Cistercian
(noun)
A member of a monastic order, related to the Benedictines, who hold a vow of silence.
Examples of Cistercian in the following topics:
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Cistercian Architecture
- The Cistercians are a Roman Catholic religious order of enclosed monks and nuns.
- Cistercian architecture was based on rational principles.
- This was also true of the Cistercian projects.
- The Cistercians recruited the best stone cutters.
- Relate Cistercian architecture to the rational principles upon which it is based.
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The Church
- They were followed by the Cluniac order, the Cistercians, Carthusians, and Augustinian Canons.
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The Romanesque Period
- Monasteries remained extremely important, especially those of the expansionist new Cistercian, Cluniac, and Carthusian orders of the period that spread out across Europe.
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Architecture of the Holy Roman Empire
- Other important examples of Romanesque styles include the cathedrals of Worms and Mainz, Limburg Cathedral (in the Rhenish Romanesque style), Maulbronn Abbey (an example of Cistercian architecture), and the famous castle of Wartburg, which was later expanded in the Gothic style.