Vèselay

Question 1

How high ?

Answer 1

4000 square feet

Question 2

What order did it belong to?

Answer 2

benedictine order

Question 3

Who was it run by

Answer 3

Cluny

Question 4

Influences?

Answer 4

Byzantine feel

Question 5

What route was it on

Answer 5

The first route of four

To Santiago de Compostella

Question 6

What was the advantages of groin vaulting?

Answer 6

1 build higher

2 more light

3 less heavy

4 visual rhythm

Question 7

When and who damaged the church?

Answer 7

1 the heugonots 1150

2 the French revolutionists (fire)

Question 8

Which crusades started off here?

Answer 8

The 2nd and 3rd crusades

Question 9

Who was a possible artist ?

Answer 9

Gisleburtis

Question 10

Example of work

Answer 10

The mill

Moses pouring wheat into mill

St. Paul gathers flour

Symbolism of law and Christ

Question 11

What colour &

shape where arches?

Answer 11

Pink and cream cut vousoirs

Question 12

What effect did these colours make?

Answer 12

Created balance,
rhythm and 
light in a 
soaring 
upwards structure

Question 13

What did the square piers do?

Answer 13

Support arches

Question 14

Description of capitals

Answer 14

1 Blocky

2 Elongated

3 Stylised

4 Dignified

5 Elegant

6 Primitive

Question 15

The summer solstice

Answer 15

12 noon

Light shines in exact centre

Question 16

The winter solstice

Answer 16

The light shines on

Upper capitals

In the north arcade

Question 17

Decoration ?

Answer 17

Mostly interior

Very little stained glass

Mostly in stone carving

Capitals : bible stories / mythological creatures

Question 18

Design

Answer 18

Reminiscent of autun

Strong LINEAR quality

Stylised

INTEGRAL part of stone

Question 19

What was common in Romanesque design?

Answer 19

Vegetation

Stylisation

Primitive characters

Question 20

What happened in 1050?

Answer 20

Monks claimed to have relics of Mary Magdaline