Romanesque Sculpture

  • Ambulatory, St. Sernin, Toulouse, late 11th cent.
    • abstracted
    • only visible to those walking around the ambulatory
    • sculpture wasn’t seen as an important/noticeable feature
  • Christ in Majesty, by Gelduinus
    • monumental stone relief
    • framed by mendorla like illuminated manuscript
    • 4 symbols of evangelists
    • leaning more Germanic
  • St. Pierre, Moissac, 1115-1135
    • South Portal surrounded by sculpture
    • floral carved lintel
    • meant for Church propaganda
    • Tympanum: half moon above the Lintel
    • trumeau: middle block supporting lintel
    • Last Judgement
      • expressive, some metal working styles
      • low relief
    • Trumeau’s contents
      • stacked lions
      • Right side of Trumeau: Prophet Jeremiah
      • twisted body for liveliness
      • stiff, longer proportions
      • holding scroll
  • St. Lazare, Autun, 1120-1135
    • West Portal: Last Judgement, Tympanum, by Gislebertus
    • God’s good side: right hand
    • God’s bad side: left hand
    • Dextra: Right/good
    • Sinister: Left (opposite side of God)
    • Low relief
    • Stylized, big heads lanky bodies
  • Church of the Madeleine, Narthex, Vezelay, 1120-1132
    • Central Portal:
    • Madeleine Tympanum: Mission of the Apostles
      • Christ giving designated powers to his Apostles
      • Souls receiving messages of Christ
      • Sick being healed
      • Madeleine Christ’s robe: swirled pattern like done with pen and ink