Romanesque art

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Romanesque art is a medieval European artistic style characterized by solid, heavy forms, rounded arches, and religious themes, which laid the groundwork for the later development of Gothic art.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf European art movement
art style
medieval art
follows Pre-Romanesque art
hasArchitecturalElement apse
arcades
massive piers
radiating chapels
towers
hasCharacteristic barrel vaults
didactic imagery
emphasis on horizontality
groin vaults
heavy massing
hieratic scale in figures
limited modeling of volume in figures
rounded arches
schematic figures in painting
small windows
solid forms
strong outlines in painting
stylized drapery
symbolic rather than naturalistic representation
thick walls in architecture
hasGeographicRegion Central Europe NERFINISHED
Western Europe NERFINISHED
parts of Southern Europe
hasMedium architecture
illuminated manuscripts
ivory carving
metalwork
sculpture
tapestry
wall painting
hasNotableExample Autun Cathedral sculpture NERFINISHED
Bayeux Tapestry NERFINISHED
Durham Cathedral NERFINISHED
Saint-Sernin in Toulouse NERFINISHED
Sainte-Foy at Conques NERFINISHED
hasRegionalVariant French Romanesque
German Romanesque NERFINISHED
Italian Romanesque
Norman Romanesque NERFINISHED
Spanish Romanesque NERFINISHED
hasSculpturalFeature capital carvings
portal sculpture
tympanum reliefs
hasTheme Christ in Majesty NERFINISHED
Christian religious subjects
Last Judgment NERFINISHED
Old Testament narratives
pilgrimage and relics
saints and apostles
hasTimePeriod approximately 1000 to 1200 CE
influenced Gothic art
isAssociatedWith Cistercian order NERFINISHED
Cluniac order NERFINISHED
Romanesque architecture NERFINISHED
monasticism
pilgrimage routes
precedes Gothic art

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Autun Cathedral belongsTo Romanesque art
this entity surface form: Romanesque art of Burgundy
The Cloisters collectionFocus Romanesque art
MNAC collectionPeriod Romanesque art
this entity surface form: Romanesque period
Pericopes of Henry II hasArtisticStylePeriod Romanesque art
this entity surface form: Early Romanesque
Western art includesStylePeriod Romanesque art
Gothic art influencedBy Romanesque art