Romanesque art

Romanesque art

1. Romanesque painting

   • Educational, moralising, decorative.
     • Characteristics
       • Expressive style
         • Simple no volume
           • Uniform in colour: red, blue...
             • Forward-facing
               • Scenes Bible
                 • Architectural frame work
       • Frescos and miniatures.
         • Miniatures detailed
           • Geometrical designs
             • Mixed egg with natural glues
     • Types
       • Fresco painting
         • The Pantocrator
         • Santa Maria de Taüll

2. Romanesque architecture

   • Churches were the most important.
     • Characteristics
       • The floor plan
         • Shape of Latin cross.
           • Naves with dome above it.
             • Semicircular apse.
       • Vaults, walls and arches.
         • Semi-circular barrel vaults
           • Semi-circular arches
             • Pilars or columns inside buttresses
       • Main entrance
         • Decorated reliefs and sculptures
     • Parts
       • Bell towe, rose window, entrance, central and side nave, barrel vault, dome, apse, altar, side door, transept.

3. Romanesque sculpture

   • Adapt in dimensions to the surface
     • Hieratic figures
       • Attached to buildings
         • Religious carvings
   • Capitals
     • Religious Biblical characters
       • Scenes every day life
         • Animals or plants motifs