CHAPTER 17 -- ROMANESQUE EUROPE
1. Read the chapter.

Start your excursion here -- learn about the Norman world.

View the entire Bayeux Tapestry!

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 432.
    b. What are the primary elements of Romanesque architecture (see pages 438-439) 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 439-441.
    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 439-441 and the inset on page 442 on the Crusades.
    e. Examine the development of mural painting in Spain.  What is the iconographical model?  See pages 444-445.
    f. Examine manuscript illumination, especially noting the work of male and female artists in this work.  See pages 448 and 457 and the inset on on page 448.
    g. What is the effect of the Norman invasion and Norman style in England?  See pages 453-456.
    h. Examine the Bayeux Tapestry and the embroidery techniques.  See the inset on page 456.  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.  Virgin and Child, from Auvergne, Page 445.
          e.   Cathedral Complex, Pisa, Page 450.
          f.  Funeral Procession to Westminster Abbey and Battle of Hastings, from the Bayeux Tapestry, Page 456.  

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6. Write a chapter report.

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