Chapter 10 - Romanesque Sculpture

Question 1

Describe the figures in Gislebertus’s The Last Judgement

Answer 1

Distorted to fit into the tympanum shape
Thin and elongated with bent knees
Highly expressive
Grotesque and primitive
Christ is large, dominant and central

Question 2

What was the function of Gislebertus’s The Last Judgement?

Answer 2

To incite fear in people to prepare them for Judgement Day

Question 3

Relief

Answer 3

Carving that stands out from the surface to a greater (high relief) or lower (low relief) extent

Question 4

Describe ‘The Dream of the Magi’

Answer 4

○ Three kings share a bed
○ Ornate, semi-circular cover unites the composition
○ Told in three simple gestures: angle points to the star, gently touches hand, king opens eye