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Durham Cathedral

-early 11th century

-England

-Norman church

-Romanesque

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Durham Cathedral Interior

-cross arches

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Speyer Cathedral

-Speyer, Germany

-late 11th/early 12th century

-Romanesque

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Speyer Cathedral
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Speyer Cathedral Interior

-groin vaults in nave

-large clerestory windows

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Pisa Baptistery

-cathedral and campanile in background

-11th/12th century

-Pisa, Italy

-Romanesque

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Pisa Cathedral

-"hip roof" shape

-common in Italian cathedrals

-12th century

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San Miniato

-11th century (facade not completed until 13th century)

-"hip roof" shape

-Florence, Italy

-Romanesque

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San Miniato Interior

-11th century

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Tympanum at Saint-Pierre

-depicts Last Judgment

-1130

-Moissac, France

-Romanesque

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Trumeau at Saint-Pierre

-depicts Jeremiah the "weeping prophet"

-monsters on front

-column

-Moissac, France

-1130

-made of marble

-Romanesque

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Tympanum of Saint-Lazare

-depicts Last Judgment

-elite on the left, damned on the right

-Autun, France

-12th century

-made of marble

-Romanesque

-made by Gislebertus

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Wooden Madonna Sculpture

-second half of 12th century

-Romanesque

-virgin and child

-France

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Reliquary of Saint Alexander

-1145

-silver and bronze

-made to house the hallowed pope's relics, held bone(s) of saint

-jewels and enamel around neck

-Belguim

-Romanesque

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Apse Painting

-fresco painting of Christ in Majesty

-12th century

-Santa Maria de Mur

-Spain

-Romanesque

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Eadwine the Scribe

-12th century

-manuscript painting

-Canterbury, England

-Romanesque

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Bayuex Tapestry

-wall-size

-11th century (after 1066)

-Bayeux, France

-Romanesque

-imaginary animals along borders

-many stories in it (battle scene - Norman defeat of Anglo-Saxons, King Edward's funeral procession)

-record of conquest of England

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Moses with Horns

-Moses expounding the law

-Master Hugo (artist)

-from Bury Bible

-England

-Romanesque

-12th century (1135)

-iconographic identity

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Saint-Denis New Choir

-1144

-gothic begins

-radiating chapels

-France

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Flying Buttresses

-gothic

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Chartres Cathedral

-France

-gothic

-west facade - 12th century (oldest part)

-north and south facades - 13th century

-jambs - animated on N and S facades and non-moving on W facade

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Aerial View of Chartres Cathedral
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Plan of Chartres Cathedral

-large choir and prominent transepts

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Chartres Cathedral Interior
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Notre Dame Cathedral

-also Paris Cathedral

-Paris, France

-12th century

-south facade - lateĀ 13th century

-gargoyles as downspouts

-modern animal figure - 1860s

-small clerestory windows

-Gothic

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Laon Cathedral

-12th century

-oxen on towers

-ribbed vaulting and flying buttresses

-gothic

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Radiating Style Vault

-seen in Amiens Cathedral

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Amiens Cathedral

-France

-13th century

-mismatched towers

-gothic

-high vault and large clerestory

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Reims Cathedral

-west facade

-13th century

-France

-gothic

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Reims Cathedral East End
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Salisbury Cathedral

-England

-13th century

-spire built in 14th century

-Gothic

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Salisbury Cathedral Plan

-two trancepts

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Scissors Arch

-England

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Crazy Vaults

-in Lincoln Cathedral

-England

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Gloucester Cathedral

-England

-14th century

-fan vaulting

-Gothic

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Fan Vaulting

-seen in Gloucester Cathedral

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Freiburg Cathedral

-large spire

-Germany

-13th century

-gothic

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Cologne Cathedral

-gothic

-Germany

-13th century - choir and lower part of west facade

-19th century - nave, top of facade, and towers

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Choir of Cologne Cathedral

-13th century

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Ficoroni Cista

-cylindrical bronze container

-wine cooler

-Etruscans

-4th century B.C.

-Apollo and Marsonius

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Pont-du-Guard

-aqueduct bridge

-brings water to the city

-lower part for foot traffic and wagons

-1st century

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Pendentive

-curved, triangular forms that support a dome

-transitions from square area to the circular base of the dome

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Celtic Interlace
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Saint-Denis Interior

-pointed arch

-ribbed vaulting

-larger windows for more light

-stained glass clerestory windows (transforms light)

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Chartres Cathedral

-central portal of south facade

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Chartres Cathedral

-central portal of the north facade

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