Lecture 6: Romanesque in Italy - School of Architecture and Planning
Lecture 6: Romanesque in Italy - School of Architecture and Planning
Lecture 6: Romanesque in Italy - School of Architecture and Planning
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“Built outside <strong>and</strong> <strong>in</strong><br />
<strong>of</strong> dressed stone <strong>and</strong><br />
marble that has<br />
weathered<br />
beautifully, it is<br />
lum<strong>in</strong>ous <strong>and</strong> lighthearted.<br />
No towers<br />
on the façade or at<br />
the cross<strong>in</strong>g, no<br />
apocalyptic scare<br />
over the portals or<br />
on the capitals… capitals ”<br />
“Pisan <strong>School</strong>”<br />
Characteristics:<br />
• Alternate striped<br />
marble b<strong>and</strong><strong>in</strong>g<br />
• Proliferation <strong>of</strong><br />
stacked open p<br />
arcaded galleries<br />
• Rotated square<br />
decorative motif<br />
• simple basilica<br />
form <strong>and</strong> structure<br />
Pisa Cathedral: Façade (started 1089)<br />
Open arcades as screen screen…<br />
Photo Scoott<br />
Gilchrest
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