medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
the building in question appears to be something of a Poster Child for an
argument for the severe limitations --if not outright counterproductiveness--
of many of our modren Constructs about middlevil architecture.
the "Romanesque/Gothic" paradigm kinda works, sorta fairly well for a very,
very small area of Northern France --where the new style originated (arguably
as a regional "romanesque" style) in the second quarter of the 12th c.-- but
increases in uselessness the farther one gets into the more marginal areas on
the fringe of Civilisation, eg., England or Italy.
c
------ Original Message ------
Received: Mon, 19 Dec 2005 05:33:54 PM EST
From: John Dillon <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: [M-R] saints of the day 19. December
> medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
>
> On Monday, December 19, 2005,at 3:43 pm, chris crockett wrote:
>
> > From: John Dillon <[log in to unmask]>
> >
> > > B.'s church is in two main parts, one from the twelfth century
> > and the
> > other, attached to the former at a slight angle, from the
> > thirteenth.
> >
> > > And a plan of the interior (with illustrations that open when one
> > clicks on the numbers) is here:
> > > http://www.viedellidentita.it/risorsa1-interno.html
> >
> >
> > what a bizarre plan, was my first thought, influenced by your
> > analysis of it.
> >
> > clicking on "4" on the plan, however, makes it clear that this
> > curiously large
> > "transept" is "LA CAPPELLA DI SAN BERARDO", is a kind of
> > appendage which
> > grew like Topsy into the Baroque period.
> >
> > the 13th c. facade and portals are not all that unusual a feature,
> > in a
> > transeptless building.
>
> The bizarreness lies in the fact that the two structures (whose floors
> are at noticeably different heights) are backed on to one another, with
> the resulting two facades; also, that this has taken place at an odd
> angle (for which latter there are several competing explanations). An
> exterior view showing the join is here:
> http://www.concapeligna.it/Comuni/TERAMO/image/davedere45.jpg
>
> Churches with transepts of course lend themselves more readily to the
> creation of a second facade. So, e.g., Foligno's cathedral of San
> Feliciano (discussed at "saints of the day", 24. January last), to say
> nothing of churches with monumental facades on each transept (e.g.,
> Chartres' cathedral of Notre Dame). Side doors in the nave can be
> expanded and gussied up as well, as on the south flank of the cathedral
> at Palermo:
> http://tinyurl.com/69pt4
>
> Best again,
> John
>
> **********************************************************************
> To join the list, send the message: join medieval-religion YOUR NAME
> to: [log in to unmask]
> To send a message to the list, address it to:
> [log in to unmask]
> To leave the list, send the message: leave medieval-religion
> to: [log in to unmask]
> In order to report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to:
> [log in to unmask]
> For further information, visit our web site:
> http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/medieval-religion.html
>
**********************************************************************
To join the list, send the message: join medieval-religion YOUR NAME
to: [log in to unmask]
To send a message to the list, address it to:
[log in to unmask]
To leave the list, send the message: leave medieval-religion
to: [log in to unmask]
In order to report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to:
[log in to unmask]
For further information, visit our web site:
http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/medieval-religion.html
|