Romanesque Sculpture and Painting

Question 1

Romanesque Sculpture and Painting

Answer 1

11th and first half of 12th century

Question 2

Answer 2

Christ in Majesty

at St. Sernin, Toulouse

Romanesque Sculpture and Painting (11th-first half of 12 century A.D.)

• Made by Bernardus Gelduinus
• in mandorla
• Eagle = St. John, Lion = St. Mark, Man = St. Matthew, Ox = St. Luke
• Other worldly presentation
• compartmentalized drapery

Question 3

Answer 3

Parts of a Romanesque Portal

Romanesque Sculpture and Painting (11th-first half of 12th century A.D.)

Question 4

Answer 4

Christ in Majesty (Tympanum of South portal)

at Abbey church of St. Pierre in Moissac, France

Romanesque Sculpture and Painting (11th-first half of 12th century A.D.)

• from book of revelation
• 24 elders
• 4 animals: Ox, Lion, Man, Eagle

Question 5

Answer 5

Trumeau at Abbey Church of St. Pierre

at Moissac, France

Romanesque Sculpture and Painting (11th-first half of 12th century A.D.)

• animal interlace on front
• trumeau picks of scalloped jambs
• old testament prophet
• no classical proportions, constrained by architecture

Question 6

Answer 6

Last Judgement on Tympanum of Cathedral of Autun

in Autun, France

Romanesque Sculpture and Painting (11th- first half of 12th century A.D.)

• made by Gislebertus
• christ coming to judge
• portrays 4 obsessions of romanesque christians (Death, Judgement, Heaven, and Hell)

Question 7

Answer 7

King David

on West Facade of Fidenza Cathedral, Italy

Romanesque Sculpture and Painting (11th-first half of 12th century A.D.)

• closer physically to roman tradition
• body more natural/proportional
• drapery more natural
• vistigial contrapposto (not actually contrappostto)
• made by Benedetto Antelami

Question 8

Answer 8

Baptismal Font from Notre-Dame-des-Fonts

at Liege, Belgium

Romanesque Sculpture and Painting (11th-first half of 12th century A.D.)

• made by Renier of Huy
• classical-like

Question 9

Answer 9

Christ in majesty

apse fresco from Santa María de Mur in Lérida, Spain

Romanesque Sculpture and Painting (11th-first half of 12th century A.D.)

• familiar christian elements

Question 10

Answer 10

Vision of Hildegard of Bingen

in Scivias Manuscript

Romanesque Sculpture and Painting (11th-first half of 12th century A.D.)

• visited by tongues of fire
• manuscript dealing with manuscript production

Question 11

Answer 11

Initial “R” from Moralia in Job Manuscript

Romanesque Sculpture and Painting (11th-first half of 12th century A.D.)

• communication from Gregory to a priest
• knight fighting dragon
• drapery compartmentalized

Question 12

Answer 12

Bayeux Tapestry from Bayeux Cathedral

Romanesque Sculpture and Painting (11th-first half of 12th century)

• embroidery
• 1066: Battle of Hastings won by William the Conqueror
• Portrays Norman Invasion
• overlay of Latin and Anglosaxon occurs here