Romanesque

Question 1

In what ways is Romanesque art fittingly named, and how is it a misnomer?

Answer 1

buildings utilize roman barrel and groin vaults and are very similar stylistically, however they are made of cut stone and not concrete.

Question 2

Know the importance of the relic in Romanesque art and architecture.

Answer 2

people traveled from all over the world to be closer to these holy objects. In a way, being closer to the relic means being closer to who the relic represented and what they taught/stood for.

Question 3

How does the pilgrimage change the Christian church? In which ways does it change the christian Mentality?

Answer 3

naves, aisles, and transepts were longer and wider and there were additional chapels and second story galleries (tribunes). People traveled for sometimes over a year to reach these holy sites to be healed or receive a remission of their sins. Also, relics become really important.

Question 4

Romanesque church and its elements

Answer 4

Round arches, stone vaulting, large scale sculpture, thick walls, and tiny windows

Question 5

In which ways are romanesque sculpture tied to the classical past and in which ways is it radically different?

Answer 5

Interested in drapery and form, but more about telling a story so proportions are off, figures were religious in nature opposed to political.

Question 6

How is the Bayeux Tapestry an excellent example of “Roman”esque art? What is its importance?

Answer 6

It depicted contemporary and everyday things in full detail conquers version of the story. It was made by women

Question 7

Saint Sernin

Answer 7

crossing door added later; typical Romanesque Door (large and indented, voussoirs and archivolts, trumeau (post) and jambs, lintel and timpanum); barrel vault (piers with arches

Question 8

Last Judgement by Gislebertus

Answer 8

Christ in center, hierarchy of scale; presides over the blessed and the damned; weighing of the souls

Question 9

Virgin and Child (Morgan Madonna)

Answer 9

reliquary; Mary once in blue; Theotokus; Christ is the embodiment of pure wisdom; stylized drapery

Question 10

Bayeux Tapestry

Answer 10

Narrative of the battle of William the Conquerer, conquest is displayed in a timely way

Question 11

Santiago de Compostela

Answer 11

numerous churches sprang up along the pilgrimage roads leading to the shrine of saint James at Santiago de Compostela (the shell is its symbol), see many arches and relics.

Question 12

Battle of Hastings

Answer 12

Norman victory of England- Bayeux Tapestry