The analysis of the relationship between the Poitevin façade-screen and the structure of main body leads to the conclusion that its genesis can be derived from the Carolingian & pre-Romanesque forms of the western entrance to the church, the reduced forms of the Western massif that outlived its time during the XIth Century. The horizontal partition corresponding to the functional dissension of the Western massif into the tier of the entrance & the floor of the tribune-altar in the upper part can be observed in the Airvault Abbey church, completed about 1100. Its façade already bears the basic marks of the façade poitevine, but between it & the main body one can find the two-floor structure of the reduced Western massif. Such a spatial organ...
Topography and Hierarchy in the Ecclesiastical Building : The Choir and its Limits (11th-12th Centur...
International audienceThe study of upper spaces in medieval churches calls for a multidisciplinary a...
The year 1000, give or take a decade or two on either side of this date, is often seen — particularl...
Several exploratory excavations undertaken to the West of Saint-John of Montierneuf at Poitiers in 1...
Western complexes in eleventh century churches of Normandy are mainly dependant upon carolingian and...
The paper begins with a comparison between the Carolingian opus occidentale at Corvey and the façade...
This paper examines the development of the west façade in England from the seventh to the eleventh c...
The influence of the triumphal arch of Antiquity on the organisation of Romanesque façades in Proven...
International audienceIn medieval Aquitaine, most Romanesque churches where built with single-storey...
The analysis of the architecture and sculpture of the ancient abbey church of Caunes-Minervois revea...
Lassalle (Victor), The architecture of the cathedrals in Eastern Languedoc and in the Rhone valley. ...
La rose occidentale de la cathédrale de Poitiers ne nous est connue qu'à travers deux réfections suc...
The Romanic church “Notre-Dame de Saignon” is composed of elements with different influences. The na...
The nave of Saint-Jouin-de-Marnes was extended at some undocumented date, probably in the fîrst quar...
The Limousin, that is to say the former diocese of Limoges (before 1317), forms a compact artistic a...
Topography and Hierarchy in the Ecclesiastical Building : The Choir and its Limits (11th-12th Centur...
International audienceThe study of upper spaces in medieval churches calls for a multidisciplinary a...
The year 1000, give or take a decade or two on either side of this date, is often seen — particularl...
Several exploratory excavations undertaken to the West of Saint-John of Montierneuf at Poitiers in 1...
Western complexes in eleventh century churches of Normandy are mainly dependant upon carolingian and...
The paper begins with a comparison between the Carolingian opus occidentale at Corvey and the façade...
This paper examines the development of the west façade in England from the seventh to the eleventh c...
The influence of the triumphal arch of Antiquity on the organisation of Romanesque façades in Proven...
International audienceIn medieval Aquitaine, most Romanesque churches where built with single-storey...
The analysis of the architecture and sculpture of the ancient abbey church of Caunes-Minervois revea...
Lassalle (Victor), The architecture of the cathedrals in Eastern Languedoc and in the Rhone valley. ...
La rose occidentale de la cathédrale de Poitiers ne nous est connue qu'à travers deux réfections suc...
The Romanic church “Notre-Dame de Saignon” is composed of elements with different influences. The na...
The nave of Saint-Jouin-de-Marnes was extended at some undocumented date, probably in the fîrst quar...
The Limousin, that is to say the former diocese of Limoges (before 1317), forms a compact artistic a...
Topography and Hierarchy in the Ecclesiastical Building : The Choir and its Limits (11th-12th Centur...
International audienceThe study of upper spaces in medieval churches calls for a multidisciplinary a...
The year 1000, give or take a decade or two on either side of this date, is often seen — particularl...