Describe the differences between Romanesque and Gothic architecture. Use specific buildings and their features to support your answer.
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Romanesque is an earlier European style of architecture than Gothic. Romanesque style used round arches in a stone barrel vault over the nave. The barrel vault unified the interior visually, providing a soaring, majestic climax to the rhythms announced by the arches below. You can see a barrel vault, as well as groin vaults, in the nave of the abbey church of Sainte-Foy. The later Gothic period featured the use of a pointed arch, which allowed for greater height and allowed for more interior light. Whereas Romanesque cathedrals tended to be dark inside, with few and small window openings, Gothic builders strove to open up their walls for large stained-glass windows. Gothic builders reinforced their walls from the outside with buttresses, piers, and a new invention, flying buttresses. The Cathedral of Notre-Dame de Reims, France is a prime example of Gothic architecture.
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