# Fresco cycle

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## Artwork

- Artist: [ROMANESQUE PAINTER, French](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/romanesque-painter-french-r7456d542021afa>)
- Date: 1051-1100
- Technique: Fresco

## Commentary

The fresco cycle in the vault of the monastery church of Saint-Savin-sur-Gartempe narrates stories from the Old Testament in a rather confusing sequence. The artist had the task of representing the story of Moses, from the creation of the world until his death, and it had to be told by means of selected and exegetically representative scenes which were to be distributed all over the vaulted ceiling. As a result, the story of the Bible turns into a concise account of the history of civilization of the medieval world.

## Related artworks

- [Angel](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/romanesque-painter-french-r7456d542021afa/angel-rc01dfc95453ada>)
- [Angels](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/romanesque-painter-french-r7456d542021afa/angels-r395f032c7cc97a>)
- [Christ in Majesty \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/romanesque-painter-french-r7456d542021afa/christ-in-majesty-detail-re4db6efb0d1e0e>)
- [Christ in Majesty](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/romanesque-painter-french-r7456d542021afa/christ-in-majesty-r740302f59533e2>)
- [Christ in Majesty](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/romanesque-painter-french-r7456d542021afa/christ-in-majesty-ra01af631c9a59c>)
- [Christ on the White Horse](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/romanesque-painter-french-r7456d542021afa/christ-on-the-white-horse-r2591021e7e57bd>)
- [Crusaders](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/romanesque-painter-french-r7456d542021afa/crusaders-rf3b527d35aa44c>)
- [Fall of Man](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/romanesque-painter-french-r7456d542021afa/fall-of-man-rf148c722b7219d>)
- [Fresco cycle](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/romanesque-painter-french-r7456d542021afa/fresco-cycle-r302402658727e4>)
- [Interior view of the narthex](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/romanesque-painter-french-r7456d542021afa/interior-view-of-the-narthex-rb21fb10fc22074>)
- [Interior view of the nave](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/romanesque-painter-french-r7456d542021afa/interior-view-of-the-nave-r0e33c6894cee86>)
- [Interior view of the nave](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/romanesque-painter-french-r7456d542021afa/interior-view-of-the-nave-r90ed9743e397d0>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)