ARTH 1200 Study Guide - French Revolution, Common Room, Chapter House
11 Jul 2014
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Specific to monastic organizations: refectory- place to eat, common room meeting place, chapter house office for business, cloister closed off walkway around an open space. The cluniac order cluny iii, 1088-1130: a rich and populous order of monks, pointed arches. The cistercian order: did not agree with the practices of the cluniacs, the artistic principles of displaying gargoyles, apes, lions, monstrocities. 1139-47: not much carving on the outside, bay by bay division, one-story elevation, no gallery or clerestory, transverse barrel vaults like in basilica nova, pointed arches in arcade, very plain capitals in constrast with cluniac. Stylistic periods: early romanesque, holy roman empire, pilgrimiage, burgundy, aquitaine & provence, cistercians, normandy/england. Durham cathedral: saint cuthbert, 634-687, the walls fit inside the nave of old st. peters basilica and they are the same length, main arcade, gallery, clerestory. Could have been done to mimic the canopy above st.
