spanish art 2.- romanesque
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THE ROMANESQUETHE ROMANESQUE
Historical Context Architecture. The Mudéjar style. Sculpture and Painting.
Juan A. L. Juan A. L. LuqueLuque
Europe XI – XIII Centuries
FEUDALISM
It’s called Romanesque because of the use of Ancient Roman’s technical solutions (arc, vaux,…)
It’s basically a RELIGIOUS art.
HISTORYHISTORY
SANT JAMES’ WAY
MONASTERY OF CLUNY
ROMANESQUE ARCHITECTUREROMANESQUE ARCHITECTURE CARACHTERISTIQUES
ROMANESQUE ARCHITECTUREROMANESQUE ARCHITECTURE
AUSTERITY very few ornaments
SIMPLICITY simple forms
SOLIDITY very thick walls
MADE TO LAST FOR EVER
STONE
STONE is heavy…
Thick walls
STONE
STONE is heavy…
Thick walls
WALLS Thick WALLS
Regular ASHLARS it looks SOLID
SMALL windows
WALLS
ROUND ARCHROUND ARCH
BARREL VAULTBARREL VAULT
In the beggining wooden roofs
BARREL VAULTBARREL VAULT
PILLARS between NAVES PILLARS between NAVES
BUTTRESSESBUTTRESSES
ROMANESQUE FLOOR PLAN ROMANESQUE FLOOR PLAN
ROMANESQUE FLOOR PLAN ROMANESQUE FLOOR PLAN
ROMANESQUE PORTALROMANESQUE PORTAL
Pedagogical Here is where the SCULPTURE is
ROMANESQUE PORTALROMANESQUE PORTAL
EL MUDÉJAR Mudajjan مدجن, meaning "domesticated", in a reference to
the Muslims who submitted to the rule of the Christian kings
In erecting Romanesque buildings (Gothic and Renaissance too), builders used elements of Islamic art
Use of BRICKS in a geometrical character
Only in Spain
EL MUDÉJAR
EL MUDÉJAR
EL MUDÉJAR
ROMANESQUESCULPTURE
&PAINTING
PEDAGOGICPEDAGOGIC
PEOPLE WERE ILITERATE Church used them to spread the Gospel
Polichrom carvings
Technicaly very simples. Message was the important matter, not perspective or realism
FRESCOE
Thick lines
No depth
No paint volume