UNIT Eight: the high middle ages. Romanesque Architecture Links to good romanesque web sites:...

UNIT Eight: the high middle ages

Romanesque Architecture

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The Spanish Road to Santiago de Compostela

Ste. Madeleine, Vezelay, France. 1120-32

Vezelay siteNotes


Exterior tympanum


Center tympanum in narthex

Notes


Tympanum of south portal in narthexNotes


Nave


Capital sculpture: demon and woman


A similar layout, just with no transepts. Notice the ambulatory, as at Ste. Foi.

Ste. Foi, c. 1080-1120

Ste. Foi, c. 1080-1120

Here’s a drawing of the abbey, to give you some sense of proportions. We will notice that the rhythm of interior space is consistent with the outward appearance.

Ste. Foi, c. 1080-1120

Notes

Ste. Foi, c. 1080-1120

The interior of the church. Notice the rounded arches, the relatively small windows.

Ste. Foi, c. 1080-1120

Notes

Abbey Church, Cluny: 1088-1118Tours, France

gothic Architecture

The

Gothic

Cathedral

Basilique, Saint-Denis

West facade. Added by Abbot Suger. About 1136-40

Exterior: North view.


Basilique Saint-Denis; France, saint-denis; 1136?-44 (Choir)


Nave (1231-81).


West entrance and the ceiling of the nave


Ceiling of the nave.

Nave


Stained glasses of the upper part of the nave.

Stained glasses of the upper choir


Ambulatory and radiating chapels


The cross-ribbed vaults of the ambulatory


The upper half, the five-part vaults, is a ceiling of the radiating chapel. The lower half is a ceiling of the ambulatory.

Central portal of the west facade


The right door panel of bronze

The left door panel of bronze

West front.

NOTRA DAME Paris; 1163-1250

Back view.

South view.


South-west view

Rose window at north transept.


From nave to west entrance

From nave to chancel


Flying buttress

Interior, North Transept End wall, rose window and lancets, Old Testament scenes


Rose window, detail of Abraham(?)

Ambulatory, Chapel of Our Lady of the Seven Doors


Ambulatory chapel window : Life of Christ

Exterior, West Façade, Left Door General view, called Portal of the Virgin


Exterior, West Façade, Center Door

General view

Exterior, West Façade, Right Door General view, called Portal of St. Anne


West Façade, Center Door Left jamb : apostles

West Façade, Center Door Tympanum : Last Judgment


Good Notra Dame Site

Plans and DrawingsPlan


Drawing of nave section


Drawing of nave section, 13th c.


Drawing of choir section, 12th c.

Notre Dame, Chartres, France. 1145-1220

West facade


Main Portal


The right portal of the west facade

The tympanum of the right portal, west facade

The theme of the sculptures of the tympanum is The Virgin and Child in Solemnity.


East side, apsidal view


The central portal of the north facade

Statues-Colonnes and the detail of the central portal, north facade.

The theme of the sculptures of the tympanum is The Coronation of the Virgin.


Stained Glass Roundel

Good Chartres Site


Good Chartres Site

NOTRE-DAME CATHEDRALR e i m s, France

General view of west façade


West Façade, Center Door

Left jamb : Presentation in the Temple with Joseph, Mary, Simeon and Anna


Right jamb : Annunciation with Gabriel and Mary;Presentation with Mary and Elizabeth



Gable over center door : Coronation of the Virgin



Plan, hatching indicates post-1250 work


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