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Richardsonian
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English
Etymology
From en Richardson ian.
Pronunciation
en əʊniən 5
Adjective
Of or relating to Henry Hobson Richardson (1838–1886), American architect, or the Romanesque style that he popularised.
en 1993 Architecture in Texas: 1895-1945 Jay C. Henry A. O. Watson of Austin and Eugene T. Heiner of Houston collaborated to produce a very credible Richardsonian court house for DeWitt County in Cuero (1894 - 1896; Fig. 2.06), perhaps modeled on Richardson's Allegheny County Courthouse in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
en 2001 County Courthouses of Pennsylvania: A Guide Oliver P. Williams 95 The Richardsonian model in nearby Pittsburgh is reflected in the building's surface texture, the 188-foot square tower, arcaded windows, arched entryways, ans stone foliage carvings.
en 2009 An Arch Guidebook to Los Angeles Robert Winter 16 Most Richardsonian buildings in Los Angeles have disappeared.
Of or relating to Samuel Richardson (1689–1761), English writer known for his epistolary novels.
en 1967 Theory of the Novel Philip Stevick 382 In fact, Fielding's inability to understand Richardson is mainly the result of his inability to understand Richardsonian complexity of characterization.
en 2006 Making the Novel: Fiction and Society in Britain, 1660-1789 Brean Hammond; Shaun Regan Sexually frank and verbally inventive, Cleland's text constitutes an intriguing response to the dual claims of Richardsonian and Fieldingesque fiction.
en 2011 New Essays on Diderot James Fowler 6 La Religieuse has often been called a 'Richardsonian' novel.
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