1. TEST YOURSELF, BEFORE I TEST YOU!
Mwa-ha-ha

2. Romanesque Rounded Arches. Barrel vaults. Thick walls.
Darker, simplistic interiors.
Small windows, usually at the top of the wall.
It is a feature of Romanesque art, both in manuscript illumination and sculptural decoration, that figures are contorted to fit the space that they occupy.

3. Gothic Began in France in the 12c. Pointed arches. Flying buttresses.
Stained glass windows.
Elaborate, ornate interior.
Taller, more airy
lots of light.
Lavish sculpture
larger-than-life.

4. Gothic
WHEN IN DOUBT…
A Gothic cathedral or abbey was, prior to the 20th century, generally the landmark building in its town, rising high above all the domestic structures and often surmounted by one or more towers and pinnacles and perhaps tall spires.
These cathedrals were the skyscrapers of that day and would have been the largest buildings by far that Europeans would ever have seen.
GOTHIC EMPHASIZES LIGHT!

5. Romanesque or Gothic?

6. Romanesque or Gothic?
GOTHIC

7. Maria Laach Abbey, Germany

8. Maria Laach Abbey, Germany
ROMANESQUE

9. Oudenaarde Town Hall, Belgium

10. Oudenaarde Town Hall, Belgium
GOTHIC

11. The Palazzo Pubblico, Siena, Italy

12. The Palazzo Pubblico, Siena, Italy
GOTHIC

13. Tum Collegiate Church, Poland

14. Tum Collegiate Church, Poland
ROMANESQUE

15. Façade of Reims Cathedral, France

16. Façade of Reims Cathedral, France
GOTHIC

17. Romanesque or Gothic?

18. Romanesque or Gothic?
ROMANESQUE

19. Romanesque or Gothic?

20. Romanesque or Gothic?
ROMANESQUE

21. Speyer Cathedral, Speyer, Germany

22. Speyer Cathedral, Speyer, Germany
The 19th-century reconstruction of the westwerk of the Romanesque Speyer Cathedral.
ROMANESQUE

23. Romanesque or Gothic?

24. Romanesque or Gothic?
GOTHIC

25. Romanesque or Gothic?

26. Romanesque or Gothic?
GOTHIC

27. Tower of London

28. ROMANESQUE Tower of London
The Tower of London (1078). William the Conqueror built the central White Tower as his stronghold and residence.

29. Cathedral of Saint-Gatian, Tours, France

30. Cathedral of Saint-Gatian, Tours, France
GOTHIC

31. Romanesque or Gothic?

32. Romanesque or Gothic?
GOTHIC

33. Romanesque or Gothic?

34. Romanesque or Gothic?
GOTHIC

35. Romanesque or Gothic?

36. Romanesque or Gothic?
ROMANESQUE

37. Lessay Abbey, Normandy, France.

38. Lessay Abbey, Normandy, France.
The traceried window to the left of the building indicates that the steeply gabled vestry dates from the Gothic period.
ROMANESQUE

39. Laon Cathedral, Picardy, France

40. Laon Cathedral, Picardy, France
The facade of Laon Cathedral, 1225, a Gothic cathedral, maintains rounded arches and arcading in the Romanesque manner.
GOTHIC(ISH)

41. Ely Cathedral, England

42. GOTHIC(ISH) Ely Cathedral, England
Ely Cathedral, England, the central western tower and framing smaller towers all had transitional features, 1180s. The tower to the left fell. Gothic porch, 1250s; lantern, 1390s.
GOTHIC(ISH)

43. Cathedral of Genoa, GUESS!

44. Cathedral of Genoa, GUESS!
The facade of the Cathedral of Genoa has both round and pointed arches, and paired windows, a continuing Romanesque feature of Italian Gothic architecture.
GOTHIC

45. Romanesque or Gothic?

46. Romanesque or Gothic?
GOTHIC

47. Romanesque or Gothic?

48. Romanesque or Gothic?
GOTHIC

49. Romanesque or Gothic?

50. Romanesque or Gothic?
GOTHIC

51. Romanesque or Gothic?

52. Romanesque or Gothic?
ROMANESQUE

53. Romanesque or Gothic?

54. Romanesque or Gothic?
GOTHIC

55. Romanesque or Gothic?

56. ROMANESQUE Romanesque or Gothic?
The tympanum of the inner portal of la Madeleine Vezelay has the scene of Christ in Majesty, at the Last Judgment. The figure of Christ is highly formalized in both posture and treatment. (1130s) R
ROMANESQUE

57. Romanesque or Gothic?

58. ROMANESQUE Romanesque or Gothic?
Details of the portal of Oloron Cathedral show a demon, a lion swallowing a man and kings with musical instruments.
ROMANESQUE

59. Romanesque or Gothic?

60. Romanesque or Gothic?
GOTHIC

61. Romanesque or Gothic?

62. Romanesque or Gothic?
GOTHIC

63. Romanesque or Gothic?

64. GOTHIC Romanesque or Gothic?
Overview of Reims Cathedral from north-east
GOTHIC

65. Romanesque or Gothic?

66. GOTHIC Romanesque or Gothic?
Basilica of the Assumption of Mary, Kraków, Poland
GOTHIC

67. Romanesque or Gothic?

68. GOTHIC Romanesque or Gothic?
The interior of the western end of Reims Cathedral
GOTHIC

69. Romanesque or Gothic?

70. Romanesque or Gothic?
ROMANESQUE

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72. Romanesque or Gothic?
ROMANESQUE

73. Romanesque or Gothic?

74. Romanesque or Gothic?
GOTHIC

75. Romanesque or Gothic?

76. Romanesque or Gothic?
I cheated.

77. Romanesque or Gothic?
This is the Chicago Tribune Tower. Built in 1924, it is built in the “Neo-Gothic” style. The facade of the Tribune Tower is studded with rocks collected from great buildings around the world.
This one will NOT be on the test.