ART HIS 21 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Barrel Vault, Transept, Cistercians
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Romanesque art, part 3 cluny order and cistercians. Review santiago plan: santiago in spanish means st james. Loosely modeled on st peter"s basicila in rome with cruciform shape from transcept. The ambulatory on the east side enabled the pilgrims to walk around the altar table to visit the relics and pray to the saints. The barrel vault is generally in the central nave. There are also cross vaults (singular or double) Name comes from the cluniacum from william, duke of aquitaine. Monastery is out of power of arch bishops and the pope in rome, so it has a sense of unprecedented independence is dedicated to st peter and paul, but that is the only clerical association. Small structure, grew too small for the community. Major center for monastic reform and emphasized prayer over labor, praying around the clock. All other labor designated to the serfs, etc. Looked to as the mother church of the cluniac order.
