ART OF THE WESTERN WORLD {EPISODE 102}: A WHITE GARMENT OF CHURCHES: ROMANESQUE AND GOTHIC ART (TV)
Summary
One in this nine-part series exploring the history of western art. This program examines the Romanesque and Gothic styles of architecture during the eleventh and twelfth centuries. Topics include the following: the revival of art and architecture during the eleventh and twelfth centuries; the return to large-scale architecture; the distinct characteristics of the Romanesque Pilgrimage Churches, such as rounded arches, barrel vaults, and massive walls; the work of the artist Gislebertus, the first person to sign his work; the rise of the monastic lifestyle with the fall of the Roman Empire; the monks' creation of a more advanced style of architecture; the "Gothic style," characterized by pointed arches, ribbed vaults, and flying buttresses (a mass of masonry built against a wall to strengthen it); the church of St. Denis in Paris, with its innovative design consisting of vast spaces, thin columns, and stained-glass windows instead of solid walls; the competition among cities to build their church towers higher then anyone else's; and how this competition was halted when the walls of a church collapsed on a choir, killing all of its members.
Cataloging of this program was made possible by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
Preservation of the Post–World War II American Television Documentary Collection is supported in part by a Federal Save America’s Treasures grant administered by the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Details
- NETWORK: PBS
- DATE: October 9, 1989 Monday 9:00 PM
- RUNNING TIME: 0:58:05
- COLOR/B&W: Color
- CATALOG ID: T:23924
- GENRE: Education/Information
- SUBJECT HEADING: Perry Miller Adato Archive Project; Art, Romanesque; She Made It Collection (Perry Miller Adato); Art, Gothic
- SERIES RUN: PBS - TV series, 1989
- COMMERCIALS: N/A
CREDITS
- Perry Miller Adato … Executive Producer, Director, Developed by, Writer
- Gail Jansen … Coordinating Producer
- Tony Cash … Producer
- Andrew Snell … Producer
- Sarah Teale … Associate Producer, Researcher
- Jane Alexander … Associate Producer
- John Adams … Music Consultant
- Robert Dennis … Music Consultant
- Wilfred Josephs … Composer
- Mitch Farber … Composer
- Michael Wood … Host
- William Clark … Art Historian
- Paul Crossley … Art Historian
- Anne Prache … Art Historian