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Romanesque Art and Architecture Vocabulary

Barrel vault Groin vault Transept Ambulatory Radiating chapels Chevet Tribunes Compound piers Springing Transverse arches Tripartite division. Quadrant arches Flying buttress Arcaded galleries Cornice Portal Mandorla Tympanum Portal Archivolts Trumeau Jamb Orthodoxy.

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Romanesque Art and Architecture Vocabulary

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  1. Barrel vault Groin vault Transept Ambulatory Radiating chapels Chevet Tribunes Compound piers Springing Transverse arches Tripartite division Quadrant arches Flying buttress Arcaded galleries Cornice Portal Mandorla Tympanum Portal Archivolts Trumeau Jamb Orthodoxy Romanesque Art and ArchitectureVocabulary

  2. Why is this map significant?

  3. Romanesque, Abbey Church of Ste.Foy, Conques, France, ca. 1080-1120 • What is significant about this church’s location? • Why is this period referred to as Romanesque? • How (and why) is the structure different from other churches we’ve seen? (explain the words barrel vault, transverse arches, buttresses, bays, ambulatory)

  4. Romanesque, St. Foy Reliquary,10th century, France • What is a reliquary? • Describe the technique and materials used to create this work of art • What importance does this object and its contents have to people in the middle ages • Who would have seen it?

  5. Pisa Cathedral Complex, Italy, Begun 1063 campanile Tuscan Romanesque

  6. Arcaded Galleries • Cornice

  7. Cathedral at Durham, England, begun 1093 • Quadrant arches • Alternate Support system • Ribbed groin vault

  8. Abbey Church of St.-Etiénne, Caen, France, 1067-1120 • Tripartite division • Buttresses

  9. Abbey Church of St.-Etiénne, Interior Nave • Groin Vault • Ribs • Sexpartite vault

  10. Romanesque,Last Judgment,St.-Lazarre, Autun, France, ca. 1125-35 • Where on the building is this portal? • Explain the following: Portal, Tympanum, Trumeau, Jambs, Archivolts, Lintel • What is the influence for this sort of image? • What is the iconography? • (detail on next slide)

  11. Who is responsible for the creation of this image? • When would people have the opportunity to see this image? • What affect did this have on people? • Giselbertus • (see detail on next slide)

  12. Romanesque, Weighing of the Souls, detail, Saint-Lazarre, 1125-1135 What is the purpose of creating images such as these?

  13. The Bayeux Tapestry, Romanesque, English, 1066-86 Burial of King Edward

  14. What is the story being told on the tapestry? • What is the history of the Battle of Hastings? • Describe the composition. • Describe the style of the imagery. • Who was responsible for the creation of this work?

  15. Romanesque Architecture

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