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Romanesque and Gothic
Romanesque art
Gothic art
MEDIEVAL CHRISTIANITY
A ROMANESQUE CHURCH
ROMANESQUE ARCHITECTURE
ROMANESQUE SCULPTURE
ROMANESQUE PAINTING
URBAN CULTURE
THE BIRTH OF THE UNIVERSITIES
GOTHIC SCULPTURE
GOTHIC PAINTING
GOTHIC ARCHITECTURE
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A Romanesque church
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St. Trophime, France
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San Martín de Frómista, Palencia
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Santa María de Eunate, Navarra
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Sant Climent de Taüll, Lleida
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Jaca Cathedral
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Sculptures were adapted to fit into
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educational and religious function
rigid clothes
painted in bright colours
unrealistic human figures
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An everyday scene 6 / 9
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Portal of St. Pierre, Moissac, France
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Pórtico de la Gloria, Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela
1. Saint James
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rigid and schematic human figures
Some figures are bigger to show importance.
bright colours
no background landscapes
figures outlined in black
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Chartres Cathedral, France
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steeple
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Seville Cathedral
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Urban culture
Town hall, Siena, Italy
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The Lonja
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The Lonja, Valencia
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The birth of universities
University of Cambridge
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A lecture
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• religious and educational purpose
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• curved lines
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• interest in expressing feelings
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The dead wake up with the sound of trumpets.
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• religious themes
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An altarpiece panel 2 / 5
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Altparpiece, by Roger van der Weyden
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Apse of Sant Climent de Taüll
evangelist
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a book withthe words: “I am the light of the world”
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