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Chapter 17
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11th 12th Century (1000-1200)

• Increase in church construction due to the
  following
• pilgrimages to visit relics (said to have healing
  powers)
• crusades (literally taking of the cross) merged
  the monastic with military
• growing cities, expansion, increased population
• many earlier churches destroyed by Norsemen
• needed buildings that were fire proof, hold large
  crowds, good acoustics and lighting
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Basic Characteristics of Romanesque style

• breaks from old basilica hall-like space with
  flat walls
• new interior divided into compartments (bays)
• clearly defined modular units, repeated
• round arch
• buttress
• cylindrical apse
• radiating chapels
• square/round towers
• portals (doorways) become important area for
  sculptural decoration

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Diagram of a Romanesque portal
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Church and Reliquary of Sainte-Foy, Conques,
France, c. 10501130
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Interior Plan
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Tympanum (portal)
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Reliquary statue of Sainte-Foy (Saint Faith),
late 10th to early 11th century with later
additions, gold, silver gilt, jewels, and cameos
over a wooden core, 33 1/2 inches 
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Bayeux tapestry, c. 1070, embroidered wool on
linen, 20 inches high (Bayeux Museum) 
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4 Main Regions in Romanesque art, each with own
characteristics

• France/Northern Spain
• Holy Roman Empire (Germany Milan)
• Normandy/England
• Italy

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France Northern Spain
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St. Sernin, Toulouse, France
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St. Sernin Interior
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Bernardus Gelduinus, Christ in Majesty, relief in
ambulatory of Saint-Sernin. c. 1096
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Cloister of Saint-Pierre, Moissac
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Lions Old Testament Prophet (Jeremiah or
Isaiah?) Trumeau of south portal of St.-Pierre,
Moissac, France
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Giselbertus, Last Judgement, West tympanum of
St.- Lazare, Autun1120-1135
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Morgan Madonna 12th century painted wood
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Holy Roman Empire
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Speyer Cathedral, Germany
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Sant Ambrogio, Milan 11th-12th century
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Italy
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Baptistery, Cathedral, and Campanile, in Pisa.
1053-1272
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Baptistery of San Giovanni, Florence. dedicated
1059
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San Miniato al Monte, Florence. 1062 and 12th
century
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Wiligelmo, Creation and Temptation of Adam and
Eve. c. 1110, Modena Cathedral, frieze
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King David by Benedetto Antelami. c. 1180-1190
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Normandy England
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St.-Etienne, Caen. begun 1067
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Durham Cathedral, England. beg. c. 1093