ARTH 2153 Romanesque and Gothic Art

ARTH 2153 Romanesque and Gothic Art - Exam Study Notes

Key Artists and Works

• Maius, Morgan Beatus

  • Artwork: Woman Clothed with the Sun escaping from the dragon

  • Style: Mozarabic

  • Date: ca. 940-45

• Silos Beatus

  • Artwork: Hell

  • Style: Spanish Romanesque

  • Date: Text finished in 1091, illustrations added 1109

• Church of Saint Genis-des-Fontaines

  • Artwork: Christ and the Apostles

  • Style: Lombard-Catalan

  • Date: 1020-21

• Godoman

  • Artwork: The Three Marys at the Tomb

  • Style: Anglo-Saxon

  • Date: ca. 980

Further Notable Works

• Liber Vitae of New Minster

  • Artwork: Heaven and Hell

  • Style: Anglo Saxon

  • Date: ca. 1020

  • Source: Stokstad (S) page 173

• Bayeux Tapestry

  • Artwork: "Harold swore a sacred oath to the Duke William"

  • Style: Norman Romanesque

  • Date: ca. 1070

  • Source: Stokstad (S) page 191

• Church of St. Sernin, Toulouse

  • Artwork: Miègeville Door

  • Style: Romanesque Pilgrimage Style

  • Date: ca. 1110-15

  • Source: Stokstad (S) page 208

Architectural Highlights

• Àvila:

  • Artwork: Curtain Wall

  • Style: Romanesque secular architecture

  • Date: Late 11th-12th centuries

  • Source: Stokstad (S) page 193

• Stavelot Triptych

  • Artwork: Reliquary of the True Cross

  • Style: Romanesque: Athens of the North

  • Date: 1155

  • Source: Petzold (P) page 65

• Ste. Foy, Conques

  • Artwork: Tympanum of the Last Judgment

  • Style: Romanesque Pilgrimage Style

  • Date: ca. 1125-35

  • Source: Petzold (P) page 74