Richardsonian

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1. Of or relating to Henry Hobson Richardson (1838–1886), American architect, or the Romanesque style that he popularised.

   Most Richardsonian buildings in Los Angeles have disappeared.

   2009, Robert Winter, An Arch Guidebook to Los Angeles, page 16

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   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.

   1993, Jay C. Henry, Architecture in Texas: 1895-1945

   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.

   2001, Oliver P. Williams, County Courthouses of Pennsylvania: A Guide, page 95

2. Of or relating to Samuel Richardson (1689–1761), English writer known for his epistolary novels.

   La Religieuse has often been called a 'Richardsonian' novel.

   2011, James Fowler, New Essays on Diderot, page 6

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   In fact, Fielding's inability to understand Richardson is mainly the result of his inability to understand Richardsonian complexity of characterization.

   1967, Philip Stevick, Theory of the Novel, page 382

   Sexually frank and verbally inventive, Cleland's text constitutes an intriguing response to the dual claims of Richardsonian and Fieldingesque fiction.

   2006, Brean Hammond, Shaun Regan, Making the Novel: Fiction and Society in Britain, 1660-1789