Romanesque Burgundy

Abbey Church of Cluny III, 1088-1130 (destroyed)

Large church, destroyed during the French Revolution, housed up to 200 monks and thousands of people

Abbey Church of Cluny III, 1088-1130 (destroyed)

First Tone of Plainsong, capital, ambulatory c. 1088-1095

singing and chanting was important to monastic life,

Ste. Madeleine, Vézelay, 1120-1132

Nave

alternating colors of stonework, which comes from ottonian influences, historiated capitals

Ste. Madeleine, Vézelay, 1120-1132

Mission of the Apostles, tympanum

Holy spirit coming over the apostles to spread the word of God, Veezelay was a part of the crusades, reflected in the story of evangelism

Gislebertus, sculptures at Cathedral, Autun, 1120-1135

Last Judgment, tympanum and lintel

sculptor signed name into the portal of the church,

Gislebertus, sculptures at Cathedral, Autun, 1120-1135

Dream of the Magi, nave capital

begining to characterize the magi, each one being a different age

Gislebertus, sculptures at Cathedral, Autun, 1120-1135

Eve, from lintel

body of eve is represented with some degree of naturalism

Cistercian monastery at Fontenay, 1139-1147

Cistercian monastery at Fontenay, 1139-1147

simple space, Cistercian order founded on basis of Church and monasteries being corrupt and too focused on earthly goods like money and jewels

Illuminated capitals in Moralia in Job (by Gregory the Great), 1111

I, woodsmen

monk cutting down the tree with someone in it, could be a critique of monastic life

lluminated capitals in Moralia in Job (by Gregory the Great), 1111

O, woodsman

lluminated capitals in Moralia in Job (by Gregory the Great), 1111

R, knight and monster

knight fighting a monster but the knights quire is the one slaying the beast, critique of knighthood, the humbler person being the one to defeat the dragon