Chapter 17
11 th & 12 th Century ( ) 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
Church and Reliquary of Sainte ‐ Foy, Conques, France, c. 1050–1130
Interior & Plan
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
Bayeux tapestry, c. 1070, embroidered wool on linen, 20 inches high (Bayeux Museum)
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
St. Sernin Interior
Bernardus Gelduinus, Christ in Majesty, relief in ambulatory of Saint-Sernin. c. 1096
Cloister of Saint-Pierre, Moissac
Lions & Old Testament Prophet (Jeremiah or Isaiah?) Trumeau of south portal of St.-Pierre, Moissac, France
Giselbertus, Last Judgement, West tympanum of St.- Lazare, Autun
Morgan Madonna 12 th century painted wood
Holy Roman Empire
Speyer Cathedral, Germany
Sant’ Ambrogio, Milan 11 th -12 th century
Italy
Baptistery, Cathedral, and Campanile, in Pisa
Baptistery of San Giovanni, Florence. dedicated 1059
San Miniato al Monte, Florence and 12th century
Wiligelmo, Creation and Temptation of Adam and Eve. c. 1110, Modena Cathedral, frieze
King David by Benedetto Antelami. c
Normandy & England
St.-Etienne, Caen. begun 1067
Durham Cathedral, England. beg. c. 1093