Exam 16: Romanesque Art

In the Priory Church of Saint-Pierre at Moissac , the image of __________ dominates the tympanum.

The Bayeux Embroidery tells the story of the __________ conquest of England.

What was an advantage of stone masonry in the construction of cathedrals?

In about 1000 CE, the three geographical areas that continued to supply the best metalwork for aristocratic and ecclesiastical patrons were the areas of __________, __________, __________.

How did Romanesque builders change the early Christian basilica?

What was the motivation for many churches to alter the traditional basic basilica plan by adding transepts with eastern chapels that led to an ambulatory with radiating chapels around the apse?

Which feature at the Benedictine Church of San Clemente in Rome was designed because of changes in the twelfth-century liturgy?

____________ wrote a guidebook to instruct pilgrims as they traveled through France to Santiago de Compostela.

Cluny was unusual among monasteries because the abbot answered to _____________.

Durham Cathedral introduced a new system of masonry __________, which would become a hallmark of later Gothic architecture.

What architectural element of Romanesque portals was used to depict the most important imagery?

One of the benefits for pilgrims who made the journey to Santiago was the opportunity to ________________.

What religious theme was often used to decorate the tympanum of Romanesque portals?

Investigate the decoration of Romanesque churches.

How does the abbey and church of Notre-Dame at Fontenay reflect Cistercian architecture?

How did Romanesque artists change the column capital?

During the Romanesque period, sculpted imagery was placed on the ________________ focusing attention on the portal complexes.

Wiligelmo, who carved horizontal reliefs across the west façade of Modena Cathedral, may have been influenced by Roman ___________.

Cistercians did NOT rely on the __________ found on many Romanesque churches.

To make the images relevant to the audience the artists in the Romanesque style visualized stories in __________________.