WorksheetsHISTO-ROMANESQUE(WIN)
Total questions: 32
Worksheet time: 17mins
Dull climate contributed
to the use of: large windows to admit light
- High pitch roof to throw off rain &
snow
Northern Portion
Southern Portion
East Portion
West Portion
Small windows to
minimize sun shading
- Flat Roof
Northern Portion
Southern Portion
East Portion
West Portion
had great power & influence
• According to Catholic Doctrine, Popes are
successors of St. Peter
papacy
clergy
royalty
SOCIAL & POLITICAL INFLUENCE
Rise of the Religious Orders
Establishment of “Feudal System”
Landlords built “castle” to separate them
& protect them from the peasants
This castle was made with manmade
canals called
moat
river
lagoon
ARCHITECTURAL CHARACTER
Sober and Dignified - opposite of Roman
character
Ruins of classical buildings
CHARACTERISTIC FEATURES
• Developed in:
Italy,
France
Germany
England
a window placed
vertically in a sloping roof with a roof on its
own.
clerestory window
dormer window
skylight window
vaulting employed:
rib and panel vaulting
semi-circular arch vault
fan vault
four–part vaulting
Quadripartite
penpartite
Sexpartite
(six–part vaulting) both were
supported by “tiers“
Quadripartite
penpartite
Sexpartite
What is A?
transverse arch
tierceron
diagonal buttress
formeret
What is B?
transverse arch
tireceron
diagonal butress
formeret
What is C?
transverse arch
tierceron
diagonal buttress
formeret
What is D?
transverse arch
tirceron
diagonal buttress
formeret
What is E?
lierne
diagonal buttress
keystone
formeret
What is F?
tierceron
diagonal buttress
keystone
formeret
In churches they use
latin cross plan
greek cross plan
a roof in which four faces
rests diagonally between the gables and
converges at the roof.
helm roof
dutch roof
mansard roof
Every church there is a ___at the
side
monastery
baptistery
campanile
Large, separate buildings usually octagonal
in plan and connected to the cathedral by
the atrium
• Used 3 times a year: Easter, Pentecost, and
Epiphany
baptistery
monastery
campanile
• Straight towers shafts, generally standing
alone
• Served as civic monuments, symbols of
power, watch towers
monastery
baptistery
campanile
Muslim influence:
striped marbles
stilted pointed arches
colorful, geometric
designs
Most distinct
Romanesque church in Sicily
Cefalu Cathedral, Sicily
Monreale Cathedral
Pisa Cathedral
S. Madeleine, Vezelay
Most splendid under
Norman rule in Sicily
- Basilican and Byzantine planning
Cefalu Cathedral, Sicily
Monreale Cathedral
Pisa Cathedral
S. Madeleine, Vezelay
Forms one of most famous building groups in the world
Cathedral, Baptistery, Campanile, and Campo Santo
- Resembles other early Basilican churches in plan
- Exterior of red and white marble bands
- Baptistery - 39.3 m circular plan by Dioti Salvi
- Campanile - aka The “Leaning Tower of Pisa”, 8 storeys, 16m in diameter
Monreale Cathedra
Pisa Cathedral
Cefalu Cathedral, Sicily
S. Madeleine, Vezelay
Earliest pointed
cross vault in France
Cefalu Cathedral, Sicily
Monreale Cathedral
Pisa Cathedral
S. Madeleine, Vezelay
Among the first
instances of using the pointed arch
Ribbed vault, pointed arch successfully
combined
Monreale Cathedral
Pisa Cathedral
S. Madeleine, Vezelay
Abbey of St. Denis
Light stone vaults
and inlaid décor of different colors
Notre Dame Du Port
Worms Cathedral, Germany
Palatine Chapel in Aachen (Aix–La–
Chapelle)
Church of the Apostles, Cologne
built by emperor Charlemagne
as his “royal tomb house“
- Place of coronation of the Roman Emperors
Germany
Palatine Chapel in Aachen (Aix–La–
Chapelle)
Church of the Apostles, Cologne
Worms Cathedral, Germany
Notre Dame Du Port
Abbey of St. Denis
Notre Dame Du Port
Church of the Apostles, Cologne
Worms Cathedral, Germany
Eastern and western apses and octagons
- 2 circular towers flank each
- Octagon at crossing, with pointed roof
Notre Dame Du Port
Palatine Chapel in Aachen (Aix–La–
Chapelle)
Church of the Apostles, Cologne
Worms Cathedral, Germany
