnificence of a church edifice, but is entirely a matter of its assignment as the church in whic...

Italian architecture, the several styles employed in Italy after the Roman period. Italy's Romanesque architecture (12th cent.) reveals the first use of the groined vault with projecting ribs....

Mosaic, art of arranging colored pieces of marble, glass, tile, wood, or other material to produce a surface ornament. In Egypt and Mesopotamia, furniture, small architectural features, and je...

Romanesque architecture and art, the artistic style that prevailed throughout Europe from the 10th to the mid-12th cent., although it persisted until considerably later in certain areas. The t...