Chapter 17
Increase in church construction due to the following: 11th & 12th Century (1000-1200) Increase in church construction due to the following: pilgrimages to visit relics (said to have healing powers) crusades (literally “taking of the cross”) merged the monastic with military growing cities, expansion, increased population many earlier churches destroyed by Norsemen needed buildings that were fire proof, hold large crowds, good acoustics and lighting
Basic Characteristics of Romanesque style: breaks from old basilica hall-like space with flat walls new interior divided into compartments (bays) clearly defined modular units, repeated round arch buttress cylindrical apse radiating chapels square/round towers portals (doorways) become important area for sculptural decoration
Diagram of a Romanesque portal
58. Church and Reliquary of Sainte‐Foy, Conques, France, c 58. Church and Reliquary of Sainte‐Foy, Conques, France, c. 1050–1130, Romanesque Europe Form Content Function Context Terms Themes
Sainte Foy Last Judgment Tympanum (portal)
Reliquary statue of Sainte-Foy (Saint Faith), late 10th to early 11th century with later additions, gold, silver gilt, jewels, and cameos over a wooden core, 33 1/2 inches
Form Content Function Context Terms Themes 59. Bayeux tapestry, c. 1070, embroidered wool on linen, 20 inches high (Bayeux Museum), Romanesque Europe Form Content Function Context Terms Themes
4 Main Regions in Romanesque art, each with own characteristics France/Northern Spain Holy Roman Empire (Germany & Milan) Normandy/England Italy
France & Northern Spain
St. Sernin, Toulouse, France
Cloister of Saint-Pierre, Moissac
Lions & Old Testament Prophet (Jeremiah or Isaiah Lions & Old Testament Prophet (Jeremiah or Isaiah?) Trumeau of south portal of St.-Pierre, Moissac, France
Giselbertus, Last Judgement, West tympanum of St Giselbertus, Last Judgement, West tympanum of St.- Lazare, Autun 1120-1135
Morgan Madonna 12th century painted wood
Holy Roman Empire
Speyer Cathedral, Germany
Sant’ Ambrogio, Milan 11th-12th century
Italy
Baptistery, Cathedral, and Campanile, in Pisa. 1053-1272
Baptistery of San Giovanni, Florence. dedicated 1059
Wiligelmo, Creation and Temptation of Adam and Eve. c Wiligelmo, Creation and Temptation of Adam and Eve. c. 1110, Modena Cathedral, frieze
Normandy & England
St.-Etienne, Caen. begun 1067
Durham Cathedral, England. beg. c. 1093