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Romanesque Art
literally means, "in the style of the Romans." considered an early phase of the Gothic Art peaked between 1075 AD and 1125 AD, in France, Italy,
architecture, but people built Romanesque buildings around 1000-1200 AD instead of during the Roman Empire
Romanesque Art
Byzantine influence
was strong, but was fused with early Christian and Germanic decorative traditions.
Note the Byzantine influence in this Apse Mosaic, Cefalo Cathedral, Sicily
Romanesque Art
period
Tapestry - is made of wool It was used to decorate the
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known to us only in a few fragments of wall decoration scarce due to the wear and tear of time
the other it increasingly emphasized the northern tendency to naturalism, vigorous movement, and spontaneity
close more to 'Abstraction' than 'Realism'
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monumental in scale and bold in coloristic effect strongly related to the Byzantine and late classical
painting tradition
Colors are intense and brilliant (red, yellow, orange,
blue) and they are distributed in bands of great contrast among them
Black color was used to limit the images
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The Scale of Painting can
walls or vaults
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Painting in the Middle Ages
revived with the Carolingian Empire particularly in the production of richly illuminated texts
Large wall-paintings were
but
little
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Figures are stylized,
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Figures are generally sized
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The natural world is
hinted at, but plants and scenery remain abstract and the result is usually a fairytale landscape. Janson
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Scenes are religious and are intended to educate.
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Volume, perspective and
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Particular
attention is given to the folds and pleats of clothing as is the case with Byzantine icons
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Painting is often small
Manuscripts are
Illuminated Manuscripts
text is supplemented by the addition of decoration,
Illuminated Manuscripts
Fol.148. Detail of God addressing Jeremiah
Romanesque Sculpture
Romanesque Sculpture
Romanesque
expressive
Figures are symbolic and positioned and poised
according to significance
size indicates importance Reality is implied, but is not important Forms are expressive, rather than naturalistic
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Began along the pilgrimage route
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Very early
(1019-1020)
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Romanesque sculpture is
Romanesque Capitals
Typically, the figures were
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