Normans - Durham section B: architecture Flashcards
What style is Durham heavily influenced by?
By buildings William st calais saw in France on his journey to Rome/ and Norman architecture
Name a building Durham’s design is based from?
St Peter’s Basilica in Ro (nave and length are almost the same)
What made building Durham more artistic?
Easier travel in the second half of 11th century
How did easier travel make building Durham more artistic?
increasing mobility among master craftsmen allowed exchange of artistic and technological ideas
What would have been used to plan Durham from the start?
A master plan
What was the aisles nave for?
Vast space, bigger than in other citie / place of justice / assembly / commerce / entertainment / refugee / worship
What were Durham’s flanking transepts for?
For special chapels to provide light
What was to the further east of Durham?
Sacred spaces were clergy would celebrate the mysteries of the mass
What did St Calais want to include that many other earlier cathedrals had?
Shrines to saints, so would house St Cuthbert and venerable bede
What would shrines to saints do for the cathedral?
Bring people to the cathedral for purpose of pilgrimage and would raise church funds
What could the intersecting aisles been inspired by?
Architecture of Islamic Spain
Why is there a revival of a more Anglo-Saxon style of decoration in Durham?
Because the first generation of Norman buildings were discarded for more elaborate carvings
How did those returning first crusades inspire craftsmen?
They brought back stories of eastern church with it’s huge buildings and decorative mosaics
Where was technical innovation possibly brought back from?
By returning masons who’d worked on great fortresses of the crusader kingdoms
What is the architecture in the 12th century called?
Transitional - providing link between Romanesque of the conquest and the gothic styles of the thirteenth century
