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NAME____________________________________________DATE ______________SCORE______________ READING GUIDE – TOPIC 4 ROMANESQUE ART AND ARCHITECTURE STOKSTAD, CHAPTER 15B, pp. 472489 1. Below is a diagram of a typical Romanesque church portal. Provide the appropriate vocabulary (found on page 473 of the text. 2. The term “speaking façade” refers to what function of Romanesque churches? 3. Define the word didactic. How does it relate to Romanesque churches? 4. Above are two relief sculptures Which is a sarcophagus? (Right or Left) Identify it by title and date (It is an image from Topic 2).

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READING  GUIDE  –  TOPIC  4  ROMANESQUE  ART  AND  ARCHITECTURE  STOKSTAD,  CHAPTER  15B,  pp.  472-­‐489  

1.    Below  is  a  diagram  of  a  typical  Romanesque  church  portal.    Provide  the  appropriate  vocabulary  (found  on  page  473  of  the  text.      

 2.    The  term  “speaking  façade”  refers  to  what  function  of  Romanesque  churches?    3.    Define  the  word  didactic.    How  does  it  relate  to  Romanesque  churches?    

   4.    Above  are  two  relief  sculptures      Which  is  a  sarcophagus?  (Right  or  Left)  Identify  it  by  title  and  date  (It  is  an  image  from  Topic  2).  

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5.    Using  the  “keyhole”  approach  to  interpreting  art,  write  a  short  but  complete  answer  to  the  following  question:    How  did  the  sarcophagus  influence  the  horizontal  relief  from  the  west  façade  of  Modena  Cathedral?                    6.      The  sculpture  at  right  is  referred  to  as  the  Jeremiah  _________________________.    Go  online  and  find  out  about  the  Hebrew  Bible’s  prophet  called  Jeremiah.    Then  explain  the  reason  for  placing  Jeremiah  at  the  entrance  to  a  Romanesque  pilgrimage  church.    What  was  the  message  a  pilgrim  was  to  understand  from  Jeremiah?        7.    The  Last  Judgment  Tympanum  at  Autun  Cathedral  is  one  of  the  most  famous  works  of  sculpture  in  Western  art.    Study  the  image  on  page  479.    Watch  the  Smarthistory  video  on  the  tympanum.    Be  prepared  to  identify  subject  matter,  specific  sections  of  the  work  and  the  content  (didactic  program).        What  is  an  erratum?  How  does  it  apply  to  the  tympanum  discussion?    The  sculptor’s  name  was  ___________________________    8.    What  were  three  objectives  of  Romanesque  artists  commissioned  to  write/illustrated  histories  of  the  period?    a.             b.  c.    9.    True  or  False  The  Bayeaux  Tapestry  is  technically  not  a  tapestry.      10.    What  is  the  subject  matter  of  the  Bayeaux  Tapestry?      11.  At  right  is  a  facsimile  of  a  frontispiece.    Who  are  the  persons  in  the  image?    _______________________  and  _________________________Why  do  we  see  only  the  facsimile?