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ElRomnicofueunestiloartsticoqueseextendiporEuropaentrelossiglosXIyXIII.
Laarquitectura:laiglesia.
Lasiglesiaserandepiedraytenanplantadecruzlatina.
Estabancubiertasporpesadasbvedasdecanodearistaquesesustentabansobre
gruesosmuros,sinapenasventanasyreforzadasporcontrafuertes.
Lacabeceraestabaconstituidaporunbsidecentraldeformasemicircularenelque
sealojabaelaltar.
En las puertas, ventanas y vanosse usaba el arco de medio punto, sustentado sobre
columnasconcapiteles.
Lapinturaylaescultura.
Ambasestabansupeditadasalasformasdelaarquitecturayocupabanlamayorparte
delosmurosinterioresydelbsidedelasiglesias.
Enpinturadestacanlapinturamural(frescosquecubranlasparedes),lapinturasobre
tablademaderaylasminiaturaseiluminacionesqueserealizabanenloslibrosmanuscritos.
Enlaesculturasobresalenlosrelievesdelasportadasdelasiglesias,loscapitelesyla
esculturaexentatalladasobremadera.
Escultura:NuestraSeoradelosngeles,s.XI
XII.
LosApstolesdel
Prticodela
Gloriade
Santiagode
Compostela.S.
XII
RomnicoenAragn:CastillodeLoarre,SanPedroelViejo(Huesca),CatedraldeJaca,San
JuandelasPea,LaSeodeZaragoza(parcial)eiglesiadeSanJuan(Daroca).
SummaryRomanesqueart
The Romanesque artistic style spread through Europe between the 11th and
th
13 centuries.
It was essentially a religious art. The church and monastery were the main
buildings.
Architecture:churches
Churches were built out of stone and their floor plan was in the shape of a Latin
cross.
Theywerecoveredwithheavybarrelorgroinvault,heldupbythickwallscontaining
fewwindowsandreinforcedbybuttresses.
Thetoppartofthecrossconsistedofacentralsemicircularapsewherethealtarwas
located.
On the doors, windows and other holes on the walls, semicircular arch was used,
supportedoncolumnswithcapitals.
Paintingandsculpture.
Bothpaintingandsculptureweresubjecttothearchitecturalfeaturesofthebuilding
wheretheywere.
Theyhadafundamentallydidacticandmoralisticfunction,butalsodecorative.
Wemustmentionthemuralpaintings(frescoescoveringthewalls),paintingonwood
andminiaturesthatweremadeinthemanuscriptbooks.
Romanesquesculptureincludedreliefsonfaades,capitalsandfreestandingwooden
carvings.
TheVirginofLosngeles(11th12thcentury)
RomanesqueinAragn:CastleofLoarre,SanPedroelViejo(Huesca),CathedralofJaca,San
JuandelasPea,LaSeodeZaragoza(partially)andchurchofSanJuan(Daroca).