Art 133-World Art History I
Study Guide, Chapter11 Romanesque Art
Pictures/Slides from Text
1. 11.2, Lintel of West Portal-Saint Genis des Fontaines, Fontaines, France, 1020-1021 CE 11th Century
2. 11.6, Reliquary Casket, New York, USA, 1150 CE, 12th Century
3. 11.7, Christ in Majesty, Saint-Sernin, Toulouse, France, 1096 CE, 11th Century
4. 11.13, 11.15 South Portal Church of Saint Pierre, Moissac, France, 1115-1130 CE, 12th Century
5. 11.17, West Portal with Last Judgment Cathedral of Saint-Lazare, Autun, France, 1120-1135 CE, 12th Century
6. 11.19, Sarcophagus of Don'a Sancha, Jaca, Spain, 1120 CE, 12th Century
7. 11.29, St. John the Evangelist from the Gospel Book of Abbot, Avesnes-sur-Helpe, France, 1147 CE, 12th Century
8. 11.33, 11.34, Baptistery, Cathedral and Campanile, Piza, Italy, 1053-1272 CE, 11th, 12th, 13th Centuries
9. 11.35, Baptistry of San Geovanni, Florence, Italy, 1060 CE, 11th Century
10. 11.40, 11.41, Bayeux Tapestry, Bayuex, France, 1066-1183 CE, 12th Century
11. 11.42, 11.43, 11.44, Durham Cathedral, Durham UK, 10931130 CE, 12th Century
12. 11.48, Mouth of Hell-Winchester Psalter, London, UK, 1150 CE, 12th Century
Facts/Information from text
13. The term Romanesque means “in the Roman manner.”
14. In 1095 CE, Pope Vrban II called for the first Crusade to liberate the holy land from Muslim rule.
15. The Romanesque era saw the revival of monumental stone sculpture which had been abandoned in the common era.
16. Among the most segnificant social phenomena of 11th &12th Century Europe was the increased ability of people of all classes to travel.
17. One of the earliest examples of Romanesque figurative sculpture is the marble lintel at Saint-Genis-des-Fontaines.
18. One of the most influential European Monastic orders of the 11th &12th Centuries was that of Cluney based in France.
19. The largest Romanesque church ever built was the third Abby Church of Cluney destroyed after the French Revolution.
20. One of the unique developments of the Romanesque period was the formal arched, decorated church doorways known as portals.
21. An influential woman discussed in this chapter was a princess of the Kingdom of Aragon in Northern Spain, known as Don'a Sancha.
22. A rival to Cluney spiritual power in the 12th Century was the Cistercian Order typified by unadorned architectural forms.
23. The most famous monument of the Italian Romanesque is the Leaning Tower of Piza, 1174-1186 CE.
24. The freestanding tower, represented in our text by the Leaning Tower of Piza is commonly called a campanile.
25. Saint-Sernin and Durham Cathedral both contain the use of a new architectural feature to be used extensively in the Gothic period(chapter 12), known as a buttress.