Chapter 17G

CHAPTER 17 -- ROMANESQUE EUROPE

1. Read the chapter.

Start your excursion here -- learn about the Norman world and explore Catalan Romanesque Churches in the Boi Valley.

2. Vocabulary and terminology:

CRUCIFORM, PORTAL, SANCTUARY, TYMPANUM, LUNETTE, UNDERCUTTING, MONASTIC SCRIPTORIA, CAMPANILE

Portion of the Bayeux Tapestry which narrates the story of the Battle of Hastings, 1066.

3. Key items to remember:

a. How do the pilgrimages and the cult of relics provide an impetus for art and architecture? See the inset entitled "Pilgrimages and the Cult of Relics," Page 449.
b. What are the primary elements of Romanesque architecture (see pages 448-457) that distinguish it from later Gothic architecture? (See Chapter 18 for Gothic elements).
c. Discuss the revival of architectural stone sculpture in terms of form and iconography. See pages 460-462.
d. What is the most important Romanesque iconography and why are the Crusades influential in the development of these themes? See the discussion on pages 462-464 and the inset on page 466 on the Crusades.
e. Examine the development of mural painting in Spain. What is the iconographical model? See pages 470-471.
f. Examine manuscript illumination, especially noting the work of male and female artists in this work. See pages 472-474 and the inset on "women and art in the Romanesque era" on page 473.
g. What is the effect of the Norman invasion and Norman style in England? See pages 475-476.
h. Examine the Bayeux Tapestry and the embroidery techniques. See page 475 and the inset on page 476. Explain why it is an important work of art.

4. Art from text to remember:

a. Last Judgment by Gislebertus, wedt tympanum of Saint-Lazaree, Autun, Page 441.
b. Christ in Majesty, apse fresco from Santa Maria de Mur, near Lerida, Spain, Page 444.
c. Interior of Speyer Cathedral, Germany, Page 446.
d. Aerial view of Sant'Ambrogio, Milan, Page 446.
e. Virgin and Child, from Auvergne, Page 445.
f. Cathedral Complex, Pisa, Page 450.
g. Funeral Procession to Westminster Abbey and Battle of Hastings, from the Bayeux Tapestry, Page 456.

5. Visit and explore the following:

a. Examine the 'St. Albans Psalter Project' from the University of Aberdeen.

b. Here is an extensive list of links to Romanesque sculpture and churches.

c. Anglo Saxon embroidery techniques

d. Here's an interesting site on Spanish Romanesque architecture

e. Learn all about the Crusades!

6. Write a chapter report.

Submit the report by Wednesday. Think you can locate a "ceremonial cross from the Guelph Treasury?" Go for it and send the image and link to me, at mhoover@mail.accd.edu, for extra credit. (Please note: Summer Session reports are due as noted in the schedule).

7. Respond to someone else's report.

Post to the LISTSERV by Friday. (Please note: Summer Session comments are due as noted in the schedule).

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