MPC 103 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Très Riches Heures Du Duc De Berry, Santiago De Compostela, Principality Of Stavelot-Malmedy
17 May 2016
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Charactericed by thick, stone, masonry building; rounded arches; restricted height because are wall- supported; shorter, darker than gothic. Romanistic art grows because of the monastic orders (benedicteen most influential) Built by benedictene; largest monastic building; lost because it was destroyed during the french revolution. During the medieval times (think ken follett) people were serfs to the lords, people were not free, they were tied to the dukes and lords who in turn would connect and pick a leader (such as charlemagne) Benefits of benedictine order is that it was international, they transcended the borders, they only owed allegiane to god rather than kings. All that is left of cluny abbey the south transept tower. The cluny order believed in worshipping in glamour, in spectacular surcumstances so that spirits would be uplifted and feel closer to god; the arts were very influential in cluny. The rivers of paradise; crude human form; abstract stylization due to focus on afterlife.
