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Art and architecture differences between the Romanesque and Gothic Periods Introduction The Romanesque period was known for its work that depicted the Roman culture. Among other features that marked this period was the pope’s powers, the growth of Roman languages, and new design attempts in the 7th century which later gave birth to Gothic art in France in 1215th century in the medieval period. The Gothic was religion-oriented as its emphasis was on religious images. During this Gothic time, architectural work was more advanced and characterized by historical building with pointed arches such as the cathedrals, churches, and universities. The classical period is among the periods in the ancient Greek. There are almost similar but have some distinctive features. There exist a range of similarities and differences between the classical sculptures and the Gothic and Romanesque art with the difference in their churches and cathedral being on different ideological beliefs. In the Romanesque period, the art was influenced by cults; there were beliefs in powers of pilgrimage not much Gothic style (Denny, 540). The latter had an arch like vertical tamper on their cathedrals. A sign of faith was predominant with a lot of realistic sculpture to beautify. Example St. Denis, Durham and others compared to the Romanesque period where constructions used geometry forms like in St. Sernin in France. Both the Romanesque and Gothic styles were dominant in Europe. Some common factors between the Romanesque and Gothic include the churches where their altars faced the East direction. A vault was a common feature of both Romanesque and Gothic period this is the space formed when four columns are joined. People would identify the dates of churches and their construction style by identifying the shape of the vault. The Classical age, sculptures mostly took the human pose among the sculptures of this period were the Olympia and Delphi (Denny, 543).

In the Gothic artwork, the building was high with pointed arches whereas in Romanesque had rounded arches and lower and in both cases, they expressed a religious sentiment, their sole purpose being to spread Christianity. They believed that when people looked up the arches that were a sign of divinity. Gothic and Romanesque sculptures employed great and dark artwork and used arches though not of similar shapes. According to Denny (538), the art of painting in sculptures was dominant in the classical age as compared to the Gothic and Romanesque periods; this brought out the realistic nature of the art and creativity. More improvements were realized, and the human body was dominantly used in a good posture as seen in the pediments of the Temple of Zeus At Olympia. The commonly used material for the sculpture work was bronze as it was easy to melt as compared to the Romanesque and Gothic periods. There were still similarities such that classical period too was connected with religion. At this period, more artwork in the sporting industry come about, where sculptures of wrestlers and athletes were made. For the first time too, nude statues of females were made. Examples of sculptors are Pythagoras and Leochares. Some of the known statues of this period are The Charioteer of Delphi, Zeus of Poseidon (Denny, 546). Conclusion The Gothic and Classical are the excellent work originating from the Romanesque period. This development in the artwork has developed and still is developing over the years. Across the three periods, the aspect of religion wasn’t left behind, and more liberal art was exhibited as a result of the pilgrimage journey to crusades and shrines. Technological advances from using stones to bronze helped to pass across the religious motif. Most of the Gothic and Romanesque statues have similar characteristics example the altar and choirs in the churches. The only much

difference is that in classical and as development progress, There is more contradictions and complexity done in the sculptor work by architectures.

Work cited Denny, Don. "The Last Judgment Tympanum at Autun: Its Sources and Meaning." Speculum 57.3 (1982): 532-547....