This document provides an outline for a lecture on Medieval (Romanesque) architecture. It discusses the development and expansion of Romanesque art and architecture. Key characteristics of Romanesque architecture included round arches, stone materials, and a basilica-type floor plan inspired by Roman architecture. Building typologies included Romanesque churches featuring thick walls, small windows, round arches, blind arches, galleries, transepts, and multiple towers. Examples given include the Pisa Cathedral complex in Italy, constructed between 1063-1278, featuring the cathedral, baptistry, bell tower, and Campo Santo cemetery.
This document provides an outline for a lecture on Medieval (Romanesque) architecture. It discusses the development and expansion of Romanesque art and architecture. Key characteristics of Romanesque architecture included round arches, stone materials, and a basilica-type floor plan inspired by Roman architecture. Building typologies included Romanesque churches featuring thick walls, small windows, round arches, blind arches, galleries, transepts, and multiple towers. Examples given include the Pisa Cathedral complex in Italy, constructed between 1063-1278, featuring the cathedral, baptistry, bell tower, and Campo Santo cemetery.
This document provides an outline for a lecture on Medieval (Romanesque) architecture. It discusses the development and expansion of Romanesque art and architecture. Key characteristics of Romanesque architecture included round arches, stone materials, and a basilica-type floor plan inspired by Roman architecture. Building typologies included Romanesque churches featuring thick walls, small windows, round arches, blind arches, galleries, transepts, and multiple towers. Examples given include the Pisa Cathedral complex in Italy, constructed between 1063-1278, featuring the cathedral, baptistry, bell tower, and Campo Santo cemetery.
Development Expansion • Characteristics • Building Typologies • Examples in Italy ROMANESQUE ART & ARCHITECTURE • It started during the middle age • It was the first style all over the Europe. • Romanesque architecture is inspired by Roman Architecture • It can be characterized by round arches, stone materials & basilica type plan. • In between 1075-1125 AD CHARACTERISTICS • Proportions- harmonious • Vaulting system- barrel and groin vault • Thick and heavy walls and pillars. • Small windows • Round arches supporting the roof • Blind arches- decorative purpose • Galleries above the side aisles • A transept, an apse, ambulatory. • Multiple towers , usually at the west end and the transept crossing • Sculptural decoration on portals, capitals and other surface • Painted decoration through out the interior BUILDING TYPOLOGY ROMANEQUE CHURCH ROMANEQUE CHURCH ROMANESQUE ARCHITECTURE_PISA CATHEDRAL COMPLEX, ITALY ROMANESQUE ARCHITECTURE_PISA CATHEDRAL COMPLEX, ITALY ROMANESQUE ARCHITECTURE_ PISA CATHEDRAL COMPLEX, ITALY PISA CATHEDRAL_ 1063 PISA CATHEDRAL_ 1063 PISA CATHEDRAL_ 1063 PISA CATHEDRAL_ 1063 PISA CATHEDRAL_ 1063 PISA CATHEDRAL_ 1063 BAPTISTERY_ 1153 BAPTISTERY_ 1153 CAMPANILE BELL TOWER_ 1174 CAMPANILE BELL TOWER_ 1174 CAMPO SANTO_ 1278 CAMPO SANTO_ 1278 REFERENCES 1. Sir Banister Fletcher's A History of Architecture, Twentieth Edition, 1996
2. Spiro Kostof, History of Architecture: Settings