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Gardner’s Art Through the Ages, 12e

Gardner’s Art Through the Ages, 12e. Chapter 17 The Age of Pilgrimages: Romanesque Art. Europe About 1100. Understand the term “Romanesque” in designating the artistic style of an historic period.

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Gardner’s Art Through the Ages, 12e

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  1. Gardner’s Art Through the Ages, 12e Chapter 17 The Age of Pilgrimages: Romanesque Art

  2. Europe About 1100

  3. Understand the term “Romanesque” in designating the artistic style of an historic period. Examine the need for large scale pilgrimage churches, the growth of architecture and urban centers.  Understand the ‘millenial’ and apocalyptic mood of the Romanesque era and their impact on artistic themes.    Understand the role of relics and the artistic objects designed to contain relics. Recognize differences and similarities in regional Romanesque architecture and artistic styles. Understand the narrative function of the human figure in Romanesque sculpture. Goals

  4. Protects from Pillage. Accommodates Pilgrimage Provides for Permanence From Dr. Bard: The Romanesque Church

  5. Two Norman cathedrals, the later conceived as a vaulted church from the beginning St-Etienne/Durham Cathedral

  6. Figure 17-14 Plan of Saint-Étienne, Caen, France.

  7. Figure 17-16 Plan (top) and lateral section (right) of Durham Cathedral, England (after Kenneth John Conant).

  8. The Romanesque Portal

  9. The Romanesque Portal

  10. St. Trophime, Arles, mid-12th cen.

  11. St. Trophime, Arles, mid-12th cen.

  12. St. Trophime

  13. St. Trophime

  14. St. Trophime

  15. Identify key elements of Romanesque architecture. • What factors sparked the increase in building of churches in Western Europe? • Why do you think there was such a strong positive reception of the concept of relics in Romanesque society?? Discussion Questions

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