Chapter Summary

After reading Chapter 10, you should be able to:

• Identify all works and define the terms in the chapter.

• Describe economic and political developments at the origin of the Romanesque period.

• Label a map of the pilgrimage roads, indicating some of the major stops along the way.

• Describe the Liber Sancti, Solomon's Temple, and the Holy Sepulcher.

• Discuss the role of relics and reliquaries.

• Draw and label a plan of Sainte-Foy.

• Describe developments in architecture that resulted from the influx of pilgrims.

• Diagram and label a Romanesque portal.

• Diagram the three main Romanesque vaulting systems.

• Discuss the purpose and iconography of the Romanesque tympanums.

• Using examples from the chapter, describe the use of interlace.

• Label a plan of the Romanesque cathedral complex at Pisa.

• Describe Romanesque mural painting style.

• Describe the narrative, technique, and political purpose of the Bayeux Tapestry.

• Explain why Caen and Durham are considered precursors of Gothic.