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The document provides examples and descriptions of prominent Romanesque buildings across Europe. It discusses key characteristics of Romanesque architecture in places like Italy with churches like San Michele in Pavia and San Zeno Maggiore in Verona featuring round windows, arched blind arcades, and marble construction. In Sicily, Cefalu Cathedral and Monreale Cathedral showcase a blend of Norman, Byzantine, and Arab influences with their vaulted interiors richly decorated with colored stones and carvings. The document also summarizes characteristics of Romanesque architecture in France, Germany, and England between the 8th and 12th centuries marked by developments from Carolingian, Ottonian, and Anglo-Saxon precedents featuring stone construction of

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Romanesque Part 2

The document provides examples and descriptions of prominent Romanesque buildings across Europe. It discusses key characteristics of Romanesque architecture in places like Italy with churches like San Michele in Pavia and San Zeno Maggiore in Verona featuring round windows, arched blind arcades, and marble construction. In Sicily, Cefalu Cathedral and Monreale Cathedral showcase a blend of Norman, Byzantine, and Arab influences with their vaulted interiors richly decorated with colored stones and carvings. The document also summarizes characteristics of Romanesque architecture in France, Germany, and England between the 8th and 12th centuries marked by developments from Carolingian, Ottonian, and Anglo-Saxon precedents featuring stone construction of

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MPLES OF ROMANESQUE BUILDIN

S. MICHELE, PAVIA (INTERIOR)


MPLES OF ROMANESQUE BUILDIN
ROSE WINDOW- a circular CAMPANILLE-
window, usually of stained belle tower,
glass and decorated with usually ner but
tracery symmetrical about the not attach to the
center body of the
Blind arcades church

S. ZENO MAGGIORE, VERONA


. ZENO MAGGIORE, VERONA

1120-38
Ruota della Fortuna-Wheel of
fortune. 1217-25
relics of Verona's patron saint,
Bishop St. Zeno
Campanille 1045-1178.
GARTH- a courtyard or
quadrangle enclosed by
a cloister

CLOISTER- a covered
walk having an arcade
or colonnade on one
side opening onto a
MPLES OF ROMANESQUE BUILDIN

S. ZENO MAGGIORE, VERONA (TYMPANUM


S. ZENO MAGGIORE, VERONA
MATERIALS: MARBLE
AND BRICK
PROJECTING PORCH
HAS TWO
FREESTANDING
COLUMNS
WHEEL WINDOW, ONE
OF THE EARLIEST IN
ITALY
NO TRIFORIUM BUT A
CLERESTORY

MPLES OF ROMANESQUE BUILDIN

. ZENO MAGGIORE, VERONA (INTERIOR)


bronze door
MPLES OF ROMANESQUE BUILDIN
two large
Norman towers
Different spires

CEFALU CATHEDRAL, SICILY


Merlon,
Flame-shaped spire
CEFALU CATHEDRAL, SICILY
was commenced in
theNormanstyle
WITH BLEND OF BYZANTINE
INFLUENCE
MOST DISTINCT ROMANESQUE
ARCHITECTURE IN SICILY
BASILICAN NAVE WITH GROINED
AISLE VAULTS
COLUMNAR ARCADE
AND HIGH TRANSEPT
PRESBYTERY WITH
RIBBED VAULT
BASILICA- An early Christian church, characterized by
among,
High transept
rectangular plan, a high colonnaded nave lit by a
clerestory and covered by a timbered gabled roof;
two or four lower side aisles, a semicircular apse at the
MPLES OF ROMANESQUE BUILDIN

MONREALE CATHEDRAL,SICILY
MONREALE CATHEDRAL,SICILY

BASILICAN PLAN
NAVE COLUMNS
HAVE CAPITALS OF
BYZANTINE FORM
TIMBER ROOFS ARE
PAINTED IN MUSLIM
STYLE
MPLES OF ROMANESQUE BUILDIN

MONREALE CATHEDRAL, SICILY (INTERIOR)


a curious
combination of
three styles -
Norman-French,
Byzantine and
Arab.
richly decorated,
inlaid with
colored stones
beautifully carved
ornaments with
various motives
ROMANESQUE ARCHITECTURE

FRANCE
CAROLINGIAN ARCHITECTURE
Early Romanesque 751-987 CE
Frankish dynasty
Germany 911 CE
Revival of forms of classical antiquity
modified by ecclesiastical requirements
MPLES OF ROMANESQUE BUILDIN

Angoulme Cathedral
MPLES OF ROMANESQUE BUILDIN

ABBEY- A
monastery
under the
supervision of
an abbot, or a
convent under
the supervision
of an abbess,
belonging to the
highest rank of
such institution
Cluny Abbey,
ROMANESQUE ARCHITECTURE

GERMANY
OTTONIAN ARCHITECTURE
Origin: Northern Italy
962 to 1002 CE
Development of forms derived from
Carolingian and byzantine concepts
MPLES OF ROMANESQUE BUILDIN
four round towers,

two large domes

WORMS CATHEDRAL, SOUTHERN GERMAN


ROMANESQUE ARCHITECTURE

ENGLAND
ANGLO-SAXON ARCHITECTURE
Early Romanesque before the
Norman Conquest in 1066
Characterized by the transition of
timber prototypes into stone.
ROMANESQUE ARCHITECTURE

ENGLAND
NORMAN ARCHITECTURE
Romanesque introduced from Normandy into
England before the Norman conquest and
flourishing until the Rise of Gothic arch in 12th
CE.
Two tower faade supplementing the central
tower
MPLES OF ROMANESQUE BUILDIN

Durham Cathedral
GALILEE- A small porch
used as a chapel for
penitents at the west
end of some medieval
MPLES OF ROMANESQUE BUILDIN

Peterborough Cathedral
SUMMARY SUMMARY

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