The answers to these questions are due no later than Monday, November 19.
1. What role do cities, or urban areas play in the Romanesque era?
2. What was a pilgrimage? How did it influence medieval culture, trade and art?
3. What significant architectural event occurs after the year 1000 AD?
4. What role does sculpture have in the Romanesque period? How does this compare to its role during Early Christian and Byzantine periods?
5. What is the most striking difference between Romanesque architecture and that of the earlier Middle Ages? Basically, how did Romanesque churches differ from early medieval churches?
6. What is a Tympanum and what is its purpose?
7. What is a ribbed vault and how important is it in Romanesque architecture?
8. What is the most famous monument of the Tuscan Romanesque? How does this typify a Romanesque structure?
9. How would you describe the traits of Romanesque manuscripts as opposed to those seen under Charlemagne’s time?
10. What does the Bayeux Tapestry signify? How would you compare it with the Parthenon Frieze?
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