Romanesque Architecture and Art
1000 -1200
Cathedral of St. James, Santiago de Compostella
Cathedral Complex in Pisa, Italy
Church of St. Etienne in Normandy, France
Bayeaux Tapestry from Caterbury, Kent
Characteristics:
 Pilgrimage churches to display Christian relics
(monasticism)
 Roman Characteristics: Barrel vaults, groin
vaults, roman arches
 Churches had: Basilican plan, wide transcepts,
ambulatories, and radiating chapels