Romanesque

Romanesque Art

FeudalismAgricultural economy

-Barons (Nobles)-Vassals (Knights)

-Peasants/serfs (slaves)

Urbanization and Christianity

Pilgrimages and Crusades-travel and trade-new middle class-growth of cities

-influences of Muslims and Byzantines

THEME: Romanesque

• Build it (block by block) and they will come

Church building Stone masonry, new vaulting techniques, “blocky” appearance

pilgrimages

interior of Saint Etienne

Vignory, France

ca. 1050-1057

plan of Saint Etienne

Vignory, France

ca. 1050-1057

Radiating chapels

Saint-Sernin

Toulouse, France

ca. 1070-1120

Plan of Saint-Sernin

Toulouse, France

ca. 1070-1120

Interior of Saint-Sernin

Toulouse, France

ca. 1070-1120

Interior of Santa Sabina, 422, Rome

*compartments of space replaced long flat walls

Nave of Saint-Sernin

Toulouse, France

ca. 1070-1120

Barrel Vaulted ceiling

Tribune (second story gallery)

Compound piers (engaged columns

attached)

Bernardus Gelduinus

Christ in Majestyrelief in the ambulatory of Saint-Sernin

Toulouse, France

ca. 1096marble4 ft. 2 in. high

St. Catherine’s, Egypt, 565

Interior of Speyer Cathedral

Speyer,Germany

begun 1030nave vaults ca.1082-1106

Plan of Speyer Cathedral

Speyer, Germany

begun 1030

Aerial view of Sant’ Ambrogio

Milan, Italy

late eleventh to early twelfth century

Plan of Sant’ Ambrogio

Milan, Italy


Interior of Sant’ Ambrogio

Milan, Italy


West façade of Saint-Etienne

Caen, France

begun 1067, ca. 1115-1120

Interior of Saint-Etienne (nave)

Caen, France

ca. 1115-1120

Interior of Saint-Etienne (elevation)

Caen, France

ca. 1115-1120

Interior of Durham Cathedral

Durham, England

begun ca. 1093

Plan & transverse section of Durham Cathedral

Durham, England

begun ca. 1093

Exterior of Durham Cathedral

Durham, England

begun ca. 1093

Pisa Cathedral complex

Pisa, Italy

cathedral begun 1063baptistery begun 1153campanile begun 1174

Pisa Cathedral campanile

Pisa, Italy

begun 1174

Interior of Pisa Cathedral

Pisa, Italy

cathedral begun 1063

West façadeSan Miniato al Monte

Florence, Italy

1062 and twelfth century

Interior of San Miniato al Monte

Florence, Italy

1062 and twelfth century

Wiligelmo

Creation of Adam and Eve, frieze on the west façade, Modena Cathedral

Modena, Italy

ca. 1110marbleapproximately 3 ft. high

Tympanum of the south portal of Saint-Pierre

Moissac, France

marbleca. 1115-1135

Christ in Majesty with angels and the Twenty-Four EldersTympanum of the south portal of Saint-Pierre

Moissac, France

marbleca. 1115-1135 approximately 16 ft. 6 in. wide at base

Christ in Majesty with angels and the Twenty-Four EldersTympanum of the s. portal of Saint-Pierre

Moissac, France

marbleca. 1115-1135 approximately 16 ft. 6 in. wide at base

Lions and Old Testament prophet (Jeremiah or Isaiah?)

From the trumeau of the south portal of Saint-Pierre

Moissac, France

ca. 1115-1130marbleapproximately life-size

Cloister of Saint-Pierre

Moissac, France

ca. 1100-1115marblepiers approximately 6 ft. high

Abbey of Notre-Dame

Fontenay, Burgundy, France

1139-47

Gislebertus

Last Judgment (plaster cast)West tympanum of Saint-Lazare

Autun, France

ca. 1120-1135marbleapproximately 21’ wide at base

Ascension of Christ and Mission of the ApostlesTympanum of the center portal of the narthex of La Madeleine

Vézelay, France

1120-1132

Portal on the west façade of Saint-Trophime

Arles, France

second third of the twelfth century

Benedetto Antelami,

King Davidon the west façade of Fidenza Cathedral

Fidenza, Italy

ca. 1180-1190marbleapproximately life-size

Virgin and Child ( Morgan Madonna)

from Auvergne, France

second half of twelfth centurypainted wood2 ft. 7 in. high

Head Reliquary of Saint Alexander

from Stavelot Abbey, Belgium

1145silver repoussé, gilt bronze, gems, enamel17 1/2 in. high

Christ in Majestyapse fresco from Santa María de Muir

near Lérida, Spain

mid-twelfth centuryfresco22 x 24 ft.

The Vision of Hildegard of BingenDetail of facsimile of a lost folio in the Scivias by Hildegard of Bingen

from Trier or Bingen, Germany

ca. 1050-1079

Initial R with knight fighting dragonfrom the Moralia in Job

from Cîteaux, France

ca. 1115-1125ink and tempera on vellum13 3/4 x 9 1/4 in.

Master Hugo

Moses Expounding the Lawfolio 94 recto of the Bury Bible

from Bury Saint Edmunds, England

ca. 1135ink and tempera on vellum20 x 14 in.

12 Scenes from the Christmas StoryMS 37472 folio 1 recto

from Canterbury, England

ca. 1140ink and tempera on vellum40.5 x 30 cm

12 Scenes from the Christmas Story (detail)MS 37472 folio 1 recto

from Canterbury, England

ca. 1140ink and tempera on vellum40.5 x 30 cm

Cat, Mouse and WeaselBestiary, MS 11283, folio 15, (detail)

from England

ca. 1170ink and tempera on vellum30 x 180 cm

Mouth of HellWinchester Psalter

from Winchester, England

ca. 1150ink and tempera on vellum12 3/4 x 9 1/8 in.

Eadwine the Scribe(?)

Eadwine the Scribe at workfolio 283 verso of the Eadwine Psalter

ca. 1160-1170ink and tempera on vellum

Funeral of Edward the Confessorprocession to Westminster Abbeydetail of the Bayeux Tapestry

From Bayeux Cathedral, Bayeux, France

ca. 1070-1080embroidered wool on linen229 ft. 8 in. overall

Battle of Hastingsdetail of the Bayeux Tapestry

From Bayeux Cathedral, Bayeux, France

ca. 1070-1080embroidered wool on linen229 ft. 8 in. overall

Christ in Majesty (Maiestas Domini) with apostles

Saint-Genis-des-Fontaines, France

1019-1020

Rainer of Huy

Baptism of ChristBaptismal font from Notre-Dame-des-Fonts

Liege, Belgium

1107-1118bronze2 ft. 1 in. high

Entombment of Christfresco above the nave arcade, Sant’Angelo in Formis

Near Capua, Italy

ca. 1085fresco

The Tree of JesseExplanatio in Isaiam

from Cîteaux, France

ca. 1125ink and tempera on vellum15 x 9 in.

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