20 characteristics of the most important ROMANESQUE art
The Romanesque art It's one of the artistic styles of the Middle Ages. An art that is a reflection of the values of the time and is due to a spiritual renewal and economic prosperity that were experienced between the 11th and 13th centuries. Romanesque is a Christian art that emerged in the Christian West as a symbol of the feudal world.
In this lesson of unPROFESOR.com we tell you what are the main characteristics of romanesque art so that you can distinguish the architectural, sculptural and pictorial works of the time. Discover them with us!
The Romanesque it's basically a kind of art architectural. In it, painting and sculpture are considered organic part of the building.
It has its origins in the current Italy and France, spreading to the rest of Europe. Is he first international style, although there were national and regional varieties.
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So that you know in a general way this type of art, here we are going to discover what are the main features of Romanesque art:
- There is no single ideal model of Romanesque construction when a wide variety of constructive proposals.
- The influences and contributions come from Carolingian, Islamic, Byzantine art, in addition to the Roman architectural tradition.
- The Benedictine order of Cluny it also played a fundamental role in the expansion of Romanesque art.
Now we are going to know the Romanesque characteristics that are included within the world of sculpture. They are the following:
- As we have already pointed out, Romanesque sculpture is subordinated to the architectural framework.
- It has as precedents the late Roman, paleochristian sculpture and Byzantine statuary.
- The postures, faces and forms are unnatural, since they are look more for the emotional than the form.
- The figures are also stylized and simplified with a tendency to abstraction and stiffness. Thus, the figures are disproportionate, hieratic and geometric, with a certain archaic air and charged with spirituality.
- There is no volume and with predominance of the frontality.
- The theme is religious, drawing inspiration from the Old and New Testaments or from the lives of saints and martyrs.
- The front page, the eardrum and the capitals are the most common places for sculpture. Christ in majesty or Pantocrator is the main figure and presides over the covers.
- There's also wood sculpture in small sizes and in ivory.
In this other lesson, we offer you the Differences between Romanesque and Gothic art.
