Transitional style

Transitional style

An architectural style characterized by elements of an older style blended with elements of a more modern style in the same building, such as the evolution of Romanesque into Gothic.

transitional style

transitional style: capital, Church of St. Sebaldus, Nuremberg An architectural mode in a period between two different architectural styles, as for example, between late Georgian and early Federal style; such a transition may occur at different times in different parts of a country.