Visigothic art and architecture
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Baños de Cerrato, Spain
cathedral of Palencia
, Spain
The
Umayyad conquest of Hispania
of 711 brought their kingdom to an end.
This period in
Pre-Romanesque
.
Branches of Visigothic art include their architecture, crafts (especially jewellery), and their script.
Visigothic architecture
The only remaining examples of Visigothic architecture from the 6th century are the church of
Nazaré and the few remnants of the church at Cabeza de Griego in Cuenca
. However, their style developed over the next centuries, though the prime remaining examples of it are mostly rural and often run-down. Some of the characteristics of their architecture are:
- Generally Greek crossplan or, more rarely, a combination of the two. The spaces are highly compartmentalised.
- Horseshoe arches without keystones.
- A rectangular, exterior apse.
- Use of columns and pillars with Corinthian capitals of unique design.
- Barrel vaults with cupolas at the crosses.
- Frequent use of marble as material.[1]
- Walls of ashlar blocks, occasionally alternating with Roman brickwork.
- Decoration commonly of animal or plant motifs.
Examples include:
- Church of San Juan Bautista , province of Palencia, Spain.[2]
- cathedral of Palencia, province of Palencia, Spain.
- Church of Santa Comba in Bande, province of Ourense, Spain.[3]
- Chapel of San Xes (or San Ginés) de Francelos in Ribadavia, province of Ourense, Spain.
- Church of San Pedro de la Mata (in ruins) in Sonseca, province of Toledo, Spain.
- Church of Santa María de Melque in San Martín de Montalbán, province of Toledo, Spain.
- La Rioja, Spain.
- Basilica of Santa María de Batres in Carranque, province of Toledo, Spain.
- Church of Santa Lucía del Trampal near Alcuéscarprovince of Cáceres, Spain.
- Crypt of the Monastery of San Salvador de Leyre, Navarre, Spain.
- Church of San Miguel de los Fresnos (in ruins) in Fregenal de la Sierra, province of Badajoz, Spain.
- Interior of church of San Pedro de la Nave, province of Zamora, Spain.[2]
- .
- Nazaré, Portugal.
- church of San Pedro de la Nave in San Pedro de la Nave-Almendra.
See also
References
- ^ Domingo Magaña, J. A. (2015). "The use of marble in Hispanic Visigothic architectural decoration". The Use of Marble in Hispanic Visigothic Architectural Decoration: 527–535.
- ^ S2CID 253593505.
- S2CID 164322469.
- "Visigothic art". In Encyclopædia Britannica Online.
- Diego Marin, La Civilizacion Espanola, pp. 34 -47, 1969, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, New York.
- Bradley Smith, Spain: A History In Art, pp. 52-56, Doubleday & Company, Garden City, NY, no publication date given, about 1971.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Visigothic art.
- Age of spirituality : late antique and early Christian art, third to seventh century from The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- El portal del Arte Románico; Visigothic, Mozarabic and Romanesque art in Spain.
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