Supplement: Medieval Architecture
Construct a slide list that provides the following information for each of the churches listed: Plan, façade,
period, distinguishing characteristics (including the nave and important aspects of decoration), and the
saint(s) to which it was dedicated.
Conduct further research on one of these places of worship for the “Virtual Reality” workshop.
Chapter pages and figure numbers from Kleiner are noted to the left of each building. Web resources are
linked.
Chapter 11
Fig. 11-17
Fig. 11-18
Fig. 11- 22, Fig. 23
cross section & plan
Fig. 11-23A Nave
Fig. 11-24 (doors)
Fig. 11-24A (column)
Fig. 11-25
Chapter 12
Fig. 12-5, Fig. 12-6
(plan), Fig. 12.7, Fig.
12.7A and 12.7B
Fig. 12-26
Fig. 12-33, 12-34
Chapter 13
Figs. 13-2, 13-3A
Fig. 13-5, 13-6, 13-7
13-13, 13-14, 13-15,
13-16, 13-17, 13-18,
13-18A
Fig. 13-11
Palatine Chapel of Charlemagne; Aachen, Germany (792-805)
St. Michael’s Church; Hildesheim, Germany (1010-1022)
Khan Academy article on Ottonian art, and St. Michael’s Church (also on the
doors)
St. Sernin; Toulouse, France (ca. 1070-1120)
Wikipedia article: Basilica of St. Sernin, Toulouse
Abbey Church of Ste. Foy; Conques, France (begun 1100)
Introduction to Ste. Foy (Bluffton College)
Khan Academy Medieval Europe page on the Church and Reliquary of
Sainte-Foy, France
Cathedral of Santa Maria Assunta; Pisa, Italy (begun 1064)
(the image is of the cathedral complex, including the Baptistry (in front),
and the Campanile (the “Leaning Tower” of Pisa)
Great Buildings Online: Cathedral of Pisa
Durham Cathedral; Durham, England (begun 1093)
Cathedral home page
Abbey Church of St. Denis; St. Denis, France (1140-1144); see the Wikipedia
article for the façade and other images.
Chartres Cathedral; Chartres France (ca. 1145-1155; rebuilt 1194-1260)
Cathedral home page (in English)
Cathedral of Notre Dame, Paris
Cathédrale Notre Dame de Paris; Wikipedia page
St. Pierre Cathedral; Beauvais, France (1225-1272)
Wikipedia article (plan, interior view, façade)
St. Mark’s Basilica (Patriarchal Cathedral Basilica of St. Mark); Venice, Italy
(1084-1117, consecrated 1093)
Khan Academy video, discussion of the Anastasis mosaic. Wikipedia article.
Interim list 11.15