Final 2 (Romanesque) Flashcards
San Miniato al Monte
-1062-1090 -Florence -derives from classical, traditional, and early christian basilica -blind arches on facade -three aisle basilica
San Miniato al Monte (2)
-Compared to gatehouse in Lorsch engaged columns classical motifs -compared to san vitale major/minor supports in plan view
Cathedral of Pisa
-1063 ff -blind arcade -5 aisle building -transcepts are not open to nave -based on Constantinian basilica
Abbey Church of Sant Ambrogio
-1080-1128 -Milan -atrium based on atrium seen at St. Peters -uses Lombard arcades -ciborium
Define ciborium.
Open architectural canopy
Basilica of St Mark
-1063 ff -Venice -Byzantine work, related to San Vitale, but most like Hagia Sophia -Greek cross plan -most complete set of mosaics
The Imperial Cathedral Basilica of Speyer
-1030-1106 -alternating supports in pilasters to support groin vaults overhead -entirely of red sandstone -exterior employs “Lombard arcades”
Cathedral of St. Marin and St. Stephan
-Mainz (Germany), Northflank -c.1037-1130 -plan based on Speyer -Double ender, but principal end at the west
The Benedictine Abbey of Maria Laach
-1093-1177 -Rhineland, Germany -double ender in Carolingian and Benedictine traditions but was westerwerk and court -red detailing -thick walls balance out vault lateral thrust
Priory Church of Paray-le-Monial
-1090-1110 -Burgundy
The Cathedral of St. Lazare
-Autun -1120-1132 -strong interrelationship of horizontal and vertical elements -tympanum above west portal contains a relief sculpture of Last Judgement
Cistercian Abbey Church
-1139-47 -Fontenay -similar to Sta. Maria in Ripoll -square rather than apsidal chapels -barrel vaults who’s cross section form a pointed arch
Cistercian architecture
Followed the structural and plan elements of the Cluniac churches but at a much more modest scale and with virtually no decoration
Pilgrimage Church of La Madeleine
-Vezelay -originally a Cluniac dependency, until it was declared a monastery before 1161 -west facade restored by Viollet le Duc in 1840 -the chevet (apsidal chapels being Romanesque, clerestory level is Gothic with flying buttresses for choir vaults)
La Madeleine tympanum relief
-carved by Gislebertus -Christ is center figure -shows Pentecost, rather than Last Judgement
Monastery of St. Martin at Canigou
-1001-26 -barrel vault in nave, with no ribs and thick walls carried on arcades
San Pedre de Roda
-Catalonia, Spain -c1035 -early example of ribbed barrel vaults in three aisle structures -barrel vault reinforced by transverse arches in nave -columns derived from Corinthian order
