Age of Romanesque

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Age of Romanesque

• Architecture, Sculpture,
• Other Visual Art

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Romanesque

• Early Middle Ages
• Romanesque Roman-like, blocky, geometric forms,
  arches
• Cathedral in shape of a cross

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Parts of a Cathedral

• Apse top curved end
• Transept arms of the cross
• Nave middle section (navel) - where the
  congregation sits

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Apse
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Transept
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Nave
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• Portal round arched doorway
• Jambs columns on sides of portal
• Tympanum half circle at top of portal

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Atelier

• Atelier artists workshop
• Monks, friars, etc would use
• Found at monasteries

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• Giselburtus
• Famous sculpture
• Giselburtus hoc fecit Giselburtus made this

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Medieval Sculpture

• Art has less realism (regressed)
• Moved away from logic of Greece
• Sculptures of Christ
• Characteristic in the Middle Ages
• Mandorla almond full body halo
• Nimbus head halo

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Mandorla
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Nimbus
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Medieval Visual ArtThe Bayeux Tapestry

• Famous examples of early Medieval art
• Size 20 in. wide X 231 ft. long
• Embroidered frieze
• Illustrates William the Conquerors invasion of
  England

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The Bayeux Tapestry