03 — ARTWORK
Noah's Ark
ROMANESQUE PAINTER, French · 1100 →
- MEDIUM
- Fresco
- TYPE
- Religious
PALETTE
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CURRENT LOCATION · Abbey Church (Saint-Savin-sur-Gartempe)
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COMMENTARY
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This frescoWall painting technique in which pigments are applied to wet (fresh) plaster (intonaco). The pigments bind with the drying plaster to form a very durable image. Only a small area can be painted in a day, and these areas, drying to a slightly different tint, can in time be seen. Small amounts of retouching and detail work could be carried out on the dry plaster, a technique known as a secco fresco. belongs to a Noah cycle related in eight episodes in the context of an Old Testament series extending over the vaultA roof or ceiling whose structure is based on the arch. There are a wide range of forms, including the barrel (or tunnel) vault, formed by a continuous semi-circular arch; the groin vault, formed when two barrel vaults intersect; and the rib vault, consistong of a framework of diagonal ribs supporting interlocking arches. The development of the various forms was of great structural and aesthetic importance in the development of church architecture during the Middle Ages. of the former Benedictine monasterythe complex of buildings used by a community of monks. Among the main elements of the complex are the church, cloister, chapter house (used by the governing body), refectory (dining room) and dormitory (sleeping quarters). church. A New testament sequence adorns the presbyteryThe raised space at the end of a church's nave which contains the high altar and is reserved for members of the clergy. and galleries, and further frescoes are in the vestibuleThe anteroom or entrance hall of a building. In ancient Roman dwellings, the vestibule was situated before the entrance to the house. and the cryptunderground chamber beneath the altar in a church, usually containing a saint's relics. Though the chamber is underneath the choir, it can extend as far as the crossing. It is not always completely underground, so that the choir and altar sometimes considerably higher than the nave and aisles; as a result, very impressive flights of steps were built to connect nave and choir.. The superb series of paintings on the barrel vaulting were executed in one session by at least four artists. The remaining groups of works were apparently the responsibility of a single, leading artist in each case.
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