Romanesque Architecture Flashcards
T OT F
1. ROMANESQUE IS A DIRECT MODIFICATION OF ROMAN ARKI W CRISTIAN ARKI
2. IN ROMANESQU, THEY STARTED BUILDING CASTLES
- FALSE -ROMAN ARKI W BYZANTINE ART
- TRUE
TOR F
1. ROMANESQUE IS “IN ROMAN STYLE” & “DECENDED FROM BYANTINE
2. IT IS GREATLY AFFECTED BY CHRISTIANITY
- FALSE -“DECENDED FROM ROMAN”
- TRUE
IT ORIGINATED FROM WESTERN EUROPE (MENTION 6) + 3 FROM NORTH
W= FRANCE, GERMANY, SPAIN, PORTUGAL, ITALY, BRITIDH ISLES
N=DENMAR, SWEDEN, NORWAY
GENERAL INFLUENCES OF CLIMATE ON NORTH AND SOUTH
N(DULL) = PITCHED ROOFS & LARGE WINDOWS
S(SUNNY)= SMALL WINDOWS
PEOPLE WERE GIVEN LAND & PROTECTION BY HIGHER RANK AND WORKS AND FIGHT FOR THEM IN RETURN (SLAVERY)
FEUDALISM
ARKI WAS REGARDED AS _
SACRED SCIENCE
T OR F
ARCHITECTURE WAS THE CHIEF OF SOURCE OOF EDUCATION
FALSE
CHRISTIANITY
GENERAL FEATURES OF ROMANESQUE
PLAN, ROOF, WALL, OPENING, COLUMNS AND CAPITAL, MOULDINGS, ORNAMENTS
CHAPEL THAT HOUSES THE RELICTCS OF A SAINT BENEATH THE ALTAR OR UNDERGROUND
CRYPT
T OR F
1. SMALL CHURCHES HAD NO AISLES WHILE LARGE CHURCES IS FLANKED BY AILES AND DIVIDED BY ARCADES
2. THE PLAN IS BASIC ROMAN BASILICA AND OFTEN HAD TRANSEPTS
BOTH TRUE
9 PARTS OF THE CHURCH
NARTHEX, AISLE, NAVE, TRANSEPT, APSE, AMBULATORY, ABSIDIAL/ABSIDIOLES, TRIFORUM, CLERESTORY WINDOWS
T OR F
1. TOWERS HAS STEEP ROOFS W GABLE AISLES
2. HAS A TOWER ABOVE THE CROSSING OF NAVE AND TRANSEPT SOMETIMES SQUARE OR CIRCULAR
- TRUE
- FALSE - SQUARE OR OCTAGONAL
2 KINDS OF VAULT
QUADRIPARLITE
SEXPARTITE
VAULT THAT IS DIVIDED INTO 4 SECTIONS OF EQUAL BAYS
QUADRIPARTITE
VAULT THAT IS 4 SECTIONED W ADDITIONAL ARCH RIB DIVIDING INTO SIX UNEQUAL PARTS
SEXPARTITE
used to bridge the corners of a square to form a base for an octagonal tower
SQUINCH
_ are in the form of projecting blocks of stone
CORBELS
A ROW OF CORBELS
CORBEL TABLE
Decorative blind arcade
LOMBARD BAND
T OR F
1. Walls are thick due to the weight of ceiling vaults
2. Windows are small to keep the strength of the walls which made the interior dark.
both true
T OR F
Doors are deeply recessed and flanked by a series of receding columns and arches known as columns.
FALSE - ORDERS
8 PARTS OF OPENINGS
SPANDREL, VOSSIOR, ARCHIVOLTS, TYMPANUM, JAMP, TRUMEAU, COLONNETTE, JAMB PEDESTAL
small ornamental column
COLONNETTE
DOOR FRAME/AMBA SA PINTO
JAMB
DIVIDES DOOR/ ENTRANCES
TRUMEAU
SEMICIRCULAR DECORATIVE SCULPTURE
TYMPANUM
SERIES OF RECEDING ARCHES
VOSSIOR
DESIGN/ORNAMENTAL MOLDING ATTCHED TO THE VOSSIOR
ARCHIVOLT
T OR F
1. Windows are narrow and small and made to look stronger by the columns, arches, and moldings that surround them
2. A rose or an abaca window above the principal door
both false
1. larger
2. wheel
T OR F
Columns has cushion capital with dosseret block with variations of scallop, foliate (corinthian-based) and figurative
True
13 kinds of moldings
star, dogtooth, nail head, chevron, beak head, billet, ball flower, tablet flower, embattled sandwich, bezantee/pellet, lozenge, cable, double cone
graphic art (elaboration of capital letters and marginal decoration that are visual tools to translate the bible for those who cannot read
illuminated manuscript
4 building types
church, monastery, castles, fortified towns
towns that are protected by walls called fortifications
fortified towns
group of buildings designed as a self-sufficient community for the monks
monastic village
establishment for monks or nuns
monastery
building that served several purposes like military, administrative and domestic
castles
4 examples of monastery
Sanaque monastery, monasterio de san pedro de roda, fontaney monastery, clunny abbey
series of Christian society/holy wars of knights and with the main goal of restoring Christian control of the Holy Land from Muslim
Crusades
FULL NAME OF KNIGHT TEMPLAR
POOR FELLOW SOLDIERS OF CHRIST AND THE TEMPLE OF SOLOMON
T or F
THE FIRST EVER CRUSADE BEGAN 1095 WHEN CHRISTIANS RESPONDED TO POPE TOMAS II TO GO WAR AGAINST PALESTINE
FALSE -POPE URBAN II
2 PRINCIPAL MILITARY ORDERS
KNIGHT TEMPLAR & KNIGHTS HOSPITALLER
FULL NAME OF KNIGHT HOSPITALLER
KNIGHTS OF THE ORDER OF ST. JOHN OF JERUSALEM
knights that protect the Holy Places in Palestine & to safeguard the pilgrim routes to Jerusalem.
knight templar