romanesque art and architecture vocabulary

Romanesque Art and ArchitectureVocabulary

• 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, 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)

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?

Pisa Cathedral Complex, Italy, Begun 1063 campanile

Tuscan Romanesque

•Arcaded Galleries•Cornice

Cathedral at Durham,

England, begun 1093

•Quadrant arches•Alternate Support system•Ribbed groin vault

Abbey Church of St.-Etiénne,

Caen, France, 1067-1120

•Tripartite division•Buttresses

Abbey Church of St.-Etiénne,

Interior Nave •Groin Vault•Ribs•Sexpartite vault

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?

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•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

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Romanesque, Weighing of the

Souls, detail, Saint-Lazarre,

1125-1135

What is the purpose of creating images such as these?

Burial of King Edward

The Bayeux Tapestry, Romanesque, English, 1066-86

•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?

Romanesque ArchitectureR omanesque A rchitecture

Triforium ArcadeTriforium passage

Nave ArcadeNave Capital

Aisle WindowNave Column

Blind Arcades

Barrel VaultGroin vault

Clerestory Windows