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 (page numbers are
approximate). Web resources are linked.
Chapter 16
417, fig. 17
419, fig. 18
422, fig. 22 423, fig.
23, 23A (plan)
424, fig. 24 (doors)
425, fig. 25 (column)
Chapter 17
433, figs. 5, 6, 4
Palatine Chapel of Charlemagne; Aachen, Germany (792-805)
St. Michael’s Church; Hildesheim, Germany (1010-1022)
Smarthistory 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)
Khanacademy Medieval Europe page on the Church and Reliquary of SainteFoy, France
451, fig. 25
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
455, figs. 33,
Durham Cathedral; Durham, England (begun 1093)
Cathedral home page
Chapter 18
463, figs. 2, 3
Abbey Church of St. Denis; St. Denis, France (1140-1144); see the Wikipedia
article for the façade and other images.
461, fig. 1
465, figs. 5, 6
466, fig. 7
470, figs. 13, 14
471, figs. 15, 16
473, figs. 17, 18
468, fig. 11
478, fig. 26
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
St. Pierre Cathedral; Beauvais, France (1225-1272)
Wikipedia article (plan, interior view, façade)
Chapter 12
331, fig. 24
St. Mark’s Basilica (Patriarchal Cathedral Basilica of St. Mark); Venice, Italy
(1084-1117, consecrated 1093)
Smarthistory video, discussion of the Anastasis mosaic. Wikipedia article.