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Romanesque Art

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* YouTube: Roman Architecture by Otis 
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***OVERVIEW IS 2 PAGES***

Key Ideas

• Romanesque is a revitalization of large-scale architecture and sculpture because of Pilgrimages.
• Churches develop their apse to accommodate large crowds of pilgrims (larger naves, double aisles, radiating chapels)
• Church portal sculptures stress themes of the Last Judgement and the need for salvation.
• Manuscript painting and weaving flourish as art forms.

History

• Vikings were christianized when they colonized Normandy, France, and souther Italy/Sicily.
• Europeans began a counterinvasion of Muslim lands = Crusades

10  Characteristics   of   the Romanesque style (Matt Curess)

1. First international style since the Roman Empire (Germany, Normandy, England, Tuscany)
2. Competition for the largest church (Pisa Cathedral)
3. Mansonry (no concrete)
4. East end of church is the religious focal point for services
5. Portals act as a "billboard" for elements of faith (The Last Judgement) 
6. Cruciform plans, church as a metaphor for heaven
7. Plans/elevation based on basilican forms
8. Bays divide the nave into compartments
9. Rounded arches are the norm
10. Tripartite division of the elevation continues from earlier periods

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Europe around 1100

AWESOME Video about Durham Cathedral!!!

Romanesque Architecture 
by Otis College

Listen to Dr. Willette- She's good although not hugely exciting. It's still excellent info.

 the Leaning Tower of Pisa

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