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Cypress College Module 12 Art The Last Judgement Question

Art 1 Module 12/Assignment on the Last Judgement portal, west tympanum of Saint-Lazare, Autun, France

Purpose: To understand how large-scale church sculpture functioned during the Romanesque period.Skills:

1. Reading religious sculpture from the Romanesque and articulating it in writing

2. Making connections between religious sculpture and the culture at large in the Romanesque period.

1. In general, how is the theme of The Last Judgement depicted in art (where is Christ, the saved, and the damned)?

2. What group of people would have been the intended audience?

3. List two reasons why pilgrims might go on pilgrimages?

4. What was the warning of this image?

5. Name three parts of the Romanesque portal (not narrative themes, but parts as seen on the diagram of the Romanesque Portal)