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28-475: [REDACTED] Look up Romanesque in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Romanesque may refer to: In art and architecture [ edit ] First Romanesque , or Lombard Romanesque architectural style Pre-Romanesque art and architecture , a term used for the early phase of the style Romanesque architecture , architecture of Europe which emerged in

56-459: A 2007 single by Japanese pop duo FictionJunction Yuuka Romanesque Road , a scenic route in Germany See also [ edit ] Romanesco (disambiguation) Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Romanesque . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to

84-538: A new era of Central European cultural influence. After the demise of the Carolingian Empire, France split into a number of feuding provinces, so that lacking any organized Imperial patronage, French art of the 10th and 11th centuries became localised around the large monasteries, and lacked the sophistication of a court-directed style. Multiple regional styles developed based on the chance availability of Carolingian manuscripts (as models to draw from), and

112-932: A style at the abbey of Saint Germain-des-Prés . In Normandy a new style developed from 975 onward. Southern Italy benefited from the presence and cross-fertilization of the Byzantines, the Arabs, and the Normans, while the north was mostly controlled first by the Carolingians. The Normans in Sicily chose to commission Byzantine workshops to decorate their churches such as Monreale and Cefalù Cathedrals where full iconographic programmes of mosaics have survived. Important frescos and illuminated manuscripts were produced. The first form of Pre-Romanesque in Spain and Portugal

140-609: A term used for the early phase of the style Romanesque architecture , architecture of Europe which emerged in the late 10th century and lasted to the 13th century Pisan Romanesque Romanesque secular and domestic architecture Brick Romanesque , North Germany and Baltic Norman architecture , the traditional term for the style in English Spanish Romanesque Romanesque architecture in France Romanesque art ,

168-666: A thick layer of mortar on the outside. Large churches are longitudinal with one or three naves like Church of Holy Salvation ( Croatian : Crkva Sv. Spasa ) at the spring of the river Cetina , built in the 9th century, along with the Church of Saint Cross in Nin . The largest and most complicated central based church from the 9th century is dedicated to Saint Donatus in Zadar . Altar rails and windows of those churches were highly decorated with transparent shallow string-like ornament that

196-601: Is arguably the precedent for the western facades of later medieval cathedrals. An original westwork survives today at the Abbey of Corvey , built in 885. After a rather chaotic interval following the Carolingian period, the new Ottonian dynasty revived Imperial art from about 950, building on and further developing Carolingian style in Ottonian art . Germanic pre-Romanesque art during the 120-year period from 936 to 1056

224-736: Is called pleter (meaning to weed) because the strings were threaded and rethreaded through itself. Motifs of those reliefs were taken from Roman art; sometimes figures from the Bible appeared alongside this decoration, like relief in Holy Nedjeljica in Zadar, and then they were subdued by their pattern. This also happened to engravings in early Croatian script – Glagolitic . Soon, the Glagolitic writings were replaced with Latin on altar rails and architraves of old-Croatian churches. From

252-621: Is commonly called Ottonian art after the three Saxon emperors named Otto ( Otto I , Otto II , and Otto III ) who ruled the Holy Roman Empire from 936 to 1001. After the decline of the Carolingian Empire, the Holy Roman Empire was re-established under the Saxon (Ottonian) dynasty. From this emerged a renewed faith in the idea of Empire and a reformed Church, creating a period of heightened cultural and artistic fervour. It

280-422: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Romanesque [REDACTED] Look up Romanesque in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Romanesque may refer to: In art and architecture [ edit ] First Romanesque , or Lombard Romanesque architectural style Pre-Romanesque art and architecture ,

308-559: The Carolingian Renaissance . Although brief, it was very influential; northern European kings promoted classical Mediterranean Roman art forms for the first time, while also creating innovative new forms such as naturalistic figure line drawings that would have lasting influence. Carolingian churches generally are basilican , like the Early Christian churches of Rome, and commonly incorporated westworks , which

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336-579: The Carolingian dynasty in 752 AD, which led to Carolingian architecture from 780 to 900, and Ottonian architecture in the Holy Roman Empire from the mid-10th century until the mid-11th century. These successive Frankish dynasties were large contributors to Romanesque architecture . Merovingian , Carolingian and Ottonian Ottonian and Holy Roman Empire Carolingian art is the roughly 120-year period from about 780 to 900, during Charlemagne 's and his immediate heirs' rule, popularly known as

364-582: The Crown Church of King Zvonimir (so called Hollow Church in Solin ) comes the altar board with figure of Croatian King on the throne with Carolingian crown, servant by his side and subject bowed to the king. By joining the Hungarian crown in the twelfth century, Croatia lost its full independence, but it did not lose its ties with the south and the west, and instead this ensured the beginning of

392-659: The Viking invasions. The period from the time of King Alfred (885) is known as the Anglo-Saxon period proper, with the revival of English culture after the end of the Viking raids, to the early 12th century, when Romanesque art became the new movement. Anglo-Saxon art is mainly known today through illuminated manuscripts and metalwork. In the 7th century the Croats , with other Slavs and Avars , came from Northern Europe to

420-640: The Frankish kingdom under Clovis I (465–511) and his successors, corresponded with the need for the building of churches, and especially monastery churches, as these were now the power-houses of the Merovingian church. Two hundred monasteries existed south of the Loire when St Columbanus , an Irish missionary, arrived in Europe in 585. Only 100 years later, by the end of the 7th century, over 400 flourished in

448-595: The Merovingian kingdom alone. The building plans often continued the Roman basilica tradition. Many Merovingian plans have been reconstructed from archaeology. The description in Bishop Gregory of Tours ' History of the Franks of the basilica of Saint-Martin, built at Tours by Saint Perpetuus (bishop 460–490) at the beginning of the period and at the time on the edge of Frankish territory, gives cause to regret

476-459: The art of Western Europe from approximately AD 1000 to the 13th century or later Romanesque Revival architecture , an architectural style which started in the mid-19th century, inspired by the original Romanesque architecture Richardsonian Romanesque , a style of Romanesque Revival architecture named for an American architect Other uses [ edit ] Romanesque (EP) , EP by Japanese rock band Buck-Tick "Romanesque" (song) ,

504-652: The availability of itinerant artists. The monastery of Saint Bertin became an important centre under its abbot Odbert (986–1007) who created a new style based on Anglo-Saxon and Carolingian forms. The nearby abbey of Saint Vaast created a number of works. In southwestern France at the monastery of Saint Martial in Limoges a number of manuscripts were produced around year 1000, as were produced in Albi , Figeac and Saint-Sever-de-Rustan in Gascony . In Paris there developed

532-536: The disappearance of this building, one of the most beautiful Merovingian churches, which he says had 120 marble columns, towers at the East end, and several mosaics: "Saint-Martin displayed the vertical emphasis, and the combination of block-units forming a complex internal space and the correspondingly rich external silhouette, which were to be the hallmarks of the Romanesque". The Merovingian dynasty were replaced by

560-561: The intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Romanesque&oldid=1188974662 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Pre-Romanesque art and architecture The primary theme during this period is the introduction and absorption of classical Mediterranean and Early Christian forms with Germanic ones, which fostered innovative new forms. This in turn led to

588-491: The late 10th century and lasted to the 13th century Pisan Romanesque Romanesque secular and domestic architecture Brick Romanesque , North Germany and Baltic Norman architecture , the traditional term for the style in English Spanish Romanesque Romanesque architecture in France Romanesque art , the art of Western Europe from approximately AD 1000 to the 13th century or later Romanesque Revival architecture , an architectural style which started in

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616-492: The mid-19th century, inspired by the original Romanesque architecture Richardsonian Romanesque , a style of Romanesque Revival architecture named for an American architect Other uses [ edit ] Romanesque (EP) , EP by Japanese rock band Buck-Tick "Romanesque" (song) , a 2007 single by Japanese pop duo FictionJunction Yuuka Romanesque Road , a scenic route in Germany See also [ edit ] Romanesco (disambiguation) Topics referred to by

644-681: The most magnificent medieval illuminated manuscripts. They were a major art form of the time, and monasteries received direct sponsorship from emperors and bishops, having the best in equipment and talent available. Prior to King Alfred the dominant art style in England was the Hiberno-Saxon culture, producing in Insular art the fusion of Anglo-Saxon and Celtic techniques and motifs, which had largely ceased in Ireland and Northern England with

672-504: The region where they live today. The first Croatian churches were built as royal sanctuaries, and the influence of Roman art was strongest in Dalmatia where urbanization was thickest. Gradually that influence was neglected and certain simplifications and alterations of inherited forms, and even creation of original buildings, appeared. All of them (a dozen large ones and hundreds of small ones) were built with roughly cut stone bounded with

700-735: The rise of Romanesque art in the 11th century. In the outline of Medieval art it was preceded by what is commonly called the Migration Period art of the "barbarian" peoples: Hiberno-Saxon in the British Isles and predominantly Merovingian on the Continent. In most of western Europe, the Roman architectural tradition survived the collapse of the empire. The Merovingians ( Franks ) continued to build large stone buildings like monastery churches and palaces. The unification of

728-417: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Romanesque . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Romanesque&oldid=1188974662 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description

756-538: Was in this atmosphere that masterpieces were created that fused the traditions from which Ottonian artists derived their inspiration: models of Late Antique, Carolingian, and Byzantine origin. Much Ottonian art reflected the dynasty's desire to establish visually a link to the Christian rulers of Late Antiquity, such as Constantine , Theoderich, and Justinian as well as to their Carolingian predecessors, particularly Charlemagne . Ottonian monasteries produced some of

784-811: Was the Visigothic art , that brought the horse-shoe arches to the latter Moorish architecture and developed jewellery. After the Moorish occupation, Pre-Romanesque art was first reduced to the Kingdom of Asturias , the only Christian realm in the area at the time which reached high levels of artistic depuration. (See Asturian art ). The Christians who lived in Moorish territory, the Mozarabs , created their own architectural and illumination style, Mozarabic art . The best preserved Visigothic monument in Portugal

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