1. Romanesque Art
The Romanesque style describes art and architecture that was produced from the early 1100’s to about This was a period of great building – castles, manor houses, churches, and
monasteries were built on a large scale.
Meaning “like the Romans”, Romanesque style began because of a renewed interest in mural painting, sculpture, monumental architecture, and manuscript illumination.

2. Illuminated Manuscript
St. George and the Dragon
Ornamented initial with St. George,
his squire and the roaring dragons
An image of status
Inclusion of a narrative within the
initial
Fold partitions in the skirts
Represents a good example of the
Medieval costume
St. George’s conquest of the dragon
symbolizes the suppression of a pagan cult – he was executed by Emperor Diocletian who was a pagan

3. Romanesque Mural painting
Adoration of the Magi
Apse fresco 11th century
Partitioning of the draped figures into separate, decoratively modeled segments
Pipe-like legs/ladder-like folds serve to keep the figure flat and contributes to the effect of still formality.
Figures are cut into patterns by hard outlines.

4. Romanesque Murals
Flat
Formal
Hard Lines

5. Medieval Embroidery The Bayeux Tapestry, 11c
20”x230’ embroidered fabric made of wool sewn on linen
Continuous, frieze-like pictorial narrative of the Norman defeat of the Anglo-Saxons at Hastings in 1066.
Valuable historical document
Simplification of form
Exact description of arms and armor convincing representation of action, pose, and gesture The Battle Of Hastings - Scene 6

6. Romanesque Sculpture The Prophet Jeremiah
Priory Church of Saint- Pierre
Moissac, France
His face has a humanly expression – melancholy and contemplative expression
The figure is very tall and thin – stretched to accommodate the pillar
Drapery is incised with flowing lines
The sculptures’ crossed legs show an awkward movement like a mechanical dance

7. The Last Judgment Sculpture Cathedral of Saint-Lazare, France
1120 – 1140
Tympanum, area over the church entry door, with sculpture that features the Last Judgment
Weighing of Souls

8. St. Trophime at Arles, France Statuary of the Portals
Artist’s interpretation of a Roman triumphal arch (see next slide)
Tympanum shows Christ surrounded by Evangelist
Lintel represents the twelve apostles in the center of the continuous frieze that depicts the Last Judgment
Saved on one side and damned on the other in flames
Saints in the jambs and the front bays of the portal
Sculpture simpler and more monumental to fit with the architecture

9. Romanesque Cathedral Architectural Style
Rounded Arches
Barrel vaults
Thick walls
Roof made of masonry instead of wood
Darker, simplistic interiors
Small windows, usually at the top of the wall
St. Sernin
Toulouse, France
St. Sernin

10. Gothic Art
Italian Renaissance writers, who preferred classical architecture, later described Gothic buildings as “ugly” and “created by barbarians” (Goths). This is how the incorrect term, Gothic, was coined.

11. Gothic painting and sculpture
Paintings and sculptures were made to look like the actual model
Curving lines and careful detail were emphasized
Paintings began to show a sense of depth as painters
experimented with using perspective in their artwork
Use of rich colors- including gold, seen in altarpieces, painted wooden panels and elaborately illustrated pages of manuscripts

12. Gothic painting Death of the Virgin
Intensity of emotion showing in the faces, overlapping of figures, and
detail in the clothing was typical in Gothic painting.

13. The Book of Hours (Les Tres Riches Heures)
most common type of surviving medieval
illumination
each book is unique, but all contain a
collection of texts, prayers and psalms, along
with illustrations
reciting the hours typically centered upon the
recitation or singing of a number of psalms,
accompanied by set prayers
The most famous of these were created by the
Limbourg Brothers for the Duke of Berry at
the beginning of the 15th century.
Several of the miniatures depict the Duke, fields or castles he owned, and places he visited. This portrays the personal function of the book of hours, as it is customized to suit the patron
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14. Chartres Cathedral, France
Gothic Sculpture
Sculpture is still apart of the architecture
but it feels like it could stand alone.
Believable and sensual carvings
Still portrays religious meaning, but it becomes less symbolic and more conveyed through true emotion and realism
Bending, swaying, smiling, talking figures are the new style
St. Martin and St. Jerome c
Chartres Cathedral, France

15. Gothic sculpture The Annunciation and The Visitation
Jamb statues over life-size
The Virgin of Paris
Notre Dame, Paris

16. Chartres Cathedral, Magi

17. Cathedral Gargoyles

18. Notre Dame Cathedral, Paris
Gargoyles were sculpted to be used as water spouts for medieval
cathedrals.
Originally placed on cathedrals to
direct water away from the buildings’ foundation, they stir the imagination
to what other meanings they may
suggest or represent.
A common belief is that gargoyles
served as protectors keeping evil
away from the buildings.

19. Gothic Cathedral Architectural Style
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

20. Flying buttresses

21. Chartres Cathedral Paris, France

22. Notre Dame Cathedral Paris, France

23. Gothic “Filigree” Closeups
Filigree – delicate lace-like, intertwined, ornamental design.

24. Filigree

25. Stain Glass Windows
Rose window
an example of
radial symmetry