1. THE ROMANESQUE

2.  Historical Context
 Architecture.
 The Mudéjar style.
 Sculpture and Painting.
Juan A. Luque

3.  Europe XI – XIII Centuries
 FEUDALISM
 It’s called Romanesque because of the use of Ancient
Roman’s technical solutions (arc, vaux,…)
 It’s basically a RELIGIOUS art.

4. HISTORY
PATRONAGE RURAL
ARISTOCRACY
COMMUNITIES THEOCRACY
&
CHURCH Church, monastery

5. ROMANESQUE

6. SANT JAMES’ WAY

7. MONASTERY OF CLUNY

8. ROMANESQUE ARCHITECTURE
 CARACHTERISTIQUES

9. ROMANESQUE ARCHITECTURE
 AUSTERITY very few ornaments
 SIMPLICITY simple forms
 SOLIDITY very thick walls

10. MADE TO LAST FOR EVER
 STONE
 STONE is heavy…
 Thick walls

11. WALLS
 Thick WALLS
 Regular ASHLARS it looks SOLID
 SMALL windows

12. WALLS

13. ROUND ARCH

14. BARREL VAULT
 In the beggining wooden roofs

15. BARREL VAULT

17.  PILLARS between NAVES

18. BUTTRESSES

20. ROMANESQUE FLOOR PLAN

21. ROMANESQUE FLOOR PLAN

24. ROMANESQUE PORTAL
 Pedagogical
 Here is where the SCULPTURE is

25. ROMANESQUE PORTAL

26. EL MUDÉJAR
 Mudajjan , meaning "domesticated", in a reference to the
Muslims who submitted to the rule of the Christian kings
 In erecting Romanesque buildings (Gothic and Renaissance
too), builders used elements of Islamic art
 Use of BRICKS in a geometrical character
 Only in Spain

27. EL MUDÉJAR

28. EL MUDÉJAR

29. EL MUDÉJAR