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Goals• Understand the term “Romanesque” in
designating the artistic style of an historic period.
• Examine the need for large scale pilgrimage churches, the growth of architecture and urban centers.
• Understand the ‘millenial’ and apocalyptic mood of the Romanesque era and their impact on artistic themes.
• Understand the role of relics and the artistic objects designed to contain relics.
• Recognize differences and similarities in regional Romanesque architecture and artistic styles.
• Understand the narrative function of the human figure in Romanesque sculpture.
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From Dr. Bard: The Romanesque Church
• Protects from Pillage.• Accommodates Pilgrimage• Provides for Permanence
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St-Etienne/Durham Cathedral• Two Norman cathedrals, the later
conceived as a vaulted church from the beginning
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Figure 17-16 Plan (top) and lateral section (right) of Durham Cathedral, England (after Kenneth John Conant).
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