Romanesque Art/Architecture

11th-12th Centuries

Cathedral of St. James, Santiago de Compostela, Spain, 1078-1122

Plan of Cathedral of Saint James, Santiago de Compostela, Spain

Transept, Cathedral of Saint James, Santiago de Compostela. 1078–1122, Galicia, Spain

Cathedral Complex, Pisa, Cathedral, begun 1063; Baptistry, begun 1153; Campanile, begun 1174; Campo Santo, 13th centuryTuscany, Italy

Exterior, Speyer Cathedral c. 1080–1106 and second half of the 12th century, Speyer, Germany

Plan of Durham Cathedral, showing original east end

Nave, Durham Cathedral Vault height about 73' (22.2 m ), 1087–1133, England

Church of Saint-Étienne, Caenc. 1060–77; façade c. 1096–1100; spires 13th century,Normandy, France

Composite diagram of Church of Saint-Étienne, Caen, showing original 11th-century timber roof and later 12th-century six-part vault inserted under the roof

Nave, Church of Saint-Étienne, Caen, c. 1060–77; vaulted c. 1130 Normandy, France

Dover Castle Dover, England

Wiligelmus, Creation and Fall, West Façade, Modena Cathedral, c. 1099–1100, Modena, Emilia, Italy

Gislebertus, Last Judgment, Tympanum on West Portal, Cathedral of Saint-Lazare, Autun, c. 1120–30 or 1130–45Burgundy, France

Capital: Suicide of Judas, Cathedral of Saint-Lazare, Autun, c. 1125

example of a Tympanum

Bishop Odo Blessing the Feast, the Bayeux Tapestry, Norman–Anglo-Saxon embroidery, linen with wool, c. 1066–82, Bayeux, France

Messengers Signal the Appearance of a Comet (Halley’s Comet), The Bayeux Tapestry

Virgin and Child, Oak with polychromy,height 31”, Late 12th century, Auvergne region, France / The Metropolitan Museum of Art

St. Matthew, from the Codex ColbertinusTempera on vellum,7 ½ X 4”,c. 1100Bibliothèque National Paris

Facsimile frontispiece with Hildegard and Volmar, Liber Scivias, 1165–75,Original MS lost during World War II

The Mouth of Hell, Winchester Psalter ,Ink and tempera on vellum,12 ¾ X 9⅛”, c. 1150Winchester, England / The British Library, London

John of Worcester, Page with The Dream of Henry I (Those Who Work; Those Who Fight; Those Who Pray), Worcester Chronicle, Ink and tempera on vellum, each page 12¾ X 9⅜“,c. 1140,From Worcester, England / Corpus Christi College, Oxford